Ontario Provincial Police say the body of 33-year-old Scott McPherson of Westport has been recovered.
McPherson was last seen around 7 p.m. Friday and was believed to be snowmobiling in the Westport area. His body was found Monday morning.
Police were notified Saturday afternoon and along with the local fire department conducted extensive searches in the water and surrounding area to no avail.
A number of resources were called in for the search including the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, the Snowmobile ATV Vessel Enforcement Team and the Emergency Response Team. McPherson was an avid outdoorsman, and was known to snowmobile in the area on lakes including the north shore of Westport's Sand Lake where crews spent the weekend searching the water, looking for McPherson and his snowmachine.
Friends say he was going out to skip on the water; a sport in which snowmobilers hydroplane their machines across lakes or rivers.
Police say with thin, melting ice covering Sand Lake, nobody should be taking risks out on the water no matter how experienced they are.
"I hope people wouldn't do that, it's not worth the chance, it's not worth the risk. If it's not safe, don't do it. If you're going out 7 o'clock at night, it's dark. You have to know your area, you have to know the terrain. If you're heading out on to the ice, on to the water, you've got to know that as well as make sure it's safe." said Constable Sandra Barr of Leeds County OPP.