Police resumed a search on Sunday for a man who went missing near Bonavista, on Newfoundland's northeast coast.

RCMP said searchers found items belonging to Tommy Mifflin, 59, on the shoreline near Cape Bonavista.

Mifflin was reported missing on Friday. He was last seen riding a mountain bike in the area, and had been wearing a brown jacket, blue jeans and a black cap.

Police said the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Sir Wilfred Grenfell had been assisting in the search.