By Elizabeth Nolan/

The body of a boater who went missing on Monday evening in Ganges Harbour has been found.

Cpl. Tammy Douglas of the RCMP Island District confirmed Wednesday morning that the manB次元官网网址檚 body had been recovered on Tuesday afternoon near Powder Islet, according to the .

B次元官网网址淭he Salt Spring RCMP with the assistance of RCMP West Coast Marine located the body and the recovery was conducted by the RCMP Dive Team,B次元官网网址� states Douglas in a press release.

Douglas said the manB次元官网网址檚 name would not be released until family had been notified.

Salt Spring Island RCMP received a call of a male in the water near Powder Islet around 8:15 p.m. on Monday night. According to a media contact at the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria, a witness saw the manB次元官网网址檚 rowboat capsize. He did not reappear, but his dog made it to Powder Islet and from there to Churchill Beach.

Search teams were called off around 10 p.m. on Monday. RCMP confirmed the incident as a missing persons case on Tuesday morning, while Salt Spring Search and Rescue ground crews combed the area for signs during the low tide.

Salt Spring search manager Chuck Hamilton said 18 crew members in total participated.

B次元官网网址淲e searched the waterfront from Madrona Bay and Churchill Beach through the marinas and all around the harbour but didnB次元官网网址檛 find any signs,B次元官网网址� Hamilton said.

Nick Boychuk and his Eagle Eye Marine Services vessel responded to a mayday call for an overturned vessel that came over the VHF radio around 7:15 p.m. They arrived along with a Ganges Coast Guard crew and another private boat.

B次元官网网址淲e saw the vessel in question, his dinghy, and the vessel he was going to, which was a sailboat. We did a search with the Coast Guard but came up with nothing,B次元官网网址� Boychuk said.