Absolom Abbie Halkett, a Cree man and councillor for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, vanished while prospecting in remote northern Saskatchewan. Born March 15, 1928, Halkett was 39 when he and 59-year-old James Brady were flown into the Foster Lakes region on June 7, 1967, to investigate mineral prospects near Lower Foster Lake. The two were last heard in a radio transmission the following day; after that there was no confirmed contact.

A hired pilot or navigational error may have left them at the wrong lake, but their camp was later found intact with equipment and a canoe still at the shore. Extensive land, air and water searches by RCMP, provincial crews, private aircraft and local trappers failed to locate either man or any remains. Official records concluded they probably became lost and died in the wilderness, but community members and later researchers raised questions about why experienced bushmen would abandon a livable camp and why no definitive trail or bodies were ever found.

Researchers revisited the case in Cold Case North and renewed searches, including sonar work on Lower Foster Lake, have examined witness accounts and the original investigation. Does anyone with ties to the Foster Lakes area in 1967 have new information about Halkett or Brady’s last known movements?