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<P><FONT size=2><STRONG>Rescue teams have been conducting a sea and shoreline search for a 13-year-old boy missing after a canoeing accident which killed his father.</STRONG> </FONT></P>
<P>The major alert was sparked when a woman found the pair's empty boat on the west side of the Isle of Lewis on Monday afternoon.
<P>The father was rescued from the sea and taken to Ospadal Nan Eilean in Stornoway, where he later died.
<P>A coastguard and helicopter search for his son resumed at 0400 BST. <!-- E SF -->
<P>The pair were last seen together in their Canadian-style canoe off the coast near the village of Bragar at about 1600 BST on Monday.
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<P>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said four coastguard rescue teams, police and a helicopter had begun searching at first light at Arnol Bay.
<P>The search has been based on a five-mile stretch of coastline from Shawbost to Barvas. The father and son are from Arnol and would have been within sight of their home.
<P>Stornoway Coastguard watch officer Murdo Macaulay said it was not clear what had caused the accident.
<P>He told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We do know that when they set out yesterday they fairly rapidly got into difficulty - both of them have obviously ended up in the water and out of the canoe.
<P>"As time goes on now survival is becoming increasingly unlikely, I'm afraid, but there's always hope and we'll continue until there is no more hope."
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<P>Mr Macaulay added that conditions were good and that the search would be reviewed mid-morning.
<P>Local people said Monday had been a calm day but that the sea around Port Arnol was known for heavy swells and it was quite a rocky bay.
<P>It is not known whether the pair were wearing lifejackets at the time.
<P>Northern Constabulary said the man would not be named until next-of-kin had been informed.
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<P><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6721405.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6721405.stm</A></P>