Police rescued a 10-year-old boy from the Bow River on Thursday morning after he slipped out of his home overnight to go rafting.

His mother reported him missing at about 5:30 a.m. and said that he had been asking the day before to go rafting on the river.

The boy left his Inglewood home sometime during the night and police say he entered the river near the Cushing Bridge at 17th Avenue S.E.

He was spotted by police shortly after 6:00 a.m. and was pulled to safety by officers.

It is not known if he was wearing a life jacket but police believe he had not been out on the water for long.

Police say the boy is in good health and he has been reunited with his mother.