The immediate impact that a tragedy like this has on a family," he said. "

The immediate impact that a tragedy like this has on a family," he said. "Sometimes it lasts for generations."

Over the weekend, a 17-year-old Ontario man died after falling to his death while hiking in North Vancouver.

According to the authorities, the adolescent fell about 50 meters over a cliff on Sunday afternoon while out with three pals in Lynn Canyon Park.


The boy, unaccompanied by his companions, had strayed from the designated trail and passed a fence when the tragedy happened, according to Assistant Chief Dwayne Derban of the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, who spoke with TV News.

"They urged him to return," Derban remarked. "He just got a little too far, just a little too close to the edge of the cliff – and although he was hanging onto a tree, he just slipped at the wrong time and went over." .

Authorities claimed the teenager had left.
He was in Lynn Canyon Park on Sunday afternoon with three pals when he fell around 50 meters down a cliff.

The boy, unaccompanied by his companions, had strayed from the designated trail and passed a fence when the tragedy happened, according to Assistant Chief Dwayne Derban of the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, who spoke with TV News.

"They urged him to return," Derban remarked. "He just got a little too far, just a little too close to the edge of the cliff – and although he was hanging onto a tree, he just slipped at the wrong time and went over."
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The four teens, according to Derban, are all from Windsor, Ontario; the other three were accepted to various universities outside of British Columbia but had moved to Vancouver to assist their friend in "settling down and bidding farewell."

"On behalf of the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, we'd just like to offer our condolences to the family and friends of this individual," Derban said.

The assistant chief expressed his hope that others will be cautioned to observe the park's regulations and stay on the designated pathways in light of the occurrence.

Since 1990, Lynn Canyon has claimed the lives of numerous people, one of which being a young guy who perished in a cliff-diving mishap earlier this summer.

Derban claimed that the tragedy on Sunday was very personal to him because his family recently commemorated the eightieth anniversary of his uncle's death from a similar park mishap. His age was sixteen.

"Yes, I am aware the effect that a catastrophe such as this has on a family, directly," he remarked. "Sometimes it lasts for generations."


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