Body of missing man found after canoes capsize in northwestern Ontario
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The body of a 25-year-old American man has been found after two canoes capsized in northwestern Ontario last week, provincial police say.
The body of a 25-year-old American man has been found after two canoes capsized in northwestern Ontario last week, provincial police say.
Five people were found after the boats overturned on Saganagons Lake in Quetico Provincial Park, located about 163 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, on June 5.
Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry responded to the call and spent several days searching for the missing man from Indianapolis, Indiana.
The body of Grant Smith was located by the OPP underwater search and recovery unit just before 4 p.m. June 9, police said.
"There were three canoes travelling with two individuals in each canoe," OPP spokesperson Autumn Eadie told CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca in an email on Monday afternoon.
"Three individuals were wearing lifejackets during this incident. The deceased individual was not."
