A trio of students was rescued on Stoco Lake in Tweed Tuesday morning after their canoe capsized.
Central Hastings OPP say a group was staying at a rental in the area and some of them went out on the lake to watch the sunrise. They lost a paddle from their canoe and then capsized trying to pick it up.
Three people went into the water, with one not wearing a life jacket.
A local resident heard that they were in distress, and came to their rescue, picking them up in his pontoon boat.
Everyone was brought to shore safely by the citizen.
Police note that on OPP-patrolled waterways, 17 of the 23 people who died in boating/paddling incidents last year were not wearing a lifejacket.
OPP say a lifejacket keeps you afloat when you suddenly and unexpectedly fall out of or are thrown from your vessel.
Falling overboard and capsized vessels are the leading causes of OPP-investigated boating/paddling fatalities every year.
