Mounties have recovered the body of a 24-year-old man who went missing during a boating trip Monday, but his two companions are still unaccounted for.

The three Terrace residents, two men and a woman, were reported missing after they failed to return home on Monday.

Their unattended vehicles were spotted by an RCMP plane the next morning. Their boat has yet to be located.

Search efforts, which have been focused on the Skeena river near the Frezzell Hot Springs, were called off Tuesday night due to safety reasons but are expected to resume on Wednesday.