Body Of Missing Boater Recovered

(HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, ON) – On November 11, 2016 members of the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency crews were called shortly before 9:00am to assist a male that had been pulled from Rice Lake near Halstead Beach Road. The 45 year old male, from Durham Region, was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police remain in the area as the investigation continues.

UPDATE #1 (November 12, 2016)

Investigators believe the deceased male from Durham Region was fishing on Rice Lake with a friend. Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC Trenton) supported OPP search efforts yesterday. OPP Central Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), Marine units from Northumberland County, Underwater Search and Recovery (USRU) and Aviation Services are on-site today and continue to search the waters for a possible second male. Yesterday’s search located a submerged aluminum fishing vessel, believed to be owned by the deceased.

UPDATE #2

On April 22, 2017 at 2:41 p.m. Northumberland OPP received a report of a body floating in the water on Rice Lake near Hannah Road in Hamilton Township. Investigators recovered a deceased male who fit the description of the missing boater that police have been searching for since November 12, 2016. The Regional Coroner attended and has scheduled a post mortem for early next week at the Office of the Chief Coroner and Forensic Pathology Service in Toronto. Search efforts for the second missing boater have been suspended pending positive identification of the deceased.

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