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Rangers Find Missing Hunter After Search of Five Hours

11 November 1948Sooke Lake Watershedlost hunterBefore 1979

Article(s)	Rangers Find Missing Hunter After Search of Five Hours
Date	11 November 1948
Location	Sooke Lake Watershed, British Columbia; Colwood, British Columbia; Victoria, British Columbia
Type	lost hunter
Team name used	South Vancouver Island Rangers
Era	Before 1979
Record ID	`inc-1948-11-11-reader-sooke-lake-watershed`

Subject(s), as named in the article

William Reader
60-year-old father of eight children, left his home at Colwood Camp at 11 a.m. Thursday to go deer hunting
Mrs. Reader
"I never gave up hope," said Mrs. Reader; said she was "thankful" for the existence of the Rangers
F. L. Jeeves
Corporal F. L. Jeeves, of the Duncan detachment of the Provincial Police

These people were named in published news reports. They are private individuals who did not choose to be part of a public record.

Source articles

Rangers Find Missing Hunter After Search of Five Hours
Daily Colonist, 14 November 1948

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People named

David Gardnerneighbour who joined the search
F. L. Jeevespolice officer who drove the subject home
Mrs. Readerspouse of the subject
Robert Sinclairwarden who helped call in the Rangers
William Readersearch subject
William Reader (son)companion; remained in the search

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