A car that’s been submerged in an Alberta lake for nearly a year has finally been removed from the water.
The recovery happened at Floatingstone Lake in St. Paul County on Tuesday.
“I’m quite happy that the car is finally out of the water,” said area resident Roland Letendre, who has been working for months to get the vehicle removed.
Letendre came upon the submerged Mazda in a shallower area of the lake this past spring. RCMP told Global News the car went through the ice on Nov. 26, 2023, while its occupants were ice fishing.
Worried about the environmental impact the car was having on the lake, its habitat and the people who use the water, Letendre has been working ever since the spring to get it out.
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Letendre contacted officials from the county, province, fish and wildlife, and the RCMP. He was given the runaround.
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