Police Detain US Man Trying to Paddle Over Canadian Border in Kayak

Canadian and American flags fly near Ambassador Bridge at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Windsor, Ont., on March 21, 2020. The Canadian Press/Rob Gurdebeke

Police in the town of LaSalle, Ont., just south of Windsor, say they recently detained a man from the United States trying to illegally enter Canada by kayak.

According to LaSalle police, the 51-year-old man was discovered around 1 a.m. on Aug. 6 on the Canadian side of the Detroit River and detained and turned over to RCMP after it was found he was trying to illegally enter Canada.