Denise Ann Williams, 62, was last heard from on 15 April, when she told her family she was travelling to the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Canada’s east

A search is continuing for a 62-year-old Australian woman who was reported missing on Tuesday while hiking in a Canadian national park.

Denise Ann Williams was last heard from on 15 April, when she told family she was travelling to Chéticamp, a fishing village on the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.

Her rental car, a Nissan Sentra, was found at the Parks Canada visitor centre at the start of the Acadian trail head, an 8.4km loop at Cape Breton Highlands national park.

A local said on social media they “walk in the park every other day and her vehicle has not moved in probably two weeks”.