A fishing outing from the Anama Bay Tourist Camp on Lake Winnipeg ended in tragedy on May 10, 1980. William Phillip Winters, 34, and three companions from Grand Forks, North Dakota, set out that morning; the boat was later found overturned in Sturgeon Bay. Search teams recovered the three other men and determined their deaths were due to cold water exposure and drowning, but William was never found.

William is described as a Caucasian male, 6 feet 2 inches tall, about 185 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. The Gypsumville detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police handled the investigation; the official presumption is that he also drowned in Lake Winnipeg, though his body was not recovered.

Does anyone have memories of that day, or information about William’s life or last movements that could shed light on what happened?