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New Brunswick RCMP recover body of second missing fisherman near Portage Island

RCMP “J” Division, which is the New Brunswick RCMP Headquarters in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray

By The Canadian Press

Posted Aug 16, 2023 06:29:56 PM.

Last Updated Aug 16, 2023 06:31:40 PM.

HALIFAX — RCMP in New Brunswick say the body of a second man who didn’t return from a fishing trip has been found.

Brothers Aldéric Thibodeau, 75, and Léandre Thibodeau, 82, were last seen Aug. 7 as they set off in a boat from a wharf on the Acadian Peninsula.

The next day, the Tracadie Fire Department recovered an overturned boat matching the description of the boat the men were using.

Police say members of the Fisheries Department located a body in the water near Portage Island around 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

The body was identified as Aldéric Thibodeau.

The body of Léandre Thibodeau was found on Saturday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 16, 2023.

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