Bruno Piche, 48, flew to to the fishing camp of his brother Richard, who watched from shore as the helicopter arrived, hoping to take photographs of the landing.
The helicopter then crashed into the frigid water.
Richard immediately climbed aboard a kayak to rescue his brother, who struggled to free himself from the downed aircraft.
"He had gone to the bottom of the water and was able to climb," Richard said, adding he was able to reach his brother about a mile from shore.
"I told him, remain calm and hold on," he said.
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The two men finally reached shore and the pilot, who suffered minor injuries, was transported to hospital.
Firefighters and officers from the Sûreté du Québec were called to the scene of the accident.
"The sun blinded him," Richard said his brother told him.
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A 48-year-old man from Laval walked away relatively unscathed after his helicopter crash-landed into a lake about about 80 km northeast of Ottawa.
Surete de Quebec police say the man was forced to land his helicopter in the lake after he lost altitude but was able to make a soft landing in the waters of Lac Britannique.
It's a rural area of Quebec with very few nearby communities.
He managed to get out of the helicopter and swim to shore while witnesses along the the edge of the water called emergency crews.
He was treated for minor injuries by paramedics but he didn't need a trip to the hospital.
Quebec transportation authorities are investigating the crash while police talk to nearby witnesses
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A 48-year-old man from Laval, Que., walked away from a helicopter crash northeast of Ottawa with only minor injuries on Sunday afternoon.
It happened just before 1 p.m., according to Quebec provincial police.
The helicopter the man was piloting crashed into Lac Britannique for unknown reasons. He was the only occupant.
Lac Britannique is about 70 kilometres northeast of downtown Ottawa, near the small town of Saint-Sixte, Que.
The man managed to get out of the helicopter and swim to shore after the crash, police said.
Police and officials from the Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
A helicopter pilot is in hospital after crashing into a lake northeast of Ottawa Sunday afternoon.
Quebec police said the crash into Lac Britannique happened just before 1 p.m. Sunday.
They said the pilot, who was alone in the helicopter, got out by himself and was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Lac Britannique is about a 90-minute drive northeast of downtown Ottawa.
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