Andrew Jackson was 43 when he and two friends left Hoonah, Alaska, in an open 17-foot skiff on June 5, 1998, bound for Glacier Bay and planning to return to Juneau by June 7. A relative reported the men missing on June 9, and the Coast Guard searched the waters and coastline between Hoonah and Juneau but found no sign of the skiff or the three men.

The Alaska State Troopers opened a missing persons case for Andrew Jackson and Lawrence Gray, but despite continued searching the two men were never found and the investigation later went cold.

Andrew Jackson’s disappearance remains unresolved and painful for the families and the Hoonah community. If anyone has information about the June 1998 boating trip or remembers seeing a 17-foot skiff in the Hoonah–Juneau area that week, please come forward.