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An exterior view of the old cabin at Upper Dewey Lake above Skagway, Alaska. The cabin is a first-come/first-serve station w/ a newer cabin (reservations required) located on the other side of the drainage creek to the lake. Skagway is a destination port for many cruise ships through the Alaskan archipelago & many visitors from around the world daily hike to see the lake against the picturesque mountains, many having left their name etched in the cabin walls or on sign-in register.
Such was the case for 38 year-old Charles Bryan Gay, a resident of Montrose, British Columbia who was staying at a hostel in Skagway on September 26, 2000. Known by his middle name, Bryan was last seen at 9:30am that morning headed for a day hike to Upper Dewey Lake to look for rocks. He was supposed to check out of the hostel and take the ferry to British Columbia at 11pm, but he never did.
Bryan left all his belongings behind at the hostel and has never been heard from again. A search began for him the following morning, but no evidence relating to his whereabouts was discovered. He is not believed to have carried any overnight camping gear. The last trace of his whereabouts was at this cabin, where a sign-in book had a signature from Gay: "Great day, great hike, but this goddamn pen ran out of ink. Bryan G." The signature wasn't discovered until a year after he disappeared.
Bryan was employed as a geologist; he had just finished his third summer for a job in Whitehorse, Yukon. He was 5'9" in height & weighed 150 pounds. It is likely he may have gotten injured off-trail & died from exposure. He has not been seen since & at the time of this photo posting would be age 61. Alaskan State Troopers are the investigating agency.
From: https://charleyproject.org/case/charles-bryan-gay
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