Charles Henry Baxter was 31 when he vanished from the Hawarden District of rural Saskatchewan in the summer of 1939. He was last seen sometime after June 30, 1939; in the immediate aftermath family and friends considered ordinary explanations such as him crossing the river to nearby Tichfield for work or enlisting for military service as war approached.

Neither theory produced evidence. No records were found of employment in Tichfield and no military enlistment documents bearing his name have been located. No letters or confirmed sightings ever followed, and his disappearance remained unresolved.

Few details about the circumstances of his leaving survived, and the case is now handled by the Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit. Does anyone have family memory, documents, or local knowledge about Baxter’s movements in 1939 that could help fill the gaps?