(CNN) The death of a mother and her young baby from a suspected bear attack has shocked locals in Canada's remote Yukon territory.

Valerie Theoret, 37, and her 10-month-old daughter, Adele Roesholt, were found dead Monday by Theoret's husband, Adele's father, near Einarson Lake, the Yukon Coroner's Service said.

Gjermund Roesholt was returning home from trapping in the Einarson Lake area when he discovered the bodies of his wife and young daughter lying outside.

Roesholt had just shot and killed a grizzly bear that charged at him, some 100 meters from the family's home.

The couple's baby Adele was just 10 months old.

The family had been living in the remote cabin for three months, the coroner said. According to locals interviewed by CNN affiliate CTV, they loved the outdoors and were familiar with the risk posed by bears.

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