Trout fisherman drowned after canoe tips over

A man drowned while out trout fishing on the Burin Peninsula over the weekend.

RCMP say the 68-year-old man from Grand Bank wastrout fishing with another man in Swabs Dock Pond on July 13.

Their canoe tipped over, but only one man managed to swim to safety, police said.

Both men were wearing life-jackets at the time.

Marystown RCMPare investigating.

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