Body discovered in Lake Erie

To The Haldimand Press

FISHERVILLE—Haldimand OPP discovered the body of a missing boater south of Fisherville on August 23, 2019.

On Thursday, August 22 at 11:51 a.m. OPP responded to the Featherstone Point area in Lake Erie for a report of a missing boater.

OPP investigation has determined that a 48-year-old male went out onto Lake Erie to go fishing at approximately 11 a.m. in a small vessel off the shoreline near Featherstone Point. When a friend checked the lake with a telescope, approximately an hour later, they noticed the vessel was unoccupied and they contacted police.