RCMP identify Baddeck man who died while scuba diving

CBC News - 

RCMP have confirmed the identity of a Baddeck man who was found dead Sunday night off Cape Breton Island after he disappeared during a diving trip.

Arthur Dennis McNeil, 56, and nine others from the Baddeck Barnacles Scuba Diving Society went for a recreational dive at 3:45 p.m.

They entered the water at the end of the New Campbellton Road in Victoria County.

When only nine divers surfaced the RCMP were called in. RCMP Cpl. Scott Williamson said the search began at 5:30 p.m.

"A search was conducted of the area with vessels and also with members of the Sydney Mines volunteer fire department who were scuba divers entered the water along with other members of the Baddeck Barnacles diving society and their search proved negative," he said.

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