Police are continuing their search for a 68-year-old Ajax resident who went missing on Mink Lake in Hastings Highlands on Sunday night (May 16).
Shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Bancroft OPP responded to a report of an unoccupied boat circling on Mink Lake, located around 30 kilometres north of Bancroft.
Bancroft OPP, including an OPP helicopter, and Hastings Highlands Fire Department conducted a search of the area but the person was not located.
Police are continuing their search on Monday, joined by the OPP Underwater Search and Recover Team.
Last Wednesday (May 13), Haliburton Highlands OPP reported the death of a 63-year-old woman after a possible drowning in Loon Lake, about 12 kilometres southwest of the town of Haliburton in Haliburton County.
The original version of this story identified the missing Ajax resident as a woman. Police did not supply the gender of the missing person.
