Police recover body of missing kayaker

Police recover body of missing kayaker

This afternoon, Ontario Provincial Police confirmed the body they recovered over the weekend was that of the 30 year-old female kayaker who went missing in the Ottawa River near l’Isle-aux-Allumettes last week.

Police initially began searching the river after a tandem kayak was reported to have capsized early in the morning on September 18 near the interprovincial bridge connecting Ontario and the island. A 34 year-old man was rescued that morning but a 30 year-old woman remained missing.

On Saturday (September 21), police announced that they had recovered a body near where the woman had last been observed, but didn’t confirm it was the missing paddler until this afternoon. The woman’s identity has not been made public.