A 61-year-old West Jeddore man reported missing three days ago has been found dead, RCMP say.

The body of Wayne Leonard Baker was found shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday in Goose Lake on Nova Scotia's eastern shore, according to police.

Wayne Leonard Baker was last seen at his home around 4:45 a.m. Sunday. He was reported missing the next day. (Contributed by RCMP)

The medical examiner and RCMP headed into the woods Thursday afternoon to recover Baker's body, which was discovered about a kilometre from his home. RCMP said family have been notified and foul play is not suspected.

Dozens of searchers had been scouring a six-kilometre area of thick brush around Baker's home since Monday, looking for any sign of the man.

"It wasn't a large area, generally speaking, to search," said Tony Rodgers of Halifax Search and Rescue.

"But it was the terrain that the searchers had to go through. It was quite difficult. It was very thick undergrowth. There's a bunch of Hurricane Juan material that's still there, except now it's old and brittle and breaks down."

Helicopters were also called in to help the search, and one was outfitted with infrared technology that detects body heat.

"We had an outcome today that we're not all excited about, but at least we had an outcome," said Rodgers.