EMMETT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - Two people have apparently drowned while kayaking at a lake in southern Michigan.

Lt. Ken Cunningham, acting director of the Emmett Township Department of Public Safety, told the Battle Creek Enquirer that the bodies were found early Wednesday about 100 feet from the shore of Beadle Lake, southeast of Battle Creek and about 110 miles west of Detroit.

The victims were a boyfriend and girlfriend, believed to be in their 20s. Cunningham said it appears they went into the lake in kayaks from a property along the lake about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

When they didn't return home as expected, WOOD-TV reports family started searching for them. Police were called; and at around 7:30 a.m., officers recovered the bodies.

Police recovered one of the kayaks, then deployed a drone to search for the second watercraft.

While police believe the deaths were accidental, an investigation is ongoing.

Officers said the kayakers were not wearing life vests. Their names were not immediately released.