An inquest into the death of an Ontario man who might have been the victim of a wolf attack begins Monday in Prince Albert, Sask.

Engineering student Kenton Carnegie, 22, died in November 2005 while at a work camp in northern Saskatchewan. 

In an interview with CBC News last year, his father, Kim Carnegie, had no doubts about what happened to his son.

"It was definitely a wolf attack, an unprovoked wolf attack," Kim Carnegie said.

Kenton Carnegie died near Points North Landing, about 750 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
 
If wolves are to blame, it would be one of the few documented cases in history.

However, the inquest may hear new evidence suggesting Carnegie was killed by a bear.

Carnegie family lawyer Harold Johnson doesn't accept the bear theory.

"My job, as I understand it, is to take that evidence apart," said Johnson, who himself survived a wolf attack at Key Lake 20 years ago.

In addition to determining how Kenton Carnegie died, the inquest will also look for ways of preventing similar deaths.

The inquest is scheduled to run all week.