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Yellowknife man drowns while trying to save teen
Paul Bickford Northern News Services Published Monday, August 16, 2010
The victim has been identified as 60-year-old Kenneth Frew, who was originally from Ontario. According to the RCMP, the incident occurred on the Hoarfrost River on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, about 256 km northeast of Yellowknife and about 100 km north of Lutsel K'e. Two adults along with four teenagers were swimming at a remote location about three kilometres from the main cabin of a private campsite. One of the teenagers experienced trouble while swimming, and both adults went into the water to assist. However, Frew experienced difficulty in the water near a large set of waterfalls. "He probably got drawn into an eddy at the base of the falls," said Sgt. Wayne Norris, the media relations officer with the RCMP's 'G' Division. Norris described the falls as about 10 metres high. All the other swimmers made it safely to shore and searched the area, but were unable to locate Frew. The Lutsel K'e detachment of the RCMP received a call about a missing person, and members of 'G' Division's marine unit and the Yellowknife detachment responded immediately and flew to the main camp, arriving late in the evening. Two officers hiked to the falls the following morning, Aug. 12, and searched the immediate area. After a short time dragging the water at the base of the falls, they successfully recovered the body of the victim. "They improvised and did a good job," he said. Frew's body was found off the shore where he had entered the water. Foul play is not suspected in the incident. The RCMP is assisting the Office of the Chief Coroner in investigating the sudden death. Frew worked as a geological technician and when he came to the North from Saskatchewan in 1993 to help a friend house-sit, he never left. Frew was an avid outdoorsman and friends say he was an excellent swimmer. - with files from Alyssa Smith.
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