4 dead after float plane crashes south of St. Theresa Point First Nation: RCMP | CBC News

Four people from St. Theresa Point First Nation are dead after a float plane crashed about 40 kilometres south of the northeastern Manitoba community on Saturday evening, police said. 

Police, military search-and-rescue personnel and a chartered helicopter responded to the area of Makepeace Lake, where the crash was reported around 6:45 p.m., Manitoba RCMP said in a news release on Sunday. 

Police said that four people — all passengers — were pronounced dead at the scene. Those killed were a 49-year-old man, two 50-year-old women and a 53-year-old man. 

All four were from St. Theresa Point First Nation and were heading to Makepeace Lake, police said. The lake is around 425 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, near the Manitoba-Ontario border.

The pilot, a 20-year-old man, suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, RCMP said. 

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada confirmed to CBC News that it is investigating the crash, which involved a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver float plane. 

Police are still investigating, according to the RCMP release.

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