William Samuel Bowman, 55, disappeared from a remote hunting camp in Northern Ontario on October 15, 1979. He was last seen leaving the camp in Monestine Township, about 83 kilometres north of Massey, Ontario, carrying a .303 caliber Lee-Enfield rifle and dressed in a red wool plaid shirt, red wool vest, red camouflage hat, blue pants, a green cloth hydro parka and brown leather Kodiak hunter’s boots. He is described as 6 feet 3 inches and 268 pounds, with graying white hair and glasses.

An experienced outdoorsman, Bowman never returned and extensive searches in the dense Algoma District forests failed to turn up witnesses, belongings, or any trace of him. The case is marked by a profound lack of information and has remained unresolved, leaving his family without answers.

If anyone was in the Monestine Township area around October 15, 1979, or has information about Bowman’s movements or gear that day, please come forward.