UPDATE: 7:07 p.m.

Police have identified 71-year-old Zygmunt Janiewicz as the missing kayaker on Okanagan Lake.

RCMP have launched a sa国际传媒渇ull-scalesa国际传媒� search of the waters and shoreline of Okanagan Lake in search of Janiewicz.

Janiewicz was last seen wearing a pair of black pants, yellow jacket and a white hat.

sa国际传媒淪earchers have been scouring the shoreline, as RCMP have called for support from the Kelowna Fire Departmentsa国际传媒檚 rescue vessel and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue who have since launched their helicopter to search from the skies above,sa国际传媒� stated Cpl. Jesse Osa国际传媒橠onaghey.

Police are asking that anyone with additional information please come forward and call Kelowna RCMP at 250-762-3300.

West Kelowna RCMP have also launched their vessel to aid in the search.

More information to come

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UPDATE: 4:49 p.m.

Kelowna patrol supervisor Cpl. Amadeo Becc confirmed the missing man is a member of the Kelowna Paddle Centre and he had left earlier today in a surfski kayak for his sa国际传媒渄aily kayak,sa国际传媒� Becc said.

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RCMP are utilizing all available resources to find the man. They have members searching on foot and on the water and the club is aiding in the search by providing officers with technical information sa国际传媒渢o point us in the right direction,sa国际传媒� Becc said.

More information to come.

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A man who rented a paddle board from Kelowna Paddle Centre has gone missing.

His board had washed up on the beach, but there was no sign of the paddle boarder.

His vehicle remains in the shopsa国际传媒檚 parking lot.

Emergency crews are searching the beach for the man.

A sa国际传媒 reporter is on scene.

More information to come.