Searchers find overdue N.W.T. boater injured at cabin

A Yellowknife boater who wasreported overdue last week was found injured at a remote cabin, police say.

In a news release on Tuesday, RCMP say the man was expected back on Thursday evening. A search began on Friday after he did not return.

Police say the man was believed to be at a cabin near the east arm of Great Slave Lake. An aerial search by the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association(CASARA)found the man on Friday, apparently immobilized and"flagging a red object," the release says.

A helicopter was then sent to retrieve the man. Police say he was taken to hospital in Yellowknife, suffering from a non-life threatening injury.

Yellowknife RCMP isreminding people to carry a communications device when travelling on water or land, and to leavea plan with afriend or relative, includingan expected time of return.