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MARQUETTE -- A man from Calumet died in the waters of Lake Superior. According to a press release from the Marquette City Police, shortly before 8:30 a.m. Friday, the Marquette Police Department and the Chocolay Township Police Department responded to the report of a body in the water in the area of Lakewood Lane in Harvey.
Responding officers located the body just off the beach and were able to recover it from the water. The body was confirmed to be the male who had been washed off Black Rocks on Thursday. While the name of the victim has not been release, police say he is a 62-year-old from the Calumet area.
Black Rocks is a popular area located on the Lake Superior shoreline in Marquette’s Presque Isle Park. It is about a seven mile drive from where the body was located, but less a mile over the water.
Assisting with the recovery of the body was the Chocolay Township Police Department,
Marquette County Sheriff's Office, Chocolay Township Fire Department and UPHS-Marquette EMS.