By Canadian Press

Boater dies when small boat capsizes in rough conditions off Vancouver’s Point Grey

Oct 24, 2023 | 10:22 AM

VANCOUVER — One person has died after a boat capsized off Vancouver in blustery conditions.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says it responded to a distress call about a capsized boat on Monday in the waters off Vancouver, not far from the entrance to English Bay.

By the time the Coast Guard hovercraft, several other rescue boats and a search and rescue helicopter reached the scene off Point Grey, there was no sign of the vessel.

Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services assistant Chief Keith Stewart says a body was recovered about an hour later and the person could not be revived.

Dive crews from the hovercraft located the sunken boat and a statement from the rescue co-ordination centre says divers determined no one else was aboard, and the search was called off.

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The case has now been handed over to the RCMP’s University of B.C. detachment, which has jurisdiction over the shoreline where the body was recovered. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2023.

– With files from CityNews

The Canadian Press