Police are now trying to piece together how a kayaker, missing for more than 48 hours, managed to paddle all the way from Mississauga’s Credit River to Toronto’s Tommy Thompson Park before being found barely live Saturday morning.

Timothy Kelley, 36, had last been seen about 8 a.m. Thursday morning when it’s believed he launched his 17-foot purple kayak into the Credit River at Erindale Park, headed for Lake Ontario.

He was wearing a life-jacket.

Peel Police put out a missing person alert on Friday.

But it wasn’t until Saturday morning at 9:13 a.m. that Kelley was found floating in the frigid waters near the Leslie St. spit without vital signs.

He was picked up by a marine unit and reportedly regained a pulse after CPR was administered.

Paramedics met the marine officers at nearby Ashbridge’s Bay and rushed Kelley to Toronto East General Hospital in grave condition. He died about six hours after being found, surrounded by family.

The kayak was found in Lake Ontario, close to Kelley’s body, said Toronto police, who are investigating with Peel Regional Police.

Police are now trying to determine how Kelley spent those final 48 hours, how he ended up so many nautical miles from his launching spot and exactly where his trip went wrong.

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