A fisherman in Clarence-Rockland called police after spotting a floating corpse from the Rockland marina on Monday morning, April 15.

The Russell detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed human remains were retrieved from the Ottawa river at the marina in Du Moulin Park. Police removed the remains from the water with the assistance from the Clarence-Rockland Fire Department.

The investigation is ongoing and police are working to identify the individual and the circumstances surrounding their death with support from the Russell County Crime Unit and the OPP’s Forensic Identification Unit.

Police do not believe there is a threat to public safety at this time.