SAINT CATHARINES, Ont. — The search for a man who went missing after his tube overturned in Lake Ontario off St. Catharines has ended in tragedy.
Niagara Regional Police say officers with their Marine/Under Water Search and Recovery Unit recovered the man’s body early Sunday morning, not far from where he was last seen.
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Police were called to the Port Dalhousie area shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday night following reports that a man had not surfaced after the tube he was riding flipped over as it was being towed by a boat.
Vessels from the St. Catharines Fire Service and the Canadian Coast Guard were involved in the search.
The victim has been identified as a 37-year-old man from Mississauga, however his identity is not being released.
A post-mortem has been ordered, but police say the death is not being treated as suspicious.
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