Please help in finding answers to the disappearance of a Lake Cowichan man Darreld Rayner. He disappeared May 7, 2007 and has not been seen since. Darreld was 52 when he went missing. He was a father and a husband, he was very pro-union and very vocal about important key forestry issues facing BC today. He was a long time employee of the Youbou saw mill before it shut down. You still find articles and letters online still today written by Darreld Rayner. Darreld was an active member of the Youbou Timberless Society. But the question still remains, how does a guy go missing on a walk? How did he just vanish into thin air?
Below is a copy of the RCMP Press Release from 2007.
Search For Missing Hiker Continues
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C., May 11, 2007- Searchers are on day five of a search for a missing hiker near Lake Cowichan.
Lake Cowichan RCMP continue to work with Search & Rescue as well as volunteers in an attempt to locate Darreld Rayner, a 52 year old Lake Cowichan man who went missing on May 07, 2007. Mr. Rayner is an experienced hiker that went for his usual hike approximately two miles Southwest of Lake Cowichan on the Fairservice Mainline, a logging road.
Cowichan Valley Search and Rescue has had the assistance of Saltspring Island Search and Rescue as well as searchers from Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Victoria and volunteers from Shure Span. The RCMP have assisted in the search with members of the Lake Cowichan Detachment, two dog handlers and the RCMP Helicopter. Searchers and volunteers have worked tirelessly both in the wooded area and by going door to door distributing missing posters and asking residents in the area to check their property for anything that may be suspicious. On Thursday, May 10, 2007 there were over 100 Search and Rescue personnel on the ground and at the end of the day, the combined total of search hours for the week was approximately 2600 hours.
Searchers are continuing to follow up on any possibilities and the status of the search will be determined at days end.
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Greg Cox, Cpl.
Vancouver Island District - Communications Officer
2881 Nanaimo Street
Victoria, British Columbia V8T-4Z8
Phone: 250-380-6240
Fax: 250-380-6256
Email: Greg.A.Cox@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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Here is another article about Rayner. This one was about a Chinesse Grave Stie that Darreld was bringing to light out at the former Youbou Mill Site.
Chinesse Grave Site
In March 2002, the ASBC-NB was contacted by Darreld Rayner, concerned citizen and member of the Youbou Timberless Society, about the possible existence of Chinese graves on the former Youbou Mill site near Youbou on southern Vancouver Island. His concern was that the dismantling of the Youbou mill and the construction of a go-kart track might threaten the graves, and alluded to the existence of many other gravesites near the property.
Source info:
http://www.asbcnanaimo.nisa.com/RESOURCES/digger/diggerfall2002.html
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There is also a video that has been made to help aid in the search for answers in the disappearance of Darreld Rayner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=069hSFeRUY4
Below is a copy of the RCMP Press Release from 2007.
Search For Missing Hiker Continues
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C., May 11, 2007- Searchers are on day five of a search for a missing hiker near Lake Cowichan.
Lake Cowichan RCMP continue to work with Search & Rescue as well as volunteers in an attempt to locate Darreld Rayner, a 52 year old Lake Cowichan man who went missing on May 07, 2007. Mr. Rayner is an experienced hiker that went for his usual hike approximately two miles Southwest of Lake Cowichan on the Fairservice Mainline, a logging road.
Cowichan Valley Search and Rescue has had the assistance of Saltspring Island Search and Rescue as well as searchers from Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Victoria and volunteers from Shure Span. The RCMP have assisted in the search with members of the Lake Cowichan Detachment, two dog handlers and the RCMP Helicopter. Searchers and volunteers have worked tirelessly both in the wooded area and by going door to door distributing missing posters and asking residents in the area to check their property for anything that may be suspicious. On Thursday, May 10, 2007 there were over 100 Search and Rescue personnel on the ground and at the end of the day, the combined total of search hours for the week was approximately 2600 hours.
Searchers are continuing to follow up on any possibilities and the status of the search will be determined at days end.
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Greg Cox, Cpl.
Vancouver Island District - Communications Officer
2881 Nanaimo Street
Victoria, British Columbia V8T-4Z8
Phone: 250-380-6240
Fax: 250-380-6256
Email: Greg.A.Cox@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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Here is another article about Rayner. This one was about a Chinesse Grave Stie that Darreld was bringing to light out at the former Youbou Mill Site.
Chinesse Grave Site
In March 2002, the ASBC-NB was contacted by Darreld Rayner, concerned citizen and member of the Youbou Timberless Society, about the possible existence of Chinese graves on the former Youbou Mill site near Youbou on southern Vancouver Island. His concern was that the dismantling of the Youbou mill and the construction of a go-kart track might threaten the graves, and alluded to the existence of many other gravesites near the property.
Source info:
http://www.asbcnanaimo.nisa.com/RESOURCES/digger/diggerfall2002.html
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There is also a video that has been made to help aid in the search for answers in the disappearance of Darreld Rayner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=069hSFeRUY4