The body of Vermont canoeist who was reported missing over the weekend was discovered in the Connecticut River on Sunday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, conservation officers received a report at 11:28 a.m. on Sunday, October 19 of a missing person from Vermont who was last seen in a canoe on the Connecticut River.
The individual was reportedly last seen around 10 p.m. on Saturday, October 18 leaving the Putney, Vermont side of the river.
The calling party said that there had been no contact with the individual since that time and they had located his overturned canoe near Ferry Road in Westmoreland, New Hampshire.
Conservation officers along with Westmoreland Fire and Rescue, Walpole Fire and Rescue, Spofford Fire and Rescue, Chesterfield, Fire and Rescue, Water Rescue Task Force, Walpole Police Department, and Vermont State Police all responded to begin conducting a search for the missing man.
At approximately 2:52 p.m., divers with the Water Rescue Task Force located and recovered the body of the man in close proximity to his overturned canoe.
Officials said the events leading up to the incident remain under investigation by New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol.
