A four-year search for a missing trapper was concluded recently with
the finding of the remains of Alfred Christianson, trapper and prospector of the Carmacks district, says a report in The Mayo Miner.
For four years the police and other residents of the Carmacks country had
searched for some trace of the missing prospector who left for his winter cabin in August, 1932.
The remains were identified by the deceased’s outfit which lay near the
body. The discovery was made at a point four and a half miles away from the prospector’s cabin.
An investigation made by Constable Hartnett shortly before the young
Mountie met death in a canoe accident on the Yukon River last month, disclosed that Christianson met with accidental death when his rifle discharged while he was pulling it from his packsack. The .22 rifle was found beside the remains with the magazine loaded. One cartridge has been discharged.
The late prospector's cabin was situated near the Bow River back of the
Mt. Free Gold area and could only be reached by a long and tedious route with many streams to be crossed along the route.
No inquest being deemed necessary; as a result of the evidence, the remains were buried at the spot and a cross erected over the grave.
The late Alfred Christianson is survived by a brother in Wisconsin. The
discovery of the remains were made within a day or so from the date he was reported missing four years ago.
