BANFF NATIONAL PARK \u2014 Mounties in Alberta say an American tourist who jumped into a rapidly moving waterfall in Banff National Park is likely dead.<\/p>\n
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Mathew Howell says efforts to recover the 25-year-old man\u2019s body from the water at Johnston Canyon entered its second day Sunday.<\/p>\n
Howell says the man, who was visiting Alberta with friends from Pennsylvania, jumped into the water on Friday, just after 6:30 p.m., and didn\u2019t resurface.<\/p>\n
He says Parks Canada hasn\u2019t been able to send divers due to the dangerous terrain and is instead using cameras, but strong currents caused by spring melt are making it difficult to see under water.<\/p>\n
Parks Canada says in a social media post that it extends condolences to the man\u2019s family and loved ones during this difficult time and that the canyon is closed until further notice.<\/p>\n
Howell says the popular tourist site, located west of the town of Banff, has signs saying entering the water in the canyon is not allowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, he may be deceased and it\u2019s always heartbreaking to hear that,\u201d Howell said Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a tragedy, especially for the family … It\u2019s just a reminder to everyone that yes, we have these beautiful parks, but there\u2019s a reason why there\u2019s paths you\u2019re not supposed to go on, there\u2019s a reason you\u2019re not supposed jump in the water at certain areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Howell said the man\u2019s relatives, who weren\u2019t with him at the park, are in touch with Mounties.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BANFF NATIONAL PARK \u2014 Mounties in Alberta say an American tourist who jumped into a rapidly moving waterfall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,1272],"class_list":{"0":"post-30613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-prairies-bc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}