On December 17, 2025, at 12:45 pm, Island Lake RCMP received a report of two missing snowmobilers, from St Theresa Point First Nation, who failed to return home after going out for a ride.

The two snowmobilers, a 28-year-old male and a 27-year-old female, left the community on a single snowmobile in the early morning hours of December 15 and have not been seen since. No information on their intended destination or route of travel was provided.

Local search parties had been organized and actively searched the community including the winter and ice roads in the area.

In the early afternoon hours of December 18, the two snowmobilers were located deceased outside the community.

Investigators have determined that the snowmobile was travelling on the ice when it collided with rocks near one of the nearby islands. The resulting collision caused considerable damage to the snowmobile and ejected both the driver and passenger from it.
 

The cause of death remains under investigation as we await the results of the autopsy.

Island Lake RCMP, along with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, continue to investigate.