RCMP is investigating a man found deceased after swimming in Three Mile Lake in Windsor Junction.

At 8:54 p.m. yesterday, Halifax District RCMP along with HRM Fire and EHS responded to a call of a drowning on Three Mile Lake. A 31-year-old man from Windsor Junction, NS, had been swimming in the lake when he became distressed and went under.

The man was located in the water at 1:48 a.m. today by Halifax Ground Search and Rescue using side scanning sonar and pronounced deceased at the scene. An investigation by the RCMP and Nova Scotia Medical Examiners Service is ongoing.

Our thoughts are with the family of the victim at this difficult time.

Source: Release