2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat sinks off west coast of Vancouver Island

Two men died after a fishing boat sunk off the coast of Estevan Point, about 50 kilometres north of Tofino.

Both are presumed to have drowned.

At about 10 p.m. Saturday, the company that owns the boat alerted the Coast Guard after crew missed a check-in.

One crew member was found aboard a life raft and transported to a nearby cruise ship headed to Victoria where he will be transferred to hospital.

A search is underway for a missing fourth boater. Three Coast Guard vessels and a Cormorant helicopter are searching for the missing person.

It’s not known why the boat capsized.

-With files from Canadian Press