The remains of the man, identified as 24-year-old Craig resident Garrett Hagen, was found near the coast of Fox Point in Behm Canal on Thursday by a good samaritan vessel according to trooper dispatch.

Searchers looked for the missing man since Sunday when his bear-hunting partner, 51-year-old Adrian Knopps, a resident of Grand Ledge, Michigan, was located hypothermic in a cabin on the Chickamin River. Knopps reported that he had seen Hagen about seven days earlier when Hagen had left in the skiff to thier boat with six-to-seven hundred pounds of meat and a kayak in tow. The vessel had been anchored two to three miles off-shore of the Chickamin River while the men scouted and hunted the river by skiff. At the time of his dissappearance, Hagen was into the second day of a seven-day hunt.

Coast Guard searchers were alerted on Sunday to the missing hunters when their vessel, the “Abundance,” was discovered adrift near Burrows Bay in Behm Canal by anoither vessel in the area, the Wilderness Adventurer. By the time of the vessel’s discovery, the two hunters were eight days into the planned seven-day trip.

The Coast Guard took up the search by sea and by air, and the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Service and search dogs covered the area along the Chickamin River after the discovery of the vessel. The M/V Wilderness Adventurer also took up the search for the missing hunter. More than 514 square miles were searched from Sunday until Tuesday evening when the active search was suspended.

After the discovery of Hagen’s remains, the United States Coast Guard was notified and they transported Alaska State Troopers to the scene. It was at that time that the remains were deemed as those of Hagen. According to the trooper dispatch, Hagen was wearing a life vest when found but the vest was not properly secured.

Hagen’s body was returned to Ketchikan and then sent on to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage for autopsy.

No foul play is suspected in Hagen’s death. Next of kin have been notified.