Using a remote-operated, underwater vehicle authorities made what they say was the deepest ever recovery of a body from Lake Tahoe.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department made the recovery on Monday from a depth of 1,062 feet, a depth authorities called "unprecedented" for a Lake Tahoe recovery.

Authorities haven’t publicly identified the victim, pending the notification of next of kin. But the recovery came during a search for a Cameron Park, Calif., man who went missing from a boat on Sept. 9.

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They used a donated, remote-operated vehicle with SONAR technology to make the recovery. The craft is attached to a cable and operated from a boat on the surface. It uses SONAR to locate objects and an arm with a jaw-style clamp to grasp a body for recovery.

In addition to the hardware, the department relied on training to operate the vehicle from Bruce’s Legacy, a Wisconsin-based organization that educates and assists in recovering drowning victims.

Keith Cormican, founder of Bruce’s Legacy, said the recovery is by far the deepest from Lake Tahoe.

“I don’t know of any recordings of anything anywhere near that depth recovered,” Cormican said. “These guys exceeded most people’s capabilities of being able to make a recovery.”

In recent years Bruce's Legacy has assisted in the recoveries of several bodies in Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf Lake.

The recent recovery included Douglas County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Marine 7, El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, South Lake Tahoe Police Department, South Lake Tahoe Fire and Rescue Marine Unit, Tahoe Douglas Fire Marine Unit, El Dorado County Search and Rescue, Washoe County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and the U.S. Coast Guard.