For the fourth time since May, a body has been recovered from a lake in the northern Kawarthas.
Haliburton Highlands OPP are investigating after a body was found on Thursday afternoon (June 3) in Dark Lake in Wilberforce, located about 25 kilometres east of Haliburton.
The deceased person has been identified as 60-year-old Steven Honderich of Highlands East Township.
A post-mortem examination is scheduled to take place in Toronto, but police do not suspect foul play.
This is the fourth apparently accidental death in the past three weeks in lakes in the northern Kawarthas region.
On May 12, Haliburton Highlands OPP found a 63-year-old woman without vital signs in Loon Lake southeast of Haliburton. On May 20, Bancroft OPP recovered the body of a 68-year-old Ajax man from Mink Lake north of Bancroft. On June 1, Bancroft OPP recovered the body of a 60-year-old Combermere man from Bells Rapids Lake north of Bancroft.
