The body of a missing duck hunter has been recovered from Lake Couchiching.

The 30-year-old man was retrieving a duck from the lake on Saturday morning in Severn Township, when the OPP say his canoe capsized.

According to the police, the Bracebridge man was not wearing a life-jacket.

A search was conducted by emergency crews over the last four days. On Tuesday afternoon, the OPP underwater search and recovery unit located the body in the lake.

The family of the deceased has been notified.