(GEORGIAN BAY TWP, ON) –On August 22, 2016 at 3:15pm the Southern Georgian Bay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a vessel adrift off of the southern tip of Beausoliel Island in Southern Georgian Bay. It was determined that the Seadoo Speedster had been in use recently and a search of the area for the missing operator was commenced by the OPP Marine Unit, a Coast Guard helicopter, a Hercules aircraft and two Coast Guard vessels.
On August 26, 2016 at approximately 8:55 a.m. members of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Marine Unit and the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) recovered a body from the waters of Georgian Bay near Present Island.
The deceased is believed to be that of a missing 56 year old male boater from Mississauga that the OPP have been looking for. The Southern Georgian Bay OPP Crime Unit is continuing the investigation.
