News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 26, 2024
Contact:
NPS: Mary Plumb, GLCA_media@nps.gov
San Juan County Sheriff’s Office: Marsha Shumway, 435-587-2237, MShumway@sanjuancounty.org
Fatality on Lake Powell in Wetherill Canyon
PAGE, Ariz. - At approximately 3 a.m. on August 25, 2024, National Park Service (NPS) Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Rangers were notified by San Juan County Utah Dispatch of a missing person who had fallen overboard from a houseboat on Lake Powell, in Wetherill Canyon. The person had fallen over 20 feet from an upper level of a privately owned houseboat. Wetherill Canyon is located on Lake Powell, approximately 40 boating miles from the Glen Canyon Dam, in San Juan County, Utah.
National Park Service Rangers and San Juan County Sheriff's Office responded. The Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation also provided assistance. Classic Air Medical searched the area by helicopter and did not locate the victim. The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dive Team recovered the victim's body on August 25, 2024, at 12:36 p.m. Utah time. NPS Rangers on scene pronounced the death. The victim, Jackson Roy Law, a 41-year-old male, was a resident of Utah.
The incident is under investigation by the National Park Service, San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, and San Juan County Medical Examiner’s Office. No further information is available at this time.
The National Park Service and San Juan County Sheriff’s Office express their condolences to the family.
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Photo: Scenic Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. NPS Photo.
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Rainbow Bridge National Monument
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