We now know more about the five French people who disappeared in northern Quebec. These are men aged 24 to 58, confirmed Thursday the Quebec police, who released their identities.
“The investigation in the field now allows us to identify the five French snowmobilers who are still missing,” said the police on Twitter.
They are Gilles Claude, 58, Yan Thierry, 24, Jean-René Dumoulin, 24, Julien Benoît, 34, and Arnaud Antoine, 25.
# Événementencours | The field investigation now allows us to identify the five French snowmobilers who are still missing.
-Gilles Claude, 58 years old
-Yan Thierry, 24 years old
-Jean-René Dumoulin, 24 years old
-Julien Benoît, 34 years old
-Arnaud Antoine, 25 years old– Sûreté du Québec (@sureteduquebec) January 23, 2020
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The police did not confirm the geographic origin of the five French people. The deputy consul general of France in Quebec, Laurent Barbot, had confirmed Wednesday that they came from “the east of France”.
According to several local media, the group’s eight tourists were from Alsace and the Vosges. Five of them came from the surroundings of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, in the Haut-Rhin. They left for Canada on Sunday, according to Latest News from Alsace.
One of the missing, Gilles Claude, is the father of three international biathletes, Emilien, Florent and Fabien.
Increasing research
The snowmobile accident occurred Tuesday evening when the eight Frenchmen and their Canadian guide left a marked trail to try to cross the mouth of a river, east of Lac Saint-Jean.
