Man believed to have fallen from boat
A searcher carries a stretcher at the scene where the body of a missing man was found on Sept. 29. Photo by Steele Hays.
Sept. 29, 2026
By John Boit
BLUE HILL — Police have recovered the body of a Blue Hill man who has been missing for more than a week.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release that authorities recovered the body of James Kannry, 82, who had been missing since Sept. 20. Kannry split his time between Virginia and Blue Hill.
On Sept. 29, authorities received a 911 call reporting a body in the water in Blue Hill. The body was approximately five miles across Blue Hill Bay from where Kannry was believed to have fallen overboard a week and a half ago.
Hancock County Sheriff’s Office converged on Mill Island, located between the Falls Bridge and the Mill Pond dam on Falls Bridge Road around midday on Sept. 29.
Kannry had been missing since Sept. 20, when deputies from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office were asked to conduct a wellness check on him at his home on Webber Cove Lane in East Blue Hill.
Because Kannry has several boats, DMR officers were called in to search his vessels, which were moored in front of his residence
Kannry’s skiff was tied to a larger boat in the cove. Kanry was on neither the skiff nor the larger boat.
State and county law enforcement officials searched the Webber Cove shoreline on foot, by air, and underwater with the use of a remote operated vehicle. The Maine Warden Service’s K9 unit had also assisted in the search.
Kannry served on the board of directors at Blue Hill Heritage Trust between 2005 and 2014, and remained active on the finance committee, according to the organization. A bio on BHHT’s website said that Kannry spent over 30 years in the investment management business. He was also a pilot, scuba diver, and photographer, the site said.
According to the website, Kannry was the board chair of Hydro Photon, a Blue Hill-based company that manufactures the SteriPEN portable ultra violet water purifier.
Members of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Maine Marine Patrol, Maine Warden Service, and Blue Hill Fire Department assisted in recovering Kannry’s body.
“The Sheriff’s Office offers its sincere condolences to Mr. Kannry’s family and friends during this difficult time,” the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Search teams near the Blue Hill Falls shoreline on Sept. 29. Photo by Steele Hays.
