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Missing boater's body recovered on Grassy Narrows Lake

OPP say boat overturned on Saturday on Grassy Narrows Lake.
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GRASSY NARROWS FIRS NATION – Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the death of a boater on Grassy Narrows Lake.

Police, in a release issued on Sunday, say they received a report on Saturday about a missing man, after four people went into the water after their boat overturned.

The body of the missing man was recovered on Sunday, with the assistance of the OPP’s underwater search and rescue unit.

He has been identified as 40-year-old Devon Hill of Six Nations of the Grand River.

An investigation into the death is being conducted by the Kenora OPP’s crime unit and anyone with information is asked to phone them at 807-548-5534 or 1-888-310-1122.  


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