ST. CHARLES, Ont. — One person is confirmed dead after members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the OPP Marine unit responded to an abandoned vessel on the West Arm of Lake Nipissing, near St. Charles, Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Chris Jackson, 37, of Sudbury.
Police say the vessel was under power when it was located on October 8, at 9:20 a.m. — without its operator — and a subsequent search by the OPP Marine unit was unable to locate anyone.
The OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (U.S.R.U.) responded to the area and retrieved the body from the water.
The investigation is ongoing under the direction of the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCCO-OFPS).
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