(CENTRE WELLINGTON TOWNSHIP, ON) -On May 8, 2014 at approximately 8:50 a.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were called to the Grand River Conservation Authority-Belwood Lake. A park staff employee located a capsized aluminum boat near the Shand Dam with a male in the water nearby. He was pulled from the water by the Centre Wellington Fire Rescue Department and transported by Guelph-Wellington Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
He has been identified as Gordon Villeneuve age 77 of Kitchener. The cause of death has not been determined and is still under investigation.
If anyone has information regarding this incident, please contact Wellington County OPP at
1-888-310-1122.