Hi, Park enthusiasts. I'm your host, Delia DeAmbra.

And the story I'm going to tell you about in today's episode has developed a reputation

as being a legend or some kind of lore. But I assure you, the facts of this case are

not fiction. They're very, very real.

It's the story of three prospectors who set their sights on mining gold in Canada's

far north back in the early 1900s, who one day just disappeared.

The truth of what happened to at least two of them remains one of the most puzzling

mysteries in Parks Canada history.

The first thing you need to know is that this case starts way back in 1904, so a while

ago. Press coverage was limited 119 years ago as you can imagine, but what little reporting

there was hasn't totally been lost to time.

Most of the original source material from Canadian newspapers has been preserved in archives.

The second thing that's important to understand about this story is that it takes place

in the remote northwest territories of Canada at a time when that landscape was mostly

unadulterated wilderness. In the 1970s, the specific area I'm going to be talking about

was officially designated and established as Nahani National Park Reserve. But back

in the early 1900s, it wasn't known by that name.

Conditions in the northwest territories are known to be extremely brutal in the winter,

and much of the terrain is difficult to traverse.

According to the website for Parks Canada, the Nahani River and its tributaries are incredibly

dangerous, especially if you don't have experience with some of the roughest whitewater

in North America. At least five people have died while trying to navigate the Nahani

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