Two police departments in the Victoria area and the BC Coroners Service are investigating the discovery of skeletal human remains in a local waterway.

Victoria police say investigators were called to the Gorge Waterway after recreational divers found the partial remains of a human skull bone in early February.

Police say in a release that forensic testing by the coroners service suggests the remains are historical in nature, not ancient or archeological.

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