A landscaper borrowed a canoe, went onto Morses Pond, fell in and drowned.

A man’s body was pulled from Morses Pond Tuesday approximately three hours after two of his friends and co-workers realized he was in distress following his fall from a canoe.

According to Wellesley Police Lt. Marie Cleary, a 35-year-old landscaper working at a property on College Road had taken a canoe onto the water while on a break. Authorities have not yet identified the man, pending the notification of his family.

He fell into the water shortly after 1 p.m., and his body was pulled from the same water at approximately 4 p.m. Cleary said it was unclear if the man could swim, as well as whether or not he had the homeowner’s permission to use the boat. He was one of three landscapers working on the property.

While they didn’t enter the water themselves in an attempt to rescue him, Cleary said the man’s co-workers did try unsuccessfully to get a flotation device to him. He was ultimately found in the murky water 50 feet offshore.

Cleary said several of the man’s personal items were visible in the boat and water near where the incident occurred.

Skip Willauer, a neighbor whose property overlooks the scene, said Tuesday’s drowning reminded him of the 2013 death of 10-year-old Alexander Glennon, which occurred when the boy went missing only a few feet from the beach across the pond from Willauer’s home.

According to George Sowles, Willauer’s stepson, it was a frightening scene as first responders swarmed the area to begin their search for the man.

Plainclothes officers were the first on scene, according to Cleary, and went into the water in an initial attempt to rescue the man. Dive teams from Wellesley, Natick and Cambridge arrived shortly thereafter to aid in the search.

According to Willauer, an avid sailor, the water where the man fell is heavily vegetated.

“The weeds are 3 to 5 feet deep,” he said. “If you fall down in there and you’re sunk, you’re down in the weeds.”

Police said the investigation into the man’s drowning is ongoing.