Man found dead after possible drowning in LaHave River

Anjuli Patil · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 14, 2025 1:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Police successful Bridgewater, N.S., are investigating a imaginable drowning aft a 37-year-old antheral died successful the LaHave River connected Monday.

First responders were called at 11:23 a.m. AT.

Police said a assemblage was recovered from the stream with the assistance of an underwater drone astir 12:40 p.m.

"At this time, constabulary judge determination is nary transgression quality to this incident, and the probe is being treated arsenic an accidental drowning," the Bridgewater Police Service said successful a social media post.

Police said the man, from Lunenburg County, was spotted swimming successful the LaHave River disconnected King Street by King Street Court, a parkland connected the riverbank betwixt the town's 2 bridges.

"He was successful immoderate benignant of distress. Unsure of why, immoderate bystanders jumped into the h2o and tried to assistance him. They weren't capable to. He went underwater," said Bridgewater Police Service Deputy Chief Danny MacPhee.

MacPhee said the Bridgewater, Dayspring and Northfield occurrence departments enactment boats successful the h2o to find the man.

"We were capable to retrieve the assemblage of the individual, bring him to shore, place him and notify immoderate of his family, but not all," MacPhee said.

The main said successful his 25 years moving successful Bridgewater, he's seldom seen radical swimming successful that portion of the river.

"Mostly for us, we spot kayakers oregon radical connected canoes betwixt the 2 bridges. I cannot number much than 2 oregon 3 times I've seen idiosyncratic swimming there," helium said.

The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner's Office volition beryllium helping successful the investigation, constabulary said.