The body of a male kayaker that washed up on Gonzales Beach this afternoon has now been recovered. The B.C. CoronerB次元官网网址檚 Service later said the man was in his 60s and one report indicated he was a Victoria area resident.
Emergency crews, including VicPD and Oak Bay police officers, combed the beach in the 1800-block of Crescent Road, where VicPD Const. Mike Niederlinski characterized the operation as a B次元官网网址渕arine incident.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淪ometime around 3 p.m. a body was found, washed up on the shoreline at Gonzales Beach,B次元官网网址� confirmed Jeff Olsson, maritime search and rescue co-ordinator at the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
Olsson said the man was found still wearing a kayak skirt.
B次元官网网址淧olice were able to ID the individual, and found the ownerB次元官网网址檚 vehicle at the point of departure in Oak Bay Marina,B次元官网网址� he added. Officers also went to the manB次元官网网址檚 residence but no one was home and at the time of the incident he had not been reported missing.
Several Coast Guard vessels also cruised the nearby waters and a Coast Guard helicopter overflew the area to aid in the search but nothing else was found.
The investigation has now been turned over to the Victoria police.
