HAROLD THOMPSON

 was born on 1932 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan.  He joined the Department of Natural Resources in 1955 as a trainee and graduated as a Conservation Officer in 1957. Harold was stationed in Dorintosh, Meadow Lake, Uranium City, La Loche and Buffalo Narrows. On August 20th, 1959, Officer Thompson boarded a Cessna 180 aircraft to fly from Buffalo Narrows to La Loche. The aircraft was believed to have gone down in Peter Pond Lake. An RCMP underwater recovery operation has helped bring closure to families after 60 years of mystery. Over three days in January’s -2 degrees Celsius water, RCMP divers from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia — who often join forces — dived to the plane’s underwater resting place.  Harold’s name would be perpetuated, a peninsula on the lake was named “Thompson Peninsula”.

The complete story of the recovery can be found here: https://rcmp.ca/en/gazette/dive-team-recovers-remains-1959-plane-crash