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City of Kawartha Lakes OPP locate body of missing boater on Pigeon Lake

Click to play video: '69 year-old Emily man found dead in Pigeon Lake'
69 year-old Emily man found dead in Pigeon Lake
The body of a 69 year-old-man from the former Emily Township was found in Pigeon Lake early Monday morning. Kawartha Lakes OPP are investigating how a fishing trip ended in a tragic drowning. Germain Ma has the details. – Aug 28, 2023

Police have recovered the body of a boater who was reported missing on Pigeon Lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ont., on Monday morning.

City of Kawartha Lakes OPP say around 12:40 a.m. Monday, officers — including the marine unit — along with the joint rescue coordination centre helicopter and local emergency crews, responded to a report of a missing boater on the lake.

Witnesses say OPP were focussing their search in in the area off Pigeon Lake Road on the Kawartha Lakes side of the lake and Edendarry Line on the Selwyn Township side of the lake

Police say just before 6 a.m., the body of a dead man was found submerged in the water. The victim is a 69-year-old man from the City of Kawartha Lakes (in the former Emily Township)

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The lone occupant of the vessel was found not to be wearing a life-jacket, OPP said.

City of Kawartha Lakes OPP recovered this boat during a search on Aug. 28, 2023.

The incident remains under investigation.

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More to come.

 

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