UPDATE JUNE 19 3:01PM:
RCMP confirm the vessel that capsized in Tofino early Friday morning with five people on board has been located. The three missing men remain unaccounted for. An RCMP underwater recovery team is working to recover the boat.
JUNE 15 9:31AM:
A search is underway in the waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island after a small boat went down early Friday.
Lt. Melissa Kia with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says the search began at around 2 a.m., in waters just south of Tofino.
She says a small, open boat was carrying five people when it flipped and sank.
One person who was not wearing a life jacket was located by rescuers and transferred to paramedics in Tofino and a second person swam to shore and has also been taken for treatment.
The search continues for three others.
It's not known what caused the sinking.
