Search underway for missing man in Lake Ontario near St. Catharines

Police said they have recovered the body of a man reported missing Sunday after falling off a tube in Lake Ontario.

At about 12:05 a.m. officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service Marine/Under Water Search and Recovery Unit located were taking part in dive operations and recovered the body of a deceased man not far from where he was last seen.

Detectives and the coroner were on site and a postmortem has been ordered. It is not being treated as suspicious.

The deceased has been identified as a 37-year-old man from Mississauga.

Police said emergency services were contacted about the missing male at about 7:40 p.m. Sunday. Officers attended the scene in Port Dalhousie and the initial investigation determined a boat pulling a tube overturned, and the male tube rider went into the water and did not resurface.

St. Catharines Fire Services and the Canadian Coast Guard were on scene.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact officers at 905-688-4111, ext. 1024233.