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Man drowns on Cavendish Lake north of Buckhorn: Peterborough County OPP

OPP say a man died during a swimming incident on Cavendish Lake north of Peterborough on Saturday. Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press

A Whitchurch-Stouffville man died following a swimming incident on Saturday night on Cavendish Lake in the Municipality of Trent Lakes.

Peterborough County OPP says emergency crews were called around 10:30 p.m. to assist after reports that a swimmer failed to surface after jumping off a dock with three friends on the lake which is about 30 kilometres north of Buckhorn (60 kilometres north of Peterborough).

The body of a man was eventually located in the water by Trent Lakes Fire Department members who initiated CPR, OPP said.

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The man was transported to hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

He has been identified as Ryan Taylor, 20, of  Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont.

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The deceased was transported to the provincial forensic pathology unit at the Forensic Services and Coroners Complex in Toronto for a post-mortem examination.

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