Young girl presumed drowned in Brochet

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A five-year-old girl is presumed to have drowned after she was found in a lake near her home.

Thompson RCMP were called about the death in Brochet, a remote fly-in community, at approximately 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

RCMP said the child wandered away from her home. Her family searched for her, and she was found in a nearby lake near her home.

The child was rushed to the local nursing station and pronounced dead, RCMP said.