The body of a Norwegian trekker missing since Aug. 14 has been discovered, marking a tragic end to a more than week-long search and rescue effort in northern Manitoba.

On Sunday morning Gilliam RCMP and Parks Canada, along with community searchers from Fort Severn, were searching the west side of the Hayes River for 29-year-old Steffen Skjottelvik, an RCMP news release said.

Police say a helicopter pilot told the search parties he believed he found the body of the missing hiker a short distance away from where his jacket had been located on Friday afternoon.

Gillam RCMP and Parks Canada officers, along with the community searchers from Fort Severn, went to the location and confirmed that the body recovered on shore was that of the missing 29-year-old Norwegian hiker.

His body was trans

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