Body found near Cornwall RCAFA boat launch

The St. Lawrence River in Cornwall, Ont. near the RCAFA boat launch. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)

CORNWALL – A body has been found in the St. Lawrence River near the RCAFA boat launch.

Cornwall Police Service spokesman Stephanie MacRae says they received reports about the body around 9 a.m. (Saturday) in the river behind the RCAFA Wing 424 building on Water Street.

β€œThe CPS is working in partnership with the Regional Coroner’s Office and have no further details to release at this time,” she said.

Police have not said whether it’s a scuba diver, who went missing in Tuesday, June 11 near Lock 21 on Macdonell Island – almost 13 kilometers upstream.