A 75-year-old North York man is dead after his canoe capsized on a lake in Kawartha Lakes on Tuesday evening.

Ontario Provincial Police said a marine call on Balsam Lake came in around 6:21 p.m. Officers were notified that a man in a canoe had gone overboard and did not resurface.

A search for the man was conducted but he was not located before nightfall.

Police said the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit found his body around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are unknown and police said the investigation is ongoing.