Quebec provincial police are searching for a man who went missing after taking off on a snowmobile on the Lake of Two Mountains on Saturday.
Authorities say the search for the man, 54, is focused on the lake and its surroundings, located west of Montreal, where a snowmobile was found floating in the water.
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police began searching for the man in his 50s on Saturday until dark and continued the search as of Sunday morning.
The snowmobiler was last seen at 11:30 a.m., according to police.
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SQ spokesperson Sergeant Claude Denis said divers, a helicopter and ground searchers are being deployed to find the missing man.
Officers say the man took off on snowmobile from Rigaud and was crossing the lake to get to Île Bizard.
“It is extremely dangerous to travel by snowmobile on the lakes at this time of year,” Denis say.
The SQ say there was no report of an injured snowmobiler at any local hospital as of Sunday.
–with files from the Canadian Press
