Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend

(Paperback, 3rd New edition)

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Newly expanded and revised, Slumachs Gold: In Search of a Legend chronicles Canadas 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 along the Pitt River 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 Slumachs 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 Slumachs Gold, Brian Antonson, Mary Trainer and Rick Antonson diligently sift through history and myth, separating fact from fiction, but leaving the legend intactalong with the promise of gold yet to be found.

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Brian Antonson co-founded Nunaga Publishing with Rick Antonson and Mary Trainer. Together they published more than twenty-five books, including the first edition of In Search of a Legend: Slumach's Gold in 1972. Brian spent his career in radio broadcasting and broadcast education, before retiring as head of the Broadcast and Media Communications department at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He has made over 100 presentations about Slumach's Gold. Mary Trainer co-founded Nunaga Publishing with Rick Antonson and Brian Antonson. Together they published more than twenty-five books, including the first edition of In Search of a Legend: Slumach's Gold, in 1972. Mary has been writing about British Columbia for four decades and was communications coordinator with Metro Vancouver for twenty years. Her most recent book is Trout Creek: Celebrating History, Land, and Neighbourhood. Rick Antonson co-founded Nunaga Publishing with Brian Antonson and Mary Trainer. Together they published more than twenty-five books, including the first edition of In Search of a Legend: Slumach's Gold. Rick has written five travel books, most recently Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer. He was vice president and general manager of Douglas & McIntyre Publishing for five years. From 1993 to 2014 he served as president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver (now Destination Vancouver).