Overdue boater located deceased in Brooklyn

An overdue boater was located deceased in Brooklyn over this past weekend.

Shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, the RCMP received the report from Musgravetown Fire Department of an overdue man who had departed Bloomfield on Saturday evening, in a small boat without a motor and had not returned.  Conditions were noted to be windy.

Musgravetown Fire Department responded to assist in a search, while police engaged the Canadian Coast Guard and Triple Bay Eagles Ground Search and Rescue for assistance. 

While searchers were being deployed, the man’s boat was located by local individuals on a shoreline in Brooklyn and the overdue man was located a short distance away, deceased on a beach. 

The man was not wearing a life jacket.