Found Deceased CANADA - Donald Stoliker, 63, missing in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, 1 Aug 2018

[cybervampira]

60-year-old man missing in Grasslands National Park since Wednesday | CBC News

Parks Canada says a search is underway Friday for a 60-year-old man who went missing in Grasslands National Park earlier this week.

"Parks Canada is working with partners including the RCMP and local volunteers to search for the missing person on foot, vehicle, horseback, air, and with dog teams," said Scott Whiting, a spokesperson for Parks Canada's Saskatchewan South Field Unit.

The man was last seen Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. CST near the south access route in the west block of the park.

According to Whiting, the man expressed an interest in hiking the Ecotour trail.

The hiker is described as a 60-year-old white man with a slight build, glasses and short dark hair flecked with grey. He walks with a slight limp.

He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and faded blue jeans, carrying a small light-coloured backpack with a sleeping roll attached.

Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association

Regina Leader-Post

 

[SpeckledCactys]

Sad, i really hope they find him. I'm from Regina, and temperatures have been lingering around 30°C, and to be out on a trail with no shelter must be horrible.

 

[Jackeee]

60-year-old man missing in Grasslands National Park since Wednesday | CBC News

Parks Canada says a search is underway Friday for a 60-year-old man who went missing in Grasslands National Park earlier this week.

"Parks Canada is working with partners including the RCMP and local volunteers to search for the missing person on foot, vehicle, horseback, air, and with dog teams," said Scott Whiting, a spokesperson for Parks Canada's Saskatchewan South Field Unit.

The man was last seen Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. CST near the south access route in the west block of the park.

According to Whiting, the man expressed an interest in hiking the Ecotour trail.

The hiker is described as a 60-year-old white man with a slight build, glasses and short dark hair flecked with grey. He walks with a slight limp.

He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and faded blue jeans, carrying a small light-coloured backpack with a sleeping roll attached.

Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association

Regina Leader-Post

Donald Stoliker, 63, health issues. I hope he is found safe and soon.

 

[tarabull]

It's currently 6:30pm in SK 31 C at Grasslands, will drop only 2 degrees by 7pm....

Grasslands National Park - West Block, Saskatchewan 7 Day Weather Forecast - The Weather Network

Grasslands is HUGE --- also it run along the Canada US border...FWIW.

Google Maps

eta > Grasslands National Park

Where are you Donald???

 

[tarabull]

Ecotour Road Scenic Drive Tours

Observations made at the link below:
Ecotour Scenic DRIVE - marked in yellow
Trails & Routes - red dashed lines - list of trails/routes at right of map does not show a Ecotour Hike Tour or Route
http://www.visitcypresshills.ca/assets/Topo_Map_Tearoff_2016_ENG_FINAL_for_printer.pdf

 

[cybervampira]

63-year-old man missing in Grasslands National Park

Authorities are continuing the search for 63-year-old Don Stoliker, who went missing hiking in Grasslands National Park.

Stoliker was last seen in the vicinity of the south access route near the west block of the park on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. He was in the park to hike the 80 km long loop of Ecotour Road.

 

[tarabull]

Snipped from the Ecotour Road Scenic Drive Tours link....

...A self-guided driving tour through the Frenchman River Valley in the park’s West Block it usually takes about 2.5 hours. It can be completed as an 80km loop or a 70km “out and back.”

So is/was he following the driving tour route???

:thinking:

 

[cybervampira]

Search expands for missing 63-year-old man in Grasslands National Park | CBC News

Parks Canada said in a statement Monday that the "focus of today's operations is on areas outside the park's southern boundary in the Rural Municipality of Val Marie." A helicopter has also been brought in to assist the search.

 

[tarabull]

Dan was from Ontario! He was found south of the park???
Google Maps

Body of Ontario man reported missing found near national park in Saskatchewan

 

[Darling136]

Pontiex RCMP say the body of 63 year-old Donald Stoliker of Newburgh, Ont., was located south of Grasslands National Park.

Body of Ontario man reported missing found near national park in Saskatchewan

Found deceased

 

[Jackeee]

I’m so sorry for this tragic ending.

 

[MistyWaters]

How very sad.

The park is a very beautiful naturalized landscape and the eco tour driving route loops through it, then south and around the park.

 

[tarabull]

Hikers urge caution after body of missing Ontario man found