Lunenburg District RCMP say a missing Gold River, N.S. man has been found and taken to hospital.

Police said Monday that 55-year-old Wayne Mervin Kaizer was last seen by a family member on Thursday and reported missing Sunday.

Police say RCMP officers and members of the Lunenburg County Ground Search and Rescue located Kaizer in a wooded area near his house Tuesday morning.

Police say he was taken to the South Shore Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.