Montreal’s Old Port was the site of a large scale rescue operation Sunday afternoon after a man fell from the pier near Bonsecours St.
The incident occurred at a little after 6 p.m. and initially saw Montreal firefighters deployed in boats to search for the man.
By 9 p.m. the firefighters had been called back in and the search turned over to Montreal police, who intended to employ divers at the scene to search for the man.
The circumstances of how the man came to fall into the water remain under investigation.