The man who died while climbing at Glacier National Park near Golden, B.C. on Wednesday has been identified as 52-year-old Jon Howard Sortome from 108 Mile Ranch.
BC Coroners Service says Sortome and his son had been trying to climb Mount Rogers glacier when they were met with severe weather conditions. The two were trying to return to their base camp when something went wrong and both men fell down the mountain.
The son suffered some injuries, but Sortome did not survive the fall. His body was found the following day.
Meanwhile, BC Coroners Service has also identified the man who died while canoeing near on Moody Lake, about three kilometers west of Christina Lake, on Thursday as Richard Arthur Thomas.
Thomas, 78, was from Christina Lake, and he was in his canoe cutting weeds from the bottom of Moody Lake when he fell into the water, said BC Coroners spokeswoman Barb McLintock in a written statement.
His body was found 15 metres from shore in about three metres of water.
Both deaths are being investigated.
