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Michael Joseph Linklater was 44 when he disappeared from a family hunting and fishing camp along the Abitibi River in Northern Ontario. He was last seen on the morning of July 13, 2003, walking out of the camp near mile marker 115 on the Ontario Northland Railway line between Cochrane and Moosonee. He had travelled to the camp with his father and brother on July 9 and was last seen by them.

A 14-day official search covered hundreds of square kilometres and involved Ontario Provincial Police officers, the OPP Emergency Response Team, K-9 units, and helicopters from the OPP and the Ministry of Natural Resources, but no trace was found. Linklater was described as Indigenous, 5 feet 6 inches, about 158 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes; he wore black jeans, a black jean jacket, a white t-shirt, and a black baseball hat, and walked with a limp. Family members said he had been struggling with heavy drinking and had gone to the camp to get dried out, and they continued to search after the official effort ended.

Does anyone who knew Michael or who spent time in that area in July 2003 have information that could help resolve his disappearance?