Fishermen find body of missing canoeist in Yarmouth County

Agroup of fishermen found the body of missing canoeist Kenneth Surette on Saturday in coastal waters off Yarmouth County.

A search forSurette, 69, began Tuesday after the body of an unnamed woman was discovered along the shoreline of Morris Island, N.S.

RCMP have said the pair were paddling together.

Search and rescue crews scoured the area for two daysand found their canoe on the morning of Jan. 13, also near Morris Island. Surette's body was recovered from the water near where his boat was found.

RCMP Sgt. Andrew Joyce said it was "very, very fortunate" to have located the body, given how much tides and currents can move things around in coastal waters.

The formal searchwas called off mid-weekand turned over to the RCMP as a missing persons case, but Joyce saidsome local fishermen never stopped searching.

Joyce said the RCMP investigation will continue at least until the provincial medical examiner completes an autopsy. RCMP are not classifying Surette's death as suspicious.