A 68-year-old man has died following a water rescue near Bouctouche.
RCMP Const. Ricky Leblond says they responded on Tuesday afternoon to reports of a capsized boat.
Two men were out fishing off the coast of Saint-Thomas-de-Kent.
Bouctouche Fire and members from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre managed to pull the men from the water.
A 57-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A 68-year-old man was flown to Moncton Hospital where he died.
Leblond says both men are from the Bouctouche area.
