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Ben Swesey: More to the story

Ben Swesey and Bill Weaver vanished after their 1917 hunting trip amid motor failure and heavy seas; no one noticed them missing for over a week, historical accounts say.

Summary by Homer News
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Seven years after his friend William Weaver nearly drowned in Kenai Lake while returning from guiding a wealthy East Coast hunter in the Kenai Mountains, Seward’s Benjamin Swesey guided a pair of New Yorkers into the mountains for what would prove to be his final guiding job.

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Homer News broke the news in on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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