During the evening of Sunday, November 13th, Gypsumville RCMP received a report of a 70-year-old male who went out ice fishing earlier that day but had not come home. A local search group went out on snowmobiles to a spot where the 70-year-old would most likely be fishing and upon arrival, they noticed some footwear out on the ice.
The search party then approached by foot and was able to locate and recover the body of the 70-year-old male who was pronounced deceased. The full media release from the RCMP is below:
On November 13, 2022, at 9:15 pm, Gypsumville RCMP received a report of a 70-year-old male having gone out ice fishing near Fairford earlier in the morning and failed to return home.
His pickup truck was found near Cook Road, located west of Highway 6, in Fairford, where a local search party began their search.
The search party departed by snowmobile out onto the lake to an area believed most likely to be where the 70-year-old would fish from. After a short ride out, they observed footwear protruding out from the ice.
The search party approached closer by foot, due to the thinning ice, where they located and recovered the body of the 70-year-old male who was pronounced deceased. No criminality is suspected in his death.
Gypsumville RCMP continue to investigate.
