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The body of a 64-year-old Alberta man was recovered Wednesday from a small lake at Glacier National Park in Montana.

The National Park Service said rangers received a report at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday of a man struggling in Pray Lake and then going under water.

Witnesses reported that it appeared the man may have gone into the lake to retrieve a dog. The dog was found dead, the park service said.

Rangers dove into the lake but were unable to find the man. Rangers and others searched until dark without finding him, and the search resumed Wednesday morning.

On Wednesday afternoon, officials said “the body of the man who drowned in Pray Lake was recovered… in approximately 30 feet of water using a remote operated vehicle brought in by the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team.”

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The man was identified as Wales Wai Ming Poon, 64, from Edmonton. He was visiting the national park with his family, the NPS said.

Pray Lake is located in the Two Medicine area of the park, next to the Two Medicine Campground.

A news release from Glacier National Park said the lake is relatively small in size: about 700 feet long and approximately 400 feet wide. The area near the inlet where the man was last seen is approximately 20 feet deep, it said.

— With files from Karen Bartko, Global News