(Photo by Jordan MacKinnon)(Photo by Jordan MacKinnon)
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OPP Divers Join Search For Missing Kayaker Near Southampton

Divers from the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit have joined the search in Lake Huron for a missing Saugeen Shores man.

They are looking for the body of a kayaker who disappeared Monday afternoon between Chantry Island and the Saugeen Shores beach.

The man has been identified as 60-year-old David Counsell of Saugeen Shores.   His kayak was recovered.

An OPP helicopter and marine unit, the Canadian Coast Guard, and Saugeen Shores Fire Department and police service are also involved in the search.

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