Partial skeletal remains found on Manitoba shoreline: RCMP
Mounties are investigating after partial skeletal remains were discovered on the shoreline near a Manitoba First Nation.
Thompson Rural RCMP say the remains were found near Tataskweyak Cree Nation and were reported to police on Saturday.
Officers arrived on scene and were told low water levels on the lake revealed the remains in the sand.
Mounties say an anthropologist is helping with an investigation to find the remains' origins and age, which police believe are historical.
The investigation continues.
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