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)
The lone occupant of the vessel was found not to be wearing a life-jacket, OPP said.
The incident remains under investigation.
More to come.