PEI

Man declared dead after injury on fishing vessel off North Lake, P.E.I.

A man is dead following an incident on a fishing vessel that sails out of North Lake in northeastern Prince Edward Island.

RCMP received call about incident aboard a boat early Wednesday morning

A map of Prince Edward Island showing North Lake Harbour in the upper right corner.
A map of Prince Edward Island showing North Lake Harbour in the upper right corner. (CBC)

A man is dead following an incident on a fishing vessel based in North Lake in northeastern Prince Edward Island.

According to an RCMP spokesperson, police were notified early Wednesday morning that someone had been injured on a boat.

Once the vessel reached shore, the man was declared deceased.

RCMP are working with the coroner's office and the occupational health and safety division of the Workers Compensation Board as part of the investigation.

A lobster boat sails into North Lake harbour past other fishing boats.
North Lake Harbour, as seen in a file photo from 2021. (Sara Fraser/CBC)