The search for a missing boater in Cape Breton continues on Tuesday.
A search team is scouring the Mira River after police say they received a call at 7 p.m. on Monday of a person falling out of a small fishing boat and into the water in the area of Mira Ferry Lane in Albert Bridge, N.S.
Once on scene, officers were able to locate the boat — but no one was inside.
Staff Sgt. Phillip Ross with Cape Breton Regional Police said the boater is a man in his 50s who was out recreational fishing at the time of the incident.
Water rescue units from Albert Bridge, Glace Bay, New Waterford and Sydney Mines are assisting in the search.
So far, officials have not been able to locate the missing person.
Ross says the search will continue as long as there is daylight and will wrap up at dusk, around 9 p.m.
— With files from The Canadian Press
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