The body of missing boater Reginald Fisher has been found.
Elgin County OPP have confirmed that a body that turned up on shore in the Port Burwell area is that of the missing Dutton man.
Fisher was 77 years old.
A jogger advised police of the body Friday night around 7pm. The body was found on the shore of Lake Erie just west of the Port Burwell Provincial Park beach area. Police have positively identified the body as that of Reginald Fisher.
Mr. Fisher was last seen leaving the Port Glasgow area alone in his sailboat on September 17th around 3PM. He was reported overdue the following day September 18th. Since that time police and Canadian Coast Guard resources conducted extensive searches by both air and water locating Mr. Fisher’s vessel capsized. Mr. Fisher was not located and since that time had remained listed as missing.
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