James John Neckoway, a 29-year-old Indigenous man from Bird, Manitoba, disappeared after a canoe trip on September 19, 1980. He and a friend launched on the Limestone River with plans to continue on the Nelson River. James was 69 inches tall, about 154 pounds, medium build, with black hair, brown eyes and a light complexion; he was last seen wearing a blue jacket.

Searchers found the overturned canoe and the body of James’s friend on September 23, 1980, but James was not located. He is presumed to have drowned in the river system he and his friend were navigating. The case remains open and the family continues to have no definitive answers.

Did anyone who knew James or travelled the Limestone or Nelson rivers in September 1980 see or hear anything that could help explain what happened to him?