Man rescued after he went missing for more than a week in northern B.C. wilderness

After more than a week in the B.C. wilderness, a man has been rescued thanks to the efforts of Quesnel Search and Rescue and the Williams Lake RCMP.

The man was found in the bush, near a shelter he had created out of mud and sticks, about 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake, B.C., said Bob Zimmerman, Quesnel Search and Rescue (SAR) president and manager.

The man was reported missing to RCMP July 31 after he was last seen July 28. Zimmerman said his team first received word of the incident on Aug. 3.

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Quesnel SAR first looked for the man by air with P.E.P. Air (Provincial Emergency Program Air), a volunteer aviation society. But they had no luck during the first few days of the search.

Zimmerman said the initial information