A shipwreck on a beach.

Police say the woman’s body was found on K’gari’s eastern beach, north of the Maheno shipwreck. (ABC News: Kerring Binnie)

A woman has died near a popular tourist destination on K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island.

Police Inspector Paul Algie said the 19-year-old Canadian citizen had been working at a backpacker’s hostel on the island, off the south-east Queensland coast, for the past six weeks.

He said the woman’s friends and coworkers told police she went swimming soon after 5am on Monday.

Two men driving along K’gari’s eastern beach saw the woman’s body north of the Maheno shipwreck about 6:35am and alerted emergency services.

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Inspector Paul Algie says police are in the process of contacting the young woman’s family. (ABC News)

Police officers and Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics arrived at the scene soon afterwards to find the woman unresponsive.

Inspector Algie said dingoes were seen near the woman’s body.

“I can confirm that the dingoes had physically been in contact with the body,” he said.

Police contacted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who will inform the woman’s family.

“She was a young woman enjoying a beautiful part of the world, and that’s what makes this such a tragedy,” Inspector Algie said.

The woman’s body was transported to the mainland on Monday afternoon.