On Sunday July 5th, 2020 just before noon the Bracebridge OPP, Muskoka Paramedic Service and Muskoka Lakes Fire Department were called to a collision on Lake Muskoka involving a personal water craft (sea doo) and a human powered vessel (kayak) that resulted in the death of the operator of one of the vessels, 58 year-old Michael Cohen of Toronto.
After a lengthy investigation assisted by OPP Provincial Traffic Operations, on December 9, 2020 police have charged 58-year-old Charles McNair or Muskoka Lakes Township, with Dangerous Operation Causing Death.
He will appear in Bracebridge court on February 2, 2021.