2 children are dead after a boat overturned in Nova Scotia’s Lake Rossignol

An RCMP epaulette is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

By The Canadian Press

Posted Oct 19, 2025 03:36:18 PM.

Last Updated Oct 20, 2025 10:59:19 AM.

Two children are dead, and another man and child are injured after a boating incident in western Nova Scotia.

On Saturday evening, RCMP responded to calls of a boater in distress on Lake Rossignol, near West Caledonia.

When officers arrived, they found one man and three children were in the boat when it overturned around 4:56 p.m.

Officials used a search-and-rescue helicopter to find all four boaters, and transported them to hospital.

Two of the children died as a result of their injuries.

A 45-year-old man from Fall River, and one child, have non-life-threatening injuries.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2025.

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