Charles David Tillsley was 35 when he disappeared during a fishing trip on the Churchill River in Manitoba in September 1959. Born March 1924 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, he was a husband and father of three who had served as a Captain in World War II and the Korean War and was living in Winnipeg by 1957 while continuing Army service.

Tillsley went on the late-summer outing with friends and passed away during the excursion; his body was never recovered from the deep waters of the Churchill River. The specific circumstances of what happened on the river remain unclear, and the lack of a recovered body has left the disappearance unresolved for his family.

Did anyone on that trip or in the area at the time ever share details about conditions on the Churchill River that weekend or remember seeing the group?