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Man from seasonal residence drowns in Muskoka lake

Death is not considered suspicious, say OPP who add the man's identity is being withheld until next of kin can be notified
2021-04-15 OPP Marine Unit DMH
OPP Marine Unit file photo

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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MUSKOKA LAKES TOWNSHIP - Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to attend an address on Mortimers Point Road in Muskoka Lakes Township this morning at 8:10 a.m. after a man was located unresponsive in the lake near his seasonal residence.

Officers, along with Muskoka EMS, the OPP Marine Unit and the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) attended and pulled the man from the water.

Unfortunately life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.

The death is not considered suspicious and a post-mortem examination will take place in the coming days.

The person's identity is being withheld until next of kin are notified.

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