Authorities have found the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Monday, five days after her canoe apparently capsized in the Chesapeake Bay.

McKean, the adult daughter of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, went missing late Thursday afternoon along with her son 8-year-old son, Gideon. The pair went out into waters near the family’s home in Shady Side, Maryland, about 25 miles south of Annapolis.

A preliminary investigation found that McKean and her son may have been paddling the canoe out into the bay to retrieve a ball and were unable to paddle back to shore.

The Maryland Natural Resources Police said Monday that McKean’s body was found in 25 feet of water and about 2.5 miles south of her mother’s residence where the canoe was launched. Authorities used aviation and underwater imaging sonar technology to find her body.

The authorities said they would resume their search for Gideon on Tuesday.

David McKean wrote a lengthy Facebook post Friday in tribute to his late wife and young son, calling his wife “the brightest light” he had ever known.

“She was magical — with endless energy that she would put toward inventing games for our children, taking on another project at work or in our community, and spending time with our friends,” he wrote.

He described Gideon as a child who had deep passions and spent hours reading, learning about sports and “trying to decipher the mysteries of the stock market.”

“But he was also incredibly social, athletic, and courageous,” McKean wrote. “And he was brave, leading his friends in games, standing up to people who he thought were wrong (including his parents), and relishing opportunities to go on adventures with friends, even those he’d just met.”