Nathan Zuk, 47, was last seen about December 15, 2020, after leaving Whaletown on Cortes Island in a small skiff roughly 14 feet (about five metres) long. He had been staying at his mother’s home and was believed to be travelling somewhere in the coastal waterways around Pryce Channel, Deer Passage, or Toba Inlet, but no confirmed destination was established. Police say Zuk had medical issues, though the nature of those issues was not disclosed, and his family and investigators expressed concern for his welfare.

Months passed before a missing-person report was made on May 2, 2021, and the RCMP West Coast Marine Unit conducted patrols in the possible area from May 5 to May 10 without locating him. Investigators later received an unconfirmed report of a person and vessel matching Zuk’s description in Toba Inlet roughly three weeks before police issued a public appeal, but that lead did not directly resolve his whereabouts.

If anyone travelled the waterways around Pryce Channel, Deer Passage, or Toba Inlet in late 2020 or early 2021 and recalls seeing a lone boater or a small skiff matching this description, can you share what you remember?