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Lost hunter — Shields Lake, Sooke Hills, 16 September 1980

16 September 1980Shields Lake, Sooke Hillslost hunterSooke SAR era

Article(s)	Missing hunter returns
Date	16 September 1980
Location	Shields Lake, Sooke Hills, British Columbia; Harbourview Road, Sooke, British Columbia; Sooke, British Columbia
Type	lost hunter
Team name used	Sooke search and rescue team
Era	Sooke SAR era
Record ID	`inc-1980-09-16-lost-hunter-sooke`

Subject(s), as named in the article

David Sylvester
referred to in the legible text as "a missing hunter", "tired and hungry but otherwise uninjured"; named as David Sylvester, 28, in INCIDENT_INDEX.csv and confirmed against the scan, 2026-07-30

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

Missing hunter returns
Times Colonist, 18 September 1980 · headline read from the scan