A 36-year-old man from M’Chigeeng First Nation has died after a single-vehicle snowmobile crash early Saturday on Manitoulin Island.
Emergency responders were called around 1:30 a.m. to Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs Trail C107D near Greenbush Road in the Township of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands.
The Ontario Provincial Police, UCCM Police, Manitoulin-Sudbury District Paramedic Services and the NEMI Fire Department all responded. The snowmobile operator was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation is continuing under the direction of the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, with assistance from the OPP’s traffic incident management enforcement team and a technical collision investigator.
Trail C107D remains closed between the Greenbush Road and Burnetts Side Road access points in NEMI Township. Authorities are urging snowmobilers to avoid the area and use alternate routes while the scene remains under investigation.