Man dies while swimming in Halifax-area lake, police say

Police are investigating the death of a31-year-old man they say died while swimmingin Three Mile Lake in Windsor Junction, N.S., Saturday night.

Emergency crews responded to a call at about9 p.m. of adrowning, the RCMP saida news release Sunday.

"The man was located in the water at 1:48 a.m. today by Halifax Ground Search and Rescue using side scanning sonar and pronounced deceased at the scene," the release said.

RCMP spokespersonSgt. Andrew Joyce said the man was not alone at the lake, adding that the person who notified police was with the man when he went into the water.

Police learned at the scene that theman went into the water to retrieve an object, Joyce said.