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Wiikwemkoong man drowns at Chutes

Underwater search and rescue recovered body of 35-year-old man after extensive search
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Chutes Provincial Park is seen here in fall in a promotional image.

The first weekend of the summer season turned tragic at Chutes Provincial Park this past weekend.

A 35-year-old man from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island was swimming with friends at the popular swimming area on the Aux Sables River near Massey on June 25 when he failed to surface, the OPP reported this morning.

Emergency services were dispatched shortly after 4:30 p.m. and an extensive search involving the OPP’s North East Region Canine Unit, OPP Aviation Services and North Shore Search and Rescue, as well as Manitoulin-Sudbury Paramedic Services, was dispatched.

Eventually, the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit attended the scene and located the man, who was identified as Corey Assiniwe, 35, of Wiikwemkoong.

The Office of Chief Coroner and Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCC-OCFPS) is assisting and a post-mortem examination will take place in Sudbury.