The search for a missing kayaker in West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»was suspended after rescue crews spent hours in the water off Whytecliff Park searching for the individual late Monday (June 7).
A joint operation involving the Canadian Coast Guard and the local branch of the volunteer Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue got underway Monday around 3 p.m., after a kayaker who had gone out prawning – and who was only supposed to be gone for a few hours – didn’t return to shore.
According to police, the subject is an Asian West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»man in his 50s.
A Cormorant helicopter courtesy the Air Force base in Comox was also utilized in the search.
Crews deployed to Bachelor Cove, at the end of Dufferin Avenue near Whytecliff Park, and found the kayak awash near the shore off Whytecliff’s lookout point.
Crews searched for the missing kayaker for approximately five hours, according to the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
“Our crews worked tirelessly,” said Jason King, station leader of RCM SAR’s West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»station. “The search was not successful.”
The investigation has now been taken over by the West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Department, according to the JRCC.
