L'ORIGNAL, ONT. -- Ontario Provincial Police say an investigation is ongoing after a body was found along the shores of the Ottawa River, east of Ottawa.

OPP say officers were called to the river in L'Orignal at around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, April 4. 

The body of an adult woman was found and taken to the Ottawa Hospital for a post mortem.

The OPP Forensic Identification Unit (FISU), and the Office of the Chief Coroner will continue the investigation with the assistance of the Hawkesbury OPP Crime unit.