KEENE, N.Y. — U.S. authorities have confirmed they’ve recovered the body of a Canadian woman who drowned after falling into a rain-swollen stream while hiking in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondacks.
New York State Police said they were notified Sunday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation that 34-year-old Julie Belanger of Montreal was missing.
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Troopers said she and a female hiking companion were hiking near Mount Marcy on Saturday evening when Belanger fell off a log over Feldspar Brook in the town of Keene.
Police said the strong current caused by heavy rain swept Belanger downstream before the friend could rescue her.
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A DEC interior caretaker found Belanger’s body Sunday.
A state police helicopter was used to remove her body. Police said an autopsy conducted at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake determined Belanger had drowned.
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