NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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SEVERN TOWNSHIP - On Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 at 8:21 a.m., Orillia OPP were dispatched Goldstein Road in Severn Township.
Preliminary investigation reveals a 30-year-old male duck hunter shot a duck and was retrieving it from Lake Couchiching. The canoe he was sitting in overturned and he fell into the water. He was not wearing his life jacket.
Severn Fire department as well the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery unit are searching Lake Couchiching for the missing hunter.
If anyone has any information please contact Orillia OPP via OPP ComCentre at 1-888-310-1122.
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