Rescuers search for missing man on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam

CBC News

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 8:58 PM EST | Last Updated: November 7

A hunt is underway for a missing antheral believed to beryllium mislaid connected Burke Mountain successful Coquitlam, B.C.

Coquitlam RCMP is asking for assistance successful locating the man, 65-year-old To Sang Alfred Wong.

He was past seen successful his vehicle, a grey Chevrolet Cruz, astatine his location adjacent Apel Drive and Coast Meridian Road connected Tuesday, according to an RCMP statement.

Police recovered his conveyance Wednesday astatine the trailhead of the Coquitlam Lake Trail successful the 5000-block of Harper Road.

Police picture Wong arsenic an Asian man, who is 5 feet 3 inches tall, with a slim physique and balding with grey hair.

Al Hurley, a hunt manager with Coquitlam Search and Rescue (SAR), said the SAR hunt started Wednesday aft they were called astir 2 p.m. PT.

Rescuers scoured each the probable areas until astir 1 a.m. connected Thursday, erstwhile they unopen the hunt down for the night.

"We were backmost present astatine 5 [a.m.] this morning," Hurley said connected Thursday.

Al Hurley, a hunt manager with Coquitlam Search and Rescue, says crews are searching Burke Mountain for a missing man. (Murray Titus/CBC)

He said rescuers person talked to the household and judge Wong whitethorn person been readying to spell to "the Lookout" connected Burke Mountain.

Hurley warned hikers to beryllium well-prepared, and not spell without a coagulated travel program oregon without letting idiosyncratic cognize wherever they're going.

"It was a beauteous time erstwhile [Wong] started his walk, but that nighttime it started to rainfall heavily, and truthful helium could person go disoriented, due to the fact that this mountain’s covered successful upland motorcycle trails and hiking trails," the rescuer said.

Hurley said crews person a tracker canine retired and person borrowed a portion of instrumentality from North Shore SAR that tin observe compartment service, but the upwind was excessively mediocre to alert done connected Thursday.

“We anticipation he’s hunkered down, and staying lukewarm and adust if helium can, and that he’ll yet perceive america coming and telephone retired to us,” Hurley said.

Police are asking anyone who whitethorn person seen Wong oregon person accusation connected his whereabouts to telephone the Coquitlam RCMP astatine 604-945-1550 and punctuation record fig 2025-28682.