OPP CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR MISSING FISHERMAN

(THUNDER BAY, ON) On Thursday September 12 2013 at approximately 10:07 pm, officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a male that was missing and presumed drowned on Northern Lights Lake.

A fisherman had been fishing on Northern Lights Lake in the area of Trafalgar Bay when he located a female alone and wet on an island.

Upon speaking with the female it was learned that she was a new employee of Gunflint Lodge in Grand Marais, Minnesota. On this date, an experienced guide that was employed at Gunflint Lodge took the female out fishing. They traveled through a series of portages to arrive at Trafalgar Bay on Northern Lights Lake. They were going to fish there for the day and return to Gunflint Lodge. As they were enroute back to Gunflint Lodge, while in the North West corner of Trafalgar Bay, the boat struck something in the water. The boat lunged and the two were thrown from the boat. The male was not wearing a life jacket at the time and did not resurface from the water. The female was wearing a life jacket and was able to swim to an island.

The Thunder Bay OPP Marine Unit responded and is continuing the search.

The OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) is enroute and expected to arrive tomorrow to assist with the search.

The investigation is continuing.

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