ONTONAGON — Michigan State Police said a search continues for a missing kayaker in Ontonagon Township.

Negaunee Regional Dispatch received a call of an upside-down kayak on Lake Superior near the Firesteel River area at about 2:15 p.m. Friday, MSP said in a news release.

A resident had observed a kayaker paddling out to the lake at approximately 1 p.m. and later observed that kayak was upside down.

Regional dispatch contacted the Coast Guard, which launched a boat to that location.

Troopers from the MSP Wakefield Post were dispatched to the area and started to assist with coordinating search efforts. The missing kayaker is believed to be 74-year-old Dale Albert Venema of Ontonagon.Agencies assisting with this incident are the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Coast Guard assets were used as well in the search effort. The Ontonagon Harbor Master, employees of the village of Ontonagon and several residents also aided in the search. The Michigan State Police Dive Team was contacted to assist.

Search efforts continued through the weekend and remain ongoing.