Police identify missing boater, urge citizens to keep searching
The missing man whose boat was found empty on the shores of Madison, Ohio, has been identified by police as Jack Glaves of Tillsonburg.
The missing man whose boat was found empty on the shores of Madison, Ohio, has been identified by police as Jack Glaves of Tillsonburg.
OPP confirmed the unoccupied 21-foot Striper vessel was located by a person walking along the shoreline in Madison Township, Ohio just before 9 a.m. Thursday.
A boat that went missing earlier this week after leaving a Port Burwell marina has been found across Lake Erie in Madison, Ohio. The man aboard hasn’t been located.
The search continues for a boater who didn’t return to Port Burwell when expected Tuesday, prompting a massive air and water search that continued Wednesday, including police, firefighters, local citizens and Coast Guard crews from both sides of the border.
A search was underway Wednesday for a missing boater not seen since leaving Port Burwell one day prior.
Beachgoers, boaters and commercial fishers can expect mostly smooth sailing on Southwestern Ontario’s algae-prone Great Lake this summer.
Elgin County is set to play host to a large-scale multi-agency search and rescue training exercise this week.
“I was pretty confident we had the right guy,” a Norfolk OPP detective said.
Most people don’t like to go to the beach when it’s below freezing, and wind gusts are 75 kilometres per hour. But Dave Sandford is not most people.
The winds may ease off a little this weekend, but the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (LTVCA) has issued a flood outlook.