A man has died after the canoe he was in capsized on Lake Huron in South Bruce Peninsula on Monday night.
Emergency crews were called about the incident on the water near Howdenvale around 6 p.m. Three people had been canoeing when the vessel overturned. Two were able to swim back to shore, while the third did not immediately resurface, Grey Bruce OPP said.
Bystanders jumped into action, finding and bringing the missing canoeist back to land where CPR was administered. Paramedics rushed the 32-year-old man to hospital where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been released.
Police have offered their thanks to members of the public who assisted in the rescue effort.
This is the second drowning in the region this week. On Sunday, a four-year-old went missing while swimming with family in a pond at a farm near Southgate Road 26 near Proton Station. The child's body was pulled from the water on Monday morning by the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit.
