Police have recovered the body of a man who went missing in the water at Cobourg Harbour on Saturday afternoon (September 21).
At around 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, the Cobourg Police Service, Cobourg Fire Department, Northumberland County Paramedics, the Canadian Coast Guard, and the Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a man who had entered the water south of the Coast Guard pier at the foot of Division Street and failed to resurface.
For around two hours, members of the fire department and the Coast Guard searched the water in the area where the man went missing but were unable to locate him.
A request was made to the OPP Underwater Search, Rescue and Recovery Unit to assist in the search.
Shortly after arriving at the scene, the OPP Underwater Search, Rescue and Recovery Unit located the body of the missing man at around 7:30 p.m.
Cobourg police area are continuing their investigation while the Coroner’s Office conducts a port-mortem.
