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OPP searching for missing canoeist on Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon

The OPP's marine unit launches Wednesday morning to search for a missing canoeist on Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon on Wednesday. Harrison Perkins/Special to Global News Peterborough

OPP divers are assisting in the search for a canoeist who went missing on Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon, Ont., on Tuesday evening.

According to the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP, a 20-year-old man from North York, Ont., was one of five people in a canoe that capsized on the lake around 9 p.m.

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The four other individuals were located by a boater and taken to shore, OPP said.

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Polices say none of the individuals were wearing life-jackets.

The search began Tuesday night and resumed Wednesday morning involving the OPP’s marine and underwater search and recovery unit and an OPP helicopter.

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The OPP\’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit are assisting in the search of a missing canoeist on Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon on Wednesday. Harrison Perkins/Special to Global News Peterborough

OPP stated at 4:45 p.m. the search continues for the missing man.

More to come.

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