Ontario Provincial Police say the body of a scuba diver who went missing in the St. Lawrence River west of Cornwall, Ont. has been recovered.
The diver was among a group of four who were diving near Lock 21 on the Long Sault Parkway at around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. Only three divers resurfaced that evening.
Police began a search for the missing diver, with help from the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, the Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department, the RCMP and the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department.
The OPP’s underwater search and recovery unit found the diver’s body around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The diver’s identity has not been released.
This is the second scuba diving-related fatality in eastern Ontario this month.
Another man died April 13, after going into distress while diving in the St. Lawrence in Kingston, according to the OPP. His body was found the next day.
