Overdue boater found dead on Bonavista Peninsula shoreline
Man was reported overdue Sunday morning
A man who was reported overdue from a boating trip out of Bloomfield on Newfoundland's Bonavista Peninsula was found dead on a shoreline in nearby Brooklyn, according to the RCMP.
The man was reported overdue to Clarvenville RCMP officers around 8:30 a.m. NT on Sunday.
Police say the man had left Bloomfield the evening before in a small boat without a motor, and conditions were noted to be windy.
Search and rescue resources were in the middle of being deployed when the man's boat was located by locals on a shoreline in Brooklyn, the RCMP said. The man's body was located a short distance away on a beach.
Police say the man was not wearing a life-jacket.
The RCMP is urging boaters to make sure they have life-jackets on board, to monitor weather conditions and to share plans with friends and family before departing on trips.
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