Lake Simcoe is a dangerous place

Much like the smaller Lake Muskoka, the smaller bays freeze, and the lake may appear frozen, but they are not.

 
Bodies Of Missing Snowmobilers Pulled From Lake Simcoe
2008/01/02
The search for two missing snowmobilers came to a tragic end after their bodies were discovered in Lake Simcoe late Wednesday afternoon.

York Regional Police had been searching frantically for the two men, Stephen Docherty, 43 and William Cameron, 40, who were last seen around 12:30 Tuesday snowmobiling northbound on Sunkist Road toward Lake Simcoe in the Town of Georgina.