News Release

Body Recovered from Lake Superior at Chapel Beach

Date: July 3, 2025
Contact: Alisa Hardin-Lapp, 906-202-0033

MUNISING, Mich.- On the afternoon of July 3, 2025, a deceased individual was recovered from Lake Superior near Chapel Beach within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

At approximately 2:30 p.m., park visitors called 911 to report a person face down in the water. National Park Service rangers and Alger County paramedics responded to the scene. National Park Service first responders located the individual and initiated life-saving efforts, which were unsuccessful. The person was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Preliminary information indicates the death was the result of an apparent suicide. The identity of the individual is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Out of respect for the family, no further details are being released at this time.

Chapel Beach and the surrounding areas remain open to the public.

Additional information regarding Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore can be found at www.nps.gov/piro or on Face book @PicturedRocksNL and lnstagram @picturedrocksnps.


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