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Vancouver Police Department’s marine unit recovered a body from False Creek on Tuesday afternoon around 2 p.m.

The body is of an adult male, according to a police media release.

The body was found in the water behind Emily Carr University of Art and Design on Granville Island. The university’s new Aboriginal Gathering Place directly faces the area where the body was found. Pier 32 is also nearby.

According to the media release, “At this early stage it is unknown if foul play is involved and an autopsy will be needed to confirm the identity and cause of death.”

“Police were called shortly before noon after someone near Pier 32 saw what they believed was a body floating in the water,” according to the release.

Sunlight lingered on Granville Island as a member of the police department’s marine unit made their way into the waters of False Creek wearing a dark wetsuit. Before walking behind the university, the day looked relatively normal: Vancouver International Fringe Festival signs brightened the streets, folks rushed off to the market, and chit-chat flowed.

Around four people watched the water behind large windows inside the Aboriginal Gathering Place. Approximately eight to 10 people stood close together outside the gathering place while looking out toward a few docked boats. Some people watched the scene from a building overlooking the area.

When looking down at the water from behind the university, the police boat was in the water to the left of the docked boats.

Photos were taken around these boats. People who seemed to be collecting information about the body gathered on the dock. Eventually the police boat moved around to the back of the docked boats.

The body was brought out of the water from behind these boats. There appeared to be a dark suit on the body. People on the police boat then gathered around the body.

Around 2:30 p.m. on Johnston Street, which runs in front of the university, groups of people weren’t loudly discussing the finding.