Overview

• Ontario Provincial Police are probing the July 26 drowning of a three-year-old at Mille Roches Beach in Long Sault after emergency services responded around 5:45 p.m.
• Off-duty medical professionals and paramedics attempted resuscitation at the scene before the child was transported under police escort to hospital, where life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.
• This incident marks the second toddler drowning in eastern Ontario this month following a similar tragedy at Sandbanks Provincial Park in mid-July.
• Eastern Ontario’s child drowning toll has more than doubled compared to this time last year, prompting renewed marine safety alerts across the region.
• Authorities and safety advocates are intensifying campaigns for mandatory life-jacket use and stricter boating oversight to curb further water-related fatalities.