Police in the U.S. say a kayak belonging to two men reported missing off the coast of Vancouver Island over the weekend has been found near the San Juan Islands.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says the kayak was recovered on Sunday.
“Personnel from the San Juan County Sheriff’s office, used the sheriffs, boat, and drone to search the areas along the west side of Henry Island around to the southside in open bay where the kayak was recovered. The drone was deployed and searched around Stewart Island as well,” the department said in a social media update Sunday night.
“Sheriffs’ personnel also searched around Speiden Island and were unable to locate any signs of the missing kayakers. Canadian authorities were contacted and updated with the results of our efforts to search for the missing kayakers. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the kayakers and their families and are hopeful that they are located and found.”
The North Saanich RCMP says 36-year-old Daniel MacAlpine and 26-year-old Nicholas West were last known to be kayaking between D’arcy Island and Island View Beach in Central Saanich on Saturday around 2 p.m.
They were travelling from the island to the beach in a teal blue fibreglass, two-person kayak.
Police are asking anyone with any information about the missing men to call the Sidney/North Saanich RCMP at 250-656-3931.