Wilfred Donald McArdon was 38 when he left Victoria on March 3, 1974, for a solo trip to Ucluelet that he expected to take about three days. He was 5 feet 10 inches and about 165 pounds. His boat was a 20-foot Spencer wood cabin boat, registration 13K30727.

Family and authorities were alerted when he failed to arrive in Ucluelet. The official last-seen date is March 24, 1974, leaving several weeks of uncertainty about his movements after departing Victoria. Despite searches, no wreckage, debris, communications, or other traces of McArdon or his boat were ever found.

The cause of his disappearance is unknown; the record does not specify whether weather, mechanical failure, or another event ended his voyage. Does anyone have information about McArdon, his boat 13K30727, or travel along that route in March 1974?