Anthony Paul Evans Missing Person Case

Anthony Paul Evans was a 31-year-old man who disappeared on June 12, 1984, in the Sioux Lookout region of northwestern Ontario. Published missing-person information states that Evans was last seen on Jarvis Lake, where he reportedly fell from a boat and disappeared into the water. He was never recovered. At the time he went missing, Evans was described as a white male of medium build with a fair complexion, brown hair, and brown eyes. He stood approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed about 172 pounds. He was reportedly wearing a red plaid shirt, blue jeans, green coveralls, and brown leather steel-toed boots when he disappeared.

Jarvis Lake lies in the remote lake and river country southeast of Sioux Lookout. Geographic records place the lake roughly 58 kilometres southeast of the community, while published canoe-route information describes Jarvis Lake as part of a chain of waterways associated with the English River system. The surrounding route includes stretches of undeveloped boreal country as well as rapids and portages connecting Jarvis Lake with other lakes in the region. Those geographical details help illustrate the isolated setting in which Evans vanished, although publicly available accounts do not provide enough information to establish the weather, water conditions, exact location on the lake, type of boat, whether anyone witnessed his fall, or what immediate search operations were undertaken. It is therefore important not to add circumstances that have not been documented. What is publicly reported is straightforward but deeply troubling: Evans went into the water from his boat on Jarvis Lake and was not found afterward.

Despite the passage of decades, Evans continues to be identified in published missing-person records rather than as someone whose remains were recovered. His case is associated with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under case number 2006019799, and a separate reference number, RM05024970, is provided in connection with Ontario Provincial Police missing-person information. The available listing directs anyone with information to the Ontario Provincial Police and the OPP Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains. The fact that identifying details about Evans, his clothing, and the circumstances of his disappearance continue to be preserved is significant because even cases involving apparent water accidents can remain unresolved when a person is never located. Without recovery, a family is left without the certainty that normally follows an accident, and investigators must preserve the information that could someday help establish what happened.

Publicly accessible information about the investigation is limited, and there are no readily available detailed accounts describing subsequent searches, recovered property, witness statements, or later investigative developments. There is likewise no reliable online information establishing that Evans was located after his disappearance. His case therefore remains centered on the events at Jarvis Lake: a 31-year-old man was on the lake near Sioux Lookout on June 12, 1984, reportedly fell from his boat, disappeared into the water, and was never found. More than four decades later, the absence of a recovery leaves Anthony Paul Evans's disappearance unresolved and his fate without the final certainty his loved ones deserve. In overview, what began as an apparent boating incident on a remote Ontario lake became a longstanding missing-person case because Evans vanished into the water and no trace of him sufficient to resolve the case was recovered, leaving only his physical description, the clothing he was wearing, the location of his disappearance, and the enduring hope that additional information may someday provide a definitive answer.
Last Seen: Jun 12, 1984

Canada's Missing - RCMP case 2006019799