UPDATE: Two People Still Missing After Falling Through Ice on Charleston Lake

Charleston Lake – Leeds OPP continues to search for two missing individuals after three people broke through the ice on Charleston Lake on Sunday afternoon.

OPP says that shortly before 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 11th, they responded to reports of three individuals who broke through the ice while fishing on Charleston Lake.

One person got themselves out from the freezing waters just north of Lansdowne while two people are still missing.

The OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Aviation Services, Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), Leeds and Thousand Islands Fire Department (TLTI) and Rideau Lakes Fire Department are continuing to search for the missing individuals police say.

Charleston Lake Provincial Park is closed due to the emergency vehicles and search.

The OPP wants to urge the public to stay off the ice. No ice is safe ice, especially during this extraordinarily mild winter.

If you have any information about the missing persons, please contact the OPP non-emergency line at 1 (888) 310-1122.