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RCMP say they think they found body of missing tuber swept out to sea in N.S.

HALIFAX — RCMP say they think they have recovered the body of a 31-year-old man who was last seen floating down a river on Nova Scotia's South Shore after his tube capsized earlier this week.
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RCMP say they may have located the body of a 31-year-old man who was last seen floating down the Gold River after his tube capsized in rural Nova Scotia earlier this week. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

HALIFAX — RCMP say they think they have recovered the body of a 31-year-old man who was last seen floating down a river on Nova Scotia's South Shore after his tube capsized earlier this week.

Police said in a news release today the human remains found have been tentatively identified as belonging to the missing man but added that the medical examiner's office still needed to confirm.

They say a member of the public saw a body floating where the Gold River meets the ocean.

The man had been tubing downriver with two other men when their tubes capsized on Monday.

Two men made it ashore, but one 31-year-old was last seen drifting down the river, some 80 kilometres from Halifax.

Police called off the search after determining the man had been swept out to sea.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2023.

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This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Meta and Canadian Press News Fellowship.

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