Sad News form the NWT

bluedog4 · Post by **bluedog4** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:36 pm

Very sad news coming out of the NWT, Cam Lancaster Big Game Outfitter and fellow houndsman has died in a plane crash.
www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story
Our thoughts go out to Cam's family

chilcotin hillbilly · Post by **chilcotin hillbilly** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:47 pm

Cam ran cats not to far from here. A good guy who could get it done on lynx, bobs, cougar and bear. Not many guys could compete with them boys, he will be missed as a hunter and person.

mike martell · Post by **mike martell** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:16 pm

real tough deal ,the canadians have lost another top guide. kind of a close knit family to the north.first with bob fontana of cranbrook b. c. now cam. just hope he was hunting! thoughts and prayers go out to the family

Majestic Tree Hound · Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:43 am

My gosh thats rough ! Barts been up hunting Goats .. I just feel so bad about this the Lancasters are a very Close Family and I believe Cam has young Kids..

Outfitter dies in plane crash near Fort Liard
Last Updated: Friday, August 22, 2008 | 5:46 PM CT Comments5Recommend30CBC News
A passenger who survived the crash of a light aircraft on Thursday that killed the pilot used a satellite phone to bring rescuers to the site of the tragedy near Fort Liard, N.W.T.

The single-engine airplane crashed into a heavily wooded area about 90 kilometres from Fort Liard, located in the southwestern corner of the territory.

RCMP have not released the name of the pilot, but a family member confirmed to CBC News late Friday that the deceased is Cam Lancaster, a co-owner of Nahanni Butte Outfitters.

Chris Meshue, the aircraft's only passenger, "initiated the call-outs, explaining that the pilot was unconscious," Lance White, the search-and-rescue pilot who airlifted Lancaster from the crash site to Fort Simpson, N.W.T., told CBC News on Friday.

"It was through his efforts and his use of the satellite phone that the actual co-ordination rescue was very, very quick. He met the aircraft on the sand bar and led people to the crash site."

Meshue was taken to the hospital in Fort Simpson as a precaution, but he was released shortly after without serious injuries.

RCMP are investigating the crash.

Nahanni Butte Outfitters, owned by the Lancaster family, guides big-game hunting trips in the Mackenzie Mountain region of the territory.

Spanky · Post by **Spanky** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:20 am

That is truely a tragic story regardless of how well known the family but its also in-evitable in their line of work when you push the odds soo many times in life as they do with the back country flights. Rest in peace Cam you will be missed....you lived a life many of us could only dream of

Rigdogs · Post by **Rigdogs** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:01 pm

I've never met any of the Lancasters, but have enjoyed their videos for the last several years. Cam always seemed to be a great guy ,I'm sure he will be missed by everyone that knew him. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.