The girl got into trouble in the water in Thatto Heath, near St Helens, on Saturday after she managed to get out of a nearby house.
Paramedics and the air ambulance then arrived at the scene.Officers had been alerted by a report at 2.11pm that the little girl was not in the house.
The full statement from Merseyside Police read: "Police officers have rescued a three-year-old child who had fallen in to a lake in Thatto Heath this afternoon .
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