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Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend?and a Curse

By Brian Antonson, Mary Trainer, Rick Antonson


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Publish Date

October 29, 2024

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Social Science / Folklore & Mythology

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$32.95

Full of intrigue, adventure, greed, and tragedy, the enduring legend of Slumach's Gold is examined in riveting detail in this newly expanded edition of a bestselling classic

Newly expanded and revised, Slumach’s Gold: In Search of a Legend—and a Curse chronicles Canada’s most enduring lost-mine mystery. For more than 130 years, people have been captivated by the story of a secret cache of gold with nuggets “the size of walnuts,” supposedly buried near Pitt Lake in southwestern BC. Knowledge of its exact whereabouts died with Slumach, a Katzie Nation man executed for murder in 1891. Slumach, according to rumours that spread like wildfire in the years following his death, placed a curse on the hidden motherlode to protect it from interlopers and trespassers.

Countless prospectors, adventurers, amateur sleuths, and history buffs have attempted to find Slumach’s gold over the years. It has been the subject of books, articles, TV shows, and podcasts. But thus far, no one has succeeded in locating the legendary gold. Or have they? In this fascinating new edition of Slumach’s Gold, Brian Antonson, Mary Trainer and Rick Antonson diligently sift through history and myth, separating fact from fiction, but leaving the legend intact—along with the promise of gold yet to be found.

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ISBN: 9781772035186
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Heritage House
Published: October 29, 2024

"Slumach's gold is one of North America's most famous lost treasures!"

—Adam Palmer, expedition team leader, Deadman’s Curse: The Legend of the Lost Gold

“Slumach’s Gold: In Search of a Legend—and a Curse brings together stories that have touched the spirits of my Ancestors. My mother Gail’s traditional name is Kwelaxtelotiya, meaning “to be close to.” Like Slumach’s canoe touching the water, these words written are “close to” many truths about the legend of the hidden gold. My hands are raised to the authors who have recorded and shared Slumach’s oral history.”

—Taylor Starr, Cultural and Heritage Monitor and descendant of Slumach

“Forget the Dutchman, Lasseter's Reef, Yamashita's Gold, and all the other ‘lost mines’ that are just stories. Slumach's gold of Pitt Lake may not be as well known, but it certainly has the best and most evidence—guaranteed it will make a treasure hunter out of you!”