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two injured when plane crashes into lake west of whistler

by david carrigg
published jul 22, 2026
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file photo: a canadian forces cormorant helicopter (pictured) and a cc-295 kingfisher aircraft from 19 wing comox, the canadian coast guard hovercraft siyay and main lifeboat station ganges, rcmsar auxiliary stations 6,7,8 are all part of the rescue efforts off the b.c. coast on sunday, june 28, 2026.
file photo: a canadian forces cormorant helicopter rescued two plane crash survivors at seagram lake in b.c. on july 21, 2026. postmedia news
two people were rescued from the shore of a remote lake west of whistler early tuesday after a plane crash.
according to canadian armed forces spokesman christopher hofing, the joint rescue coordination centre victoria was notified at 11 p.m. on monday that a cessna 172 was overdue in the squamish area.
“jrcc victoria immediately tasked a ch-149 cormorant helicopter and a cc-295 kingfisher aircraft from 19 wing comox to search the aircraft’s last known position and planned route west of whistler,” hofing said. “during the search, at approximately 2 a.m. on july 21, 2026, the occupants were located at seagram lake, where it is assumed the aircraft went into the water.
“the two persons were extracted aboard the ch-149 cormorant helicopter and transported to vancouver international airport and transferred to emergency health services. the search-and-rescue response has now concluded.”
dcarrigg@postmedia.com
david carrigg
david carrigg

i am an experienced journalist who has worked in this field for almost 30 years. i was trained in albany, western australia, for the albany advertiser at a time when they were still instructing new reporters how to write in shorthand. many things have changed in our industry since then, but the stories remain. i have written about almost everything over the years and still very much enjoy the job and the privilege it gives me meeting people from every walk of life.

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