Friday, August 9, 2013

Drowning In Minnesota Wilderness Area

A man from Denver, Colorado has died after jumping from a cliff into a lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Authorities pulled the body of 29-year-old Chase Winkey from Makwa Lake yesterday near the cliff that he and another person jumped from while swimming the day before.

Makwa Lake is located on the Minnesota side of the border,  just south of Quetico Provincial Park.