Closure for Hopkins Family

The body of a teenager who drowned two months ago has been recovered from Little Bonne Bay Pond, near Wiltondale, just outside of Gros Morne National Park. A husband and wife team from the United States used a remote-controlled submersible to locate the body of 19-year-old Stephan Hopkins of Deer Lake, who went missing on July 7th. RCMP divers and search and rescue teams tried for almost a week to find the teen's body after the canoe he and a friend were travelling in overturned. Family and friends of the young victim sent e-mails asking Gene and Sandy Ralston of Boise, Idaho to bring their submersible expertise to help. It was equipped with side-scan sonar technology. The body was found within an hour of launching the submersible vehicle.


The Weyburn Red Wings organization are very happy to see that the Hopkins' family can now find a sense of closure and wish them all the best through this difficult time.

- Brad M.