NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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SEVERN TWP, ON – 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 searched Lake Couchiching for the missing hunter
On Tuesday Oct. 25, 2016 at approximately 1:30 p.m. members of the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit located the body of a man in Lake Couchiching.
Family members of the man have been notified.
Members of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are committed to public safety, delivering proactive and innovative policing in partnership with our communities. Officers value your contribution to building safe communities. If you have information about suspected unlawful activity, please contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or visit Crime Stoppers at: www.crimestopperssdm.com or call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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