Drowning In Thunder Bay District

A tragic weekend in the Thunder Bay area.
Provincial Police are reporting the drowning death of a 76-year-old man at Cummins Lake.
OPP say Ernest Rumpel went out in his canoe with his German Shepard Saturday afternoon.
It’s believed the dog rocked the canoe capsizing it, knocking Rumpel out of the boat.
He was not wearing his life jacket and was pronounced dead at the hospital.