A member of the Royal Canadian Navy spent more than two hours in the waters off Vancouver Island after falling overboard on Monday.

Maritime Forces Pacific says the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria was alerted to the person falling overboard from a rigid-hull inflatable boat at about 2:45 p.m. PT.

The incident happened about a kilometre east of Bentinck Island, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island, and about 40 kilometres southwest of Victoria.

Rescuers launched multiple vessels, helicopters and other aircraft from both Canada and the United States.

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