Body of missing Lanark County lake paddleboarder recovered by OPP
46-year-old man from Ottawa did not resurface in Dalhousie Lake on Monday afternoon
The body of a 46-year-old Ottawa man who went missing while paddleboarding in Dalhousie Lake, northwest of Perth, Ont., was recovered Tuesday afternoon, according to the OPP.
Police are withholding the man's identity, because his family isn't in Canada and is unaware of the incident.
Officers from the OPP's Lanark detachment, along with local firefighters and paramedics, were initially called to Centennial Park along the Eastern Ontario lake at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
According to a media release, the 46-year-old man was stand-up paddleboarding with a friend when he fell in and did not reappear. He was not wearing a life jacket, they said.
Police, firefighters trained in water rescues and civilian boaters were unable to find him, and OPP were then called in.
This is the third suspected drowning investigation by police Monday in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, along with two in western Quebec.
Quebec's deputy premier and Lifesaving Society warned Quebecers Monday about a rise in drownings this year compared to the same time last year.