OPP divers recover body of snowmobiler from Six Mile Lake

Police in Georgian Bay are still investigating after a snowmobile trip turned fatal over the weekend, with the riders falling through a frozen lake.

OPP say two men were snowmobiling over Six Mile Lake in the Muskoka area on Sunday when the ice started to break away beneath them.

A cottager called 911 after spotting two people in the lake, and first responders reportedly took over rescue attempts from residents and pulled a 58-year-old Toronto man from the water. Police say he remains in hospital.

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The second man’s body was recovered yesterday afternoon by members of the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit.

Investigators have not released the identity of the deceased man but say he is a 59-year-old man from Scarborough.

Police say they are still investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident.

Today at approx. 2:35 p.m. members of OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit and the @Georgian Bay Twp Fire Service located and recovered the body of the lone outstanding 59 yr Scarborough male snowmobiler. #SGBOPP #NoIceIsSafeIce ^DH pic.twitter.com/3UpmpqrUcg

— OPP Central Region (@OPP_CR) January 23, 2023