George Donald Everett, 63, disappeared from Lake Winnipeg on October 21, 2008, after the small boat he was aboard capsized in severe weather roughly 15 miles southeast of the Poplar River, between Marchand Point and George Island. The vessel had left Poplar Point a day earlier to set buoys and developed mechanical trouble overnight. By the early morning the weather worsened and waves up to ten feet high battered the boat, which took on water and overturned.

Two other passengers swam to Marchand’s Point and were rescued; Everett did not reach shore and has not been seen or heard from since. He was described as 5 feet 10 inches, about 298 pounds, with short grey hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing black glasses, a black baseball cap, a black nylon zippered bomber-style jacket with a Berens River patch on the back, black jogging pants, a maroon long-sleeved shirt, and black runners. He is presumed to have drowned.

Did anyone have contact with George in the days before the trip or remember seeing the boat near Poplar Point?