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Published June 8, 2025

Two men die when canoe capsizes on Sturgeon Lake

OPP - Sturgeon Lake - drownings
Image provided by City of Kawartha Lakes OPP - June 8, 2025.

City of Kawartha Lakes OPP say two men have died after their canoe capsized on Sturgeon Lake Sunday afternoon.

Provincial police say emergency responders were dispatched to a boat that had capsized shortly after 3 p.m.

They say a canoe was carrying three males, one of whom was able to swim back to shore after the boat flipped.

Police say the other two men could not stay afloat and did not survive.

No one in the canoe was wearing life jackets, police added.

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