RCMP identify missing canoeist

By News Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2014 05:15:58 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

BAYFIELD, NOVA SCOTIA – An autopsy is scheduled today on the body of a 33-year-old man who went missing near Bayfield Sunday.

Police say Adrian Scott Van Bommel of Antigonish County was in a canoe that capsized, RCMP spokesman Sgt. Alain LeBlanc says the man wasn’t wearing a life jacket.

Van Bommel was found by local fisherman who were assisting in the search.

A 28-year-old man was able to make it safely to shore.

Police say their investigation is continuing.

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