A 26-year-old man has drowned after he jumped out of a canoe Saturday afternoon on the lake north of Kingston, Ont., provincial police say.
26-year-old man pronounced dead at the scene, OPP say
Ontario Provincial Police say a 26-year-old man drowned Saturday afternoon while swimming at Silver Lake Provincial Park. (Jillian Renouf/CBC)
A 26-year-old man drowned Saturday afternoon while swimming at Silver Lake Provincial Park, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Police were called to the lake at around 4:30 p.m. after getting a call about a swimmer who’d disappeared after jumping off a canoe into the water.
The man was later pulled from the lake and declared dead at the scene, OPP said in a Saturday evening media release.
CBC Ottawa is now aware of 20 deaths that have occurred on local waterways in 2025, including 14 of them this summer.
Silver Lake is roughly 100 kilometres north of downtown Kingston, Ont.