MARQUETTE, MI— Officials have found the body of the man who was swept off the Black Rocks in Marquette’s Presque Isle Park Thursday.
Friday around 8:22 a.m., officers from the Marquette and Chocolay Township Police Departments responded to a report of a body in Lake Superior in the area of Lakewood Lane in Harvey. The officers located the body just off the beach and were able to recover it from the water.
The body was confirmed to be the man who had been washed off Black Rocks on Thursday. The victim is a 62-year-old from the Calumet area.
Assisting in the recovery were the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office, Chocolay Township Fire Department, and UPHS-Marquette EMS.
