RCMP in Nova Scotia is investigating after a man died while swimming in Three Miles Lake in Windsor Junction.
Police, along with HRM Fire and EHS, responded to reports of drowning just before 9 p.m. on Saturday.
“A 31-year-old man from Windsor Junction, N.S., had been swimming in the lake when he became distressed and went under,” RCMP wrote in a news release.
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Using scanning sonar, the man was found several hours later at 1:48 a.m. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
An investigation by RCMP and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiners Service is ongoing.
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