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Body of second missing P.E.I. fisherman found on Monday

FILE - The crew of a Cormorant helicopter dispatched by JRCC helped locate three missing people in Lunenburg County on Saturday. Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian Press

The search for two Prince Edward Island fishermen who went missing after their boat overturned Thursday has come to a sad end.

P.E.I. RCMP say the body of Maurice Getson was found at around 8 a.m. Monday on a shore near Campbellton.

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The body of the first fisherman, Capt. Glen Desroches, was found just before 8 a.m. Sunday on the shore near North Cape.

Police say their family members have been notified and the coroner’s office has been contacted.

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P.E.I. Ground Search and Rescue and the Tignish Fire Department aided in the recoveries.

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