Danny Corcoran (ranger)

Danny Corcoran (1916 – April 7, 1936 ) was a relatively well-known Newfoundland Ranger (policeman) who perished in tragic circumstances while only 22 years of age, on a solo expedition across the wilds of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula.

Corcoran had set off into the wilderness in the dead of winter in an attempt to protect the local caribou population from poachers. However, the young ranger became lost and suffered severely from frostbite and starvation. As a popular and well-respected ranger in the Peninsula's coastal communities, a large scale rescue effort was mounted to find Corcoran. Hampered by adverse weather conditions, Corcoran was not found until 17 days after first becoming lost. He was taken by boat to St. Anthony and died shortly thereafter.^[1]

His death and a love interest has made his life the subject of local lore and was immortalized in the book, "Will Anyone Search for Danny?" by Earl Pilgrim.^[2]

See also

• List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

External links

• Tidespoint Book reference
• Officer Down Memorial
• A Ramble Through the Life and Times of a Ranger
• http://www.educ.mun.ca/e4142f00/ivany.htm

References

1. ^ https://transcontinentalnewsnet.com/thetelegram/index.cfm?sid=194463&sc=79&comments=view
2. ^ Pilgrim, Earl. Will Anyone Search for Danny?. ISBN 9781897317273. 

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Name	Corcoran, Danny
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Date of birth	1916
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Date of death	1938
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