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Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 4:37 pm – A Yukon woman and her 10-month-old daughter died after a bear attack in an isolated cabin, said the coroner of the territory.
In a press release, the Yukon coroner announced that Valé's bodies, Thé Orêt, 37, and her daughter Adele Roesholt had been discovered by the child's father at around 3 pm Monday.
According to coroner Heather Jones, the two men were alone at the cabin at the time of the attack.
"It seems like they were going for a walk when the incident occurred, between 10 am and 3 pm," said the coroner's statement.
Ore, a native of Quebec, was on maternity leave after teaching the school. French immersion in grade 6 at Whitehorse Elementary School. She and her partner, Gjermund Roesholt, and their daughter have been trapped at Lake Einarson for the past three months, the coroner said.
Valérie Thé Orêt, 37, was on maternity leave after teaching French immersion in grade 6 at Whitehorse Elementary School. She and her 10-month-old daughter Adele Roesholt were killed by a grizzly bear on Monday, the Yukon coroner said. (Submitted by Émilie Dory)
Einarson Lake is located more than 400 km northeast of Whitehorse, near the Yukon / Northwest Territories border.
Roesholt was away from the cabin on the family's trapping plot when the attack occurred, Jones said. He returned just before 3 pm and was immediately charged with a grizzly bear, about 100 meters from the cabin.
Roesholt managed to shoot the bear, killing him. He then went to the cabin, where he found the bodies of his partner and his child on the outside.
He used an emergency tag to ask for help.
This call was sent to the RCMP in Mayo, a village of 200 people located in the nearest settlement. He also went to the couple's friends.
"It's a very big blow – everyone is totally devastated right now," said Rémy Beaupré, a friend, who heard about the incident of another friend who was received the message of urgency.
"Many of our friends are coming together tonight to cry a little and support each other a bit," he said on Tuesday.
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Beaupré stated that the couple had purchased their remote trapping site about three years ago and had tried to spend as much time as possible in the wild. They were outdoor enthusiasts with a lot of experience, he said.
"It was always a plan to go and spend a lot of time there, but Valerie could not take a lot of time because she was a teacher," he said.
"Being on maternity leave was now an opportunity for them to go with their families so they took their baby and went to the trapline.
"They were, I'm 100% sure, well prepared for anything that could have happened, but you never know."
Brian Melanson is a trapping companion in the area. He added that his trapping territory was close to that of the couple. He had only met them a few times, he said, but it was clear to him that they knew what they were doing in nature.
"They are competent bush people," he said. "This is not for lack of experience.
"It's going to be devastating for the community, because it's going to affect everyone, you know, we're all together, we're taking our women and children and we're living there," he said.
Even though winter is approaching and the bears will be hibernating, there are still many, he said. "We had seen traces of bears even in mid-December last season … the light falls, you know, they are still out and wandering."
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Melanson said that other local trappers were willing to offer any possible help to Roesholt.
"He's going to need support, and a lot, from everyone."
The Yukon coroner is still investigating the incident, as well as the RCMP and the Yukon Department of Environment.
Whitehorse elementary school officials informed parents Tuesday of the death of Ore and said there was a school support team for staff and students.
According to a statement by Michele Royle of the Yukon Department of Education, Théoret is "a valuable educator" and says she will miss her staff and students very much.
"We work with the school to identify and respond to needs, people react differently to tragic news and at different times, and some people do not feel the full impact for days or weeks," he says. communicated.
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