A young Hamilton man has died after a drowning accident Friday afternoon in the Grand River at the Caledonia dam.

Ontario Provincial Police have identified the dead man as 22-year-old Tim Christou of Hamilton.

OPP Constable Mark Foster said Christou was wading in the water on the lower side of the dam just before 5 p.m. when he was apparently pulled under by the strong current.

"Several citizens were in the water at the time, mostly people fishing, and they pulled him to shore and performed CPR until emergency services personnel arrived," said Foster, of the OPP's Haldimand detachment.

Christou was transported to hospital but was pronounced dead.