Police have recovered the bodies of two young men who went missing in Stoney Lake at Burleigh Falls north of Peterborough late Sunday afternoon (August 3).
Just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with fire and emergency medical services responded to a report of two people who had gone missing in the water in the area of Fire Route 2 behind the Burleigh Falls Inn.
According to police, people were reportedly swimming in the area when one man fell in the water from the shoreline and appeared to be in distress. Witnesses entered the water to assist the man, resulting in a second man also reported as missing.
On Sunday afternoon and evening, police and fire conducted a search of the water as well as the surrounding areas but were unable to locate the two missing men.
The search resumed on Monday, with the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit aiding in the recovery of the bodies of the two men.
Police have identified the victims as a 24-year-old man from Caledon and a 26-year-old man from Brampton.
The original version of the story has been updated with information about the missing men’s bodies being located and their ages and places of origin.
