A 17-year-old from Ontario is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off the edge of a cliff in a popular park in North Vancouver, B.C.

Dwayne Derban, assistant fire chief with North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, says the boy was in an off-trail area of Lynn Canyon Park when it happened Sunday afternoon.

Derban says there are signs warning people to stay away from dangerous areas, but the boy’s friends told firefighters that he had climbed over a fence to get a better look at the river canyon and he “just got too close” to the edge.

The teen had been meant to start at the University of British Columbia this fall.{ai:summary}<p>A 17-year-old boy from Ontario died after falling off a cliff in Lynn Canyon Park, North Vancouver, while attempting to get a better view of the river canyon. He had climbed over a security fence, despite warning signs in the area.</p><p>Friends reported that he got too close to the edge before the incident. #society</p>

Ontario teen dies after falling off 50-metre cliff in popular Metro Vancouver park

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