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Over Labour Day weekend in 2010, Rachael Bagnall and Jonathan Jette set out for a backcountry trip to a remote, heart-shaped lake in British Columbia's Coast Mountains. What was meant to be a final adventure together before Racheal left the country turned into something else entirely. To this day, their story raises the haunting question- what happened on that trail?

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CBC News. “B.C. Search for 2 Hikers Resumes.” CBC News, 11 Sept. 2010, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-search-for-2-hikers-resumes-1.907941
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Global News. “Search Continues for Hikers Missing near Pemberton.” Global News, 9 Sept. 2010, https://globalnews.ca/news/91135/search-continues-for-hikers-missing-near-pemberton/
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Government of Canada. “Canada’s Missing: Case Details.” Canada’s Missing, https://www.canadasmissing.ca
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Jonathan Jetté and Rachael Bagnall. Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/Jonathan-Jette-and-Rachael-Bagnall
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Mysterious Canada. “The British Columbia Triangle: 1/6 – Canada’s Bermuda Triangle.” Mysteries of Canada, 28 May 2022, https://mysteriesofcanada.com/bc/the-british-columbia-triangle-2-6-missing-411-canada
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Mysterious Canada. “The British Columbia Triangle: 2/6 – Unsolved Disappearances in Canada.” Mysteries of Canada, 30 Oct. 2021, https://mysteriesofcanada.com/bc/the-british-columbia-triangle-2-6-missing-411-canada
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Pique Newsmagazine. “Missing in the Backcountry.” Pique Newsmagazine, 16 Sept. 2010, https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/cover-stories/missing-in-the-backcountry-2489240
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Reddit. “Lost around Valentine Lake: The Disappearance of Jonathan Jetté and Rachael Bagnall (2010).” r/UnresolvedMysteries, 11 Mar. 2013, https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1c7exop/lost_around_valentine_lake_the_disappearance_of
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