Search continues in Cape Breton highlands for missing hiker from Australia - BERITAJA

The hunt continues for a female from Australia who is believed to person gone missing while hiking successful Cape Breton Highlands National Park earlier this month.

RCMP were contacted connected Tuesday greeting about a missing person.

According to RCMP, Denise Ann Williams, 62, from Australia was past heard from 2 weeks agone connected April 15, erstwhile she indicated she was travelling to Chéticamp, N.S.

“Her rental vehicle, a Nissan Sentra, was located astatine the Parks Canada Visitor Centre adjacent the Acadian Trail head,” RCMP said successful a Thursday release.

Search efforts truthful acold person progressive DNR Air Services, RCMP constabulary canine services, aggregate crushed hunt and rescue teams, Parks Canada, Nova Scotia Public Safety Field Communications, and EHS emergency preparedness and typical operations.

As of Thursday, the hunt continues, RCMP said.

Williams is described arsenic being 5 feet 4 inches tall, pinch greyish shoulder-length blond hair. She is believed to beryllium wearing a acheronian wintertime jacket, a powder bluish toque pinch “Antarctica” written connected it, an orangish and bluish scarf and glasses.

Anyone who whitethorn person seen Williams about the Cape Breton Highlands National Park is asked to telephone Inverness County District RCMP astatine 902-258-2213.