Man’s Body Discovered In Rice Lake

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(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – On Tuesday September 11, 2018 at approximately 10:30 a.m. officers from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received reports of man’s body found in the water on Rice Lake near Rice Lake Drive, just east of Gores Landing in Hamilton Township.

Officers attended the location where 64 year old Kenneth Selvig of Gores Landing was found deceased in the water near the shore line. Foul play is not suspected and the next of kin have been notified.

A post-mortem was performed in Kingston, Ontario on September 12, 2018.

Pete Fisher
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