Four people from St. Theresa Point First Nation are dead after a float plane crashed about 40 kilometres south of the northeastern Manitoba community, Canada.

Axar.az reports, citing CBC, police, military search-and-rescue personnel and a chartered helicopter responded to the area of Makepeace Lake, where the crash was reported around 6:45 p.m., Manitoba RCMP said in a news release on Sunday.

Police said that four people — all passengers — were pronounced dead at the scene. Those killed were a 49-year-old man, two 50-year-old women and a 53-year-old man.

The float plane was supposed to land on the water, but crashed on land just north of the lake, police said.

The pilot, a 20-year-old man, suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, RCMP said. Police said the search-and-rescue team provided medical assistance to the pilot, with officials spending the night at the crash site.

Police are still investigating, according to the RCMP release.