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Body of missing boater pulled from west Quebec lake

Divers with Quebec's provincial police force have found the body of a manwho fell into a lake north of Ottawa when his boat capsized.

Fell into Cayamant Lake after boat capsized

Police divers pulled the body of a man from Cayamant Lake near Gracefield, Que., on June 30, 2019. (Radio-Canada)

Divers with Quebec's provincial police force have found the body of a manwho fell into a lake near Gracefield, Que., Saturday night.

The man, believed to be in his 40s, wassailing with a woman on a personal watercraft along Cayamant Lake when it capsized around 8 p.m., according to theSret du Qubec.

The woman was rescued by a nearby boat, but the man could not be found, SQ spokesperson Sgt. Stphane Tremblay told Radio-Canada.

Locals and firefighters searched for the man until 1 a.m. Sunday, and then returned later in the day.

Radio-Canada reported that divers retrieved the body from the lake at around 3:30 p.m.

The man's name has not been released. Cayamant Lake is approximately 100 kilometres north of Ottawa.

Muskoka death

Meanwhile, Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a man died onLake Muskoka inGravenhurst, Ont.

Police saidthey received a call shortly after 4 p.m.Saturday to a public beach, and found three people had gone underwater after they were playing with aswimming toy.

A woman and a child were rescued and taken to hospital, and are in stable condition.

After two hours of searching, a 37-year old man was also pulled from the water. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful, police said.