One person is dead and two are missing after their boat overturned in a stormy Ontario lake Sunday afternoon.
The pleasure craft was carrying seven people when it overturned at about 4:30 p.m. on Rice Lake, about 120 kilometres east of Toronto.
The group was fishing when their boat was hit by high waves about 500 metres from shore and began to sink, Ontario Provincial Police Staff Sgt. Doug Borton said.
Two men and two women, aged 17 to 59 years, swam to shore near Harwood, Ont., and were rescued. But three other people apparently drowned.
Dead is Holland Chow, 54, of Richmond Hill, Ont.
Albert Chow, 51, of Stouffville, Ont., and Duylunong Diep, 54, of Richmond Hill, Ont., are missing, police said.
Search and rescue aircraft from the provincial police and nearby Canadian Forces Base Trenton called off the search for the missing people as dusk fell. The search is expected to resume at dawn on Monday morning.
The accident occurred on a cold and windy day when winds of up to 75 km/h created dangerous conditions on the water, local residents said Sunday.
"There's a lot of waves out on the lake," said Bonnie Simpson, co-owner of the Idle Hours Fishing Resort. "It's just a horrible day. Most of the cottagers have packed up and gone home because of the weather this weekend."
Rice Lake is a large and relatively shallow body of water that is popular with recreational boaters and fishermen.