Searchers have recovered the bodies of six people, including an infant, who died when a float plane crashed into the ocean off Canada's Pacific Coast, officials said on Nov. 30.

Two survivors were pulled from the water, including the pilot of the Seair Seaplanes aircraft that went down on Nov. 29 while taking off from Saturna Island on a flight to Vancouver, according to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. The other survivor was a female passenger.

The cause of the crash is unknown, but investigators hope to interview the pilot and pull at least some of the wreckage of the de Havilland Beaver to the surface. Divers were used to remove the bodies from the submerged wreckage.

Police said the victims were a U.S. citizen from California and five Canadians, one of whom also lived in California.

The Gulf Islands are a popular vacation spot, and the location of many summer homes.

Photograph: A float plane of Canada's Seair Seaplanes. Photo by Xinhua/Reuters.