A 67-Year-Old Died in One of B.C.’s Oldest and Largest Open Water Swim Events. Here’s What We Know | CBC

The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating the death of a 67-year-old man at an open water swim event on Okanagan Lake this past weekend.

Police say the man was taking part in the Across the Lake swim event, which has been running since 1949.

In a release, West Kelowna RCMP said the man was found unresponsive in the water roughly two hours after he started the event and was taken to shore. Attempts by B.C. Ambulance crews to resuscitate him failed.

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