Body of missing swimmer found
The body of a 40-year-old man who fell off a houseboat Monday night on Pigeon Lake in Trent Lakes township was recovered Tuesday night.
The body was recovered by the OPP underwater search and rescue unit and was brought to shore around 7 p.m. after an allday search.
The houseboat was in the area of Boyd Island when the man attempted to assist a woman who was struggling in the water, Peterborough County OPP.
The woman made it back into the boat but the man, believed to be from the Bowmanville area, disappeared, police said.
Trent Lakes firefighters, City of Kawartha Lakes paramedics along with Peterborough County and Kawartha Lakes OPP officiers responded to the call around 6:30 p.m.
An OPP helicopter was used to look for the person but was unsuccessful.
Two other people were taken by paramedics to hospital for treatment after being taken out of the water.
The houseboat was in the area for a few days, neighbours says.
Girl pulled from beach at Emily Provincial Park
A two-year-old girl was taken to hospital for treatment after being pulled from the water at a beach at Emily Provincial Park, about 25 kilometres west of Peterborough, around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. City of Kawartha Lakes OPP did not have further information on the incident as of Tuesday.