On the afternoon of October 1, 1974, 50-year-old Louis Wesley and his common-law wife, Sheila Trout, left Hudson, Ontario, in a 16-foot aluminum boat bound for Chamberlain Narrows on Lac Seul. According to Trout, who is the sole witness, Wesley fell from the boat east of McLeans Narrows and the boat’s motor struck him as he fell. He disappeared beneath the surface and was never seen again.

Trout was unable to restart the motor and drifted for three days before her boat came ashore on an island about 9.5 kilometres west of the reported location; she was rescued on October 4, 1974. Extensive searches failed to locate Wesley and his body has never been recovered. He was a First Nations man, six feet tall, about 179 pounds, with short black hair and brown eyes; on that day he wore a white and green checkered jacket, green pants and black boots.

An official determination at the time is that he drowned in the boating accident, but his disappearance remains unresolved. Did anyone in the community have contact with Louis or remember details about that stretch of Lac Seul in 1974?