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Police search for missing Toronto canoeist in Muskoka

Ian Walker, 56, from Toronto, was with family at a seasonal property on Wiancko Road when he set out in a canoe on Sparrow Lake during the early morning hours of Thursday. Police handout

Bracebridge OPP are searching for a 56-year-old man who’s missing from a Gravenhurst, Ont., cottage.

Ian Walker, 56, from Toronto, was with family at a seasonal property on Wiancko Road when he set out in a canoe on Sparrow Lake during the early morning hours of Thursday.

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Police say Walker’s canoe was found some distance away in Sparrow Lake close to Riverview Drive in Severn Bridge but with no sign of him.

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Officers describe the missing man as five feet six inches tall, with short salt-and-pepper hair and brown eyes.

OPP marine units started searching the water Thursday and will continue their search Friday.

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Anyone with information on Walker’s whereabouts is asked to contact police at 1-888-310-1122.

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