A man is lucky to be alive after being plucked from Lake Ontario.

Officers with the Toronto Police marine unit pulled him from the water around 7:00am Sunday after kayakers spotted him clinging to a sea wall near the Queen's Quay ferry.

The man was conscious and alert but was hypothermic.

He was taken to hospital to get checked over and is expected to be alright.

There are reports the man spent several hours in in the Lake but EMS officials were not able to confirm exactly how long the man had been in the water or how he got there.

(with files from Justine Lewkowicz)