An 18-year-old male was found dead after police were alerted to a distress signal from someone on the Mantario Trail near Marion Lake.
RCMP say their Operational Communications Centre received the distress signal from a personal satellite messenger device around 4:00 pm on June 28, 2019.
The GPS coordinates were relayed to a helicopter that was already in the area and around 6:00
RCMP from Falcon Lake, Manitoba Sustainable Development officers and members of the Southeast Whiteshell Fire Department made the trek into the remote location.
Just before 8:00 pm the body of the hiker was located. Police say that the hiker had been dropped off earlier in the day at the southern trail head near Caddy Lake.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
RCMP continue to investigate.