UPDATE:
Upper Ottawa Valley OPP says the body of the man has been recovered. Police say the man has been identified as 20-year-old Samuel Patrick Eli Christiansen. An autopsy will be done to determine the cause of his death.Â
Police say his body was found in the same area of the river that he went missing.
The search is continuing for a swimmer that’s missing in the Ottawa River.
That’s according to Upper Ottawa Valley OPP, which says the swimmer went missing last Friday night after being caught in the rapids in the river in Whitewater Region.
Police say the missing man is identified as a 20-year-old from Petawawa, and was swimming with another man at the time.
The search for the man has included police services, fire fighters, paramedics, local rafting groups, and now Hydro Quebec. Police say the hydro company will be lowering the water levels on the river temporarily to assist the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit.
Police say that military personnel as well as helicopters are also being used in the search, and will provide updates as they become available.
