Raymond Salmen, 65, of Vancouver, went missing during a solo wilderness trip in late spring 2013. He camped with two small dogs off West Harrison Forest Service Road beside Harrison Lake, arriving May 28 and planning a few weeks fishing and hiking. On June 9 other campers reported hearing gunshots; Agassiz RCMP found Salmen’s truck and camper with his dogs inside but no sign of him.

A large search followed. On June 13 an RCMP helicopter spotted balloons on a secluded, inaccessible beach about 400 metres north of Salmen’s camp. Investigators recovered clothing, a rifle and spent shell casings believed to belong to him. Police concluded he may have become stranded or injured, fired shots as a call for help, then attempted to swim back to camp and likely did not survive the cold, deep water. A sonar-assisted search hired by his wife and other efforts failed to recover him and the official search was later scaled down with him presumed drowned.

Does anyone who was in the Harrison Lake area that week remember hearing or seeing anything that could help clarify what happened to Salmen?