BATTLE LAKE, Minn. - An Arizona couple's canoe ride turned tragic Monday as their craft capsized on Clitherall Lake, and the 29-year-old man drowned.
The couple paddled out from Scenic Point Resort around noon, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Department. The 24-year-old woman told Sheriff Brian Schlueter their craft capsized around 12:30 p.m.
Searchers spotted the man's body with an underwater camera just before 2 p.m., and divers recovered the body about an hour later.
The couple's names were being withheld pending notification of their families.
The sheriff said the woman told him her boyfriend was a weak swimmer. He said she did the best she could to rescue him.
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Schlueter said he didn't know what caused the canoe to capsize, however, the wind was blowing hard, causing small whitecaps and choppy waters. Neither person was wearing a life jacket, he said.
