RCMP Responds to Drowning of a man in Pleasure Harbour

A 51-year-old Lodge Bay man is deceased following a drowning that occurred on Sunday.

Mary’s Harbour RCMP received a report of a missing person along the Labrador Coast in an area known as Pleasure Harbour, which is located well outside of the community of Mary’s Harbour.

Two men were on board a vessel that overturned and both entered the water. One man made it back to shore and the other did not.

The body was later recovered along the shoreline and was transported to Mary’s Harbour.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is engaged and the investigation is ongoing.