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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau toured the interior of British Columbia Monday, including a private stop at the lake where his younger brother was killed in an avalanche 15 years ago.

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Michel Trudeau, 23, was killed in 1998 when he was struck by an avalanche while skiing in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park and swept into Kokanee Lake. His body was never found.

“This place is extraordinarily special to me,” Justin Trudeau told The Daily Townsman Monday.

“It’s the place my brother chose to live his life. We didn’t know he’d leave us at 23, but every time I come back here I feel close to him.”

Trudeau made the pilgrimage Monday, telling the CBC: “I hesitate to even talk to it because it is a private hike with my family.”

He did post a photo of his hike on Twitter, where the Liberal leader has more than 200,000 followers.