An Arizona tourist's lifeless body was recently recovered nearly a month after he drowned when jumping off a waterfall in a Canadian national park.

Pavlo Shemchuk, 25, was visiting Banff National Park with his cousin and best friend when he made the plunge from the cliffs at Johnston Canyon on May 1. 

When he did not emerge from the water in the Lower Falls below, a multi-day search ensued.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) closed the area and looked for the young tourist from May 1 through May 4 before he was officially presumed dead. The search effort was called off due to dangerous water conditions.

Shemchuk's family called for the search to resume, but officials continued to deem conditions too dangerous. 

The family hired a private diver from California named Juan Heredia to look for the young man's body.

Parks Canada, which operates Banff National Park, closed Johnston Canyon on May 20 until the morning of May 21 to allow the second, private search to take place, but Heredia was still unable to locate Shemchuk. 

On Tuesday, a body was found washed up downstream of the waterfalls’ lower pool and reported to the RCMP and Parks Canada around midday, according to a press release Parks Canada shared with the Daily Mail. 

The area was once again closed to the public as police responded and identified Shemchuk's remains. His body has been transferred to the RCMP. 

'Parks Canada extends its sincere condolences to the individual’s family and loved ones during this difficult time,' the press release said. 

Shemchuk’s aunt, Olha Dishchuk, told the Rocky Mountain Outlook that her nephew was originally from Ukraine and had lived in the US for the past eight years. 

Despite his limited knowledge of English, he graduated high school with good grades in Philadelphia before pursuing higher education in Arizona, the aunt said. He was studying to become a doctor of physical therapy, she added. 

The young man's girlfriend, Nicolette Babbe, told the outlet that Shemchuk had already jumped from the cliffs once and been fine before he climbed to a higher spot and jumped again. It was after the second plunge that he did not reemerge.

On a GoFundMe page organized by Shemchuk's family to pay for body recovery expenses, funeral costs and other unexpected financial obligations, the family said: 'We are heartbroken to share the tragic loss of our dear Pasha.'

'Pasha was deeply loved by everyone who knew him. He was kind, genuine, and brought light and laughter to the people around him,' the family added. 

The GoFundMe has raised around $27,000 of its $35,000 goal as of Wednesday afternoon.

RCMP said it 'sends condolences to the family and friends of the deceased,' in a press release shared with the Daily Mail.