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By Sanchali Singh
(BURLINGTON, Vt.) The Burlington Police Department confirmed that rescue crews found the body of a missing boater in Lake Champlain Wednesday morning, according to NBC5.
Police said the body was identified as 73-year-old Barry Nelson, of Essex Junction.
After Nelson was last seen falling from a sailboat into the lake Monday morning, rescue crews retrieved his body at approximately 11 a.m. The body had drifted to shore near the mouth of the Winooski River.
A number of agencies contributed to efforts to find Nelson, including the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection and local response crews.