RedactedNarrative: Two men were fishing and drinking beer while paddling a canoe on the waters of Lake Altoona when they arrived at the south shoreline above the Lake Altoona Dam.  After carrying the canoe through the woods at the south side of the Lake Altoona Dam, the two men launched the canoe into turbulent waters about 150 feet downriver of the Lake Altoona Dam.  Water was flowing over the spillway at the south side of the Dam and through three open gates at the center of the Lake Altoona Dam.  Strong river currents caused the counter-clockwise flow of water that carried the canoe toward the open gates of the Lake Altoona Dam.  The canoe took on water and capsized within seconds of being launched from the south shoreline of the Eau Claire River.  Both men entered the water when the canoe tipped, they weren't wearing life jackets.  One man was able to regain the water surface and was pulled from the water downriver of the Lake Altoona Dam.  The second man disappeared under the water, his body was recovered from the Eau Claire River on 5/24/14about 1.2 miles downriver of the Lake Altoona Dam.