RCMP officials confirm the search for 23-year-old Samson Mandefro has concluded following the discovery of a body in Upper Waterton Lake.

The Lethbridge man had been reported as missing to police on August 9 after he failed to return to Lethbridge following a trip with a friend to Waterton Lakes National Park.

The nature of Mandefro's death has not been released and an autopsy is being conducted by the Office of the Medical Examiner in Calgary.