File: 24-12009

Date: December 5, 2024

West Vancouver, B.C. – Video and an updated timeline provides additional context in the search for missing kayaker

The West Vancouver Police Department seeks the public’s assistance as we continue the investigation into a kayaker missing since November 19th, 2024.

Dzmitry (Dima) Aliaksandrau, a 36-year-old man from Maple Ridge, left Batchelor Bay in West Vancouver in a white collapsible kayak at approximately 12:08 p.m. on November 19th, 2024. Cell phone video captured by a witness near the 6200 block of St. George’s Cres shows him heading southbound, near Bird Islet, at approximately 12:45 p.m. In the background of the video is the BC Ferries vessel that was scheduled to leave Departure Bay in Nanaimo at 10:40 a.m. and arrived at Horseshoe Bay at approximately 12:45 p.m.

Dima is 5’ 10”, 170 lbs, and has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black rain jacket, black track pants, and black flip-flops. Please see the attached link for the video and the photo taken just before his departure.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the West Vancouver Police Department at 604-925-7300.