Thanks Brian for this article from the UK Mirror.
For an easy read go here
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Monday, 10 July 2023
Update SEARCHING FOR PITT LAKE GOLD
Missing from my book is the story of "Slumach's Map." Today I would add the following to the text on page 37
According to Aunt Mandy, Slumach “sitting on the cell bench“ had drawn a map for her father of the location where he found the nuggets. Pierre destroyed Slumach’s drawing but years later he redrew the map from memory, and one of his daughters made copies. Aunt Mandy also told Donald Waite that Pierre’s drawing and those copies were lost in housefire in the 1930s.
The only plausible reason why Pierre would have drawn this map and had copies made was they were intended for sale or to impress gullible prospectors. Seen in that light it seems unlikely that the map drawn by Slumach ever existed. For Pierre, with his intimate knowledge of the lay of the land a few pointers would have been enough – he did not need a map.
Sunday, 9 July 2023
Three Leo Awards for Deadman’s Curse
The Leo Awards are a project of the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia. Celebrating Excellence in British Columbia Film.
Among this year's winners is Deadman’s Curse with Leo Awards for best series, best direction and best writing (for Daryl’s Terrarosa / Stu Brown episode).
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| Mike Dinsmore (director of photography) Sean White (director) Tim Hardy (series producer) Michael Francis (executive producer) |
Friday, 7 July 2023
Corus
A Top 10 program on the network last fall*, Deadman’s Curse returns for Season 2 (8×60), with more adventures following the diverse team of explorers on their epic search for legendary lost gold in B.C. Ahead of the second season premiering next spring, the Corus Studios series has already been greenlit for a third season. The series is complemented by a previously announced companion podcast from Curiouscast, Deadman’s Curse: Slumach’s Gold. Hosted by series star Kru Williams, the podcast takes listeners deeper into the history of Slumach’s legacy.
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Saturday, 3 June 2023
Saturday, 20 May 2023
Congratulalations!
The 2023 Leo Awards nominations are out, and Great Pacific Media received a total of 14 nods!
Deadman's Curse garnered six in the Information Lifestyle or Reality Series for Best Program, Direction, Screenwriting, Cinematography and Picture Editing (2) ....
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Brian speaks !
Click here to enjoy the Tri-Cities Community Television recording of Brian Antonson’s October 2021 presentation on the Slumach legend at the Port Coquitlam Museum.
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Adam Palmer has spent 10 years chasing a tantalizing legend
The Archaeology blog shows a earlier CBC story that someway did not find its way to the Slumach site, or this blog. Click here to read the piece and enjoy! Thanks Brian.
Monday, 9 January 2023
Lost Mine of Pitt Lake Society
Members of the Lost Mine of Pitt Lake Society met in Abbotsford on Sunday to share information and plans for this coming summer’s explorations with Evan, who visited from Melbourne.
Friday, 30 September 2022
Journey for Truth ....
Click here for an article in todays The Chilliwack Progress
"Seabird explorers seek closure, medicine starring in History Channel series"
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Deadman's Curse Screening Party
Kru Williams, David Muise, Adam Palmer, Don Froese and Taylor Star
On the red carpet at Dunbar Theatre, Vancouver BC
Friday, 2 September 2022
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Slumach's map?
“Sitting on the cell bench Slumach drew a map for Peter of the location where he found the nuggets. Peter memorized the drawing and then destroyed it. Years later he redrew the map. A daughter traced out three copies, however the original and the copies were destroyed in the 1930s in a house fire.” Donald Waite, Kwant’san, 1972
Not a map drawn by Slumach therefore but a map drawn by Peter Pierre “from memory” years later. Pierre and Slumach would have been very familiar with the landscape and they would not need a map to explain where to go. Why then drawing a map at all as it was of no apparent use to Peter Pierre himself? Why those three copies? Were they selling maps to gold hunters?
According to the same source, Aunt Mandy, Slumach found (or traded) never more than $75 worth of gold. No mine — no untold riches. And no map!
Lost Gold Society
Members of the Lost Gold Society attended a lively meeting in Fort Langley. Many participants had already left when this picture was taken: Left to right: Jonanne, Fred, George, Adam and his son Ridge, Don and Daryl.
Thursday, 28 July 2022
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Vancouver is Awsome
Articles like the following seem to show that efforts to separate truth from fiction have been successful.
Saturday, 16 October 2021
PoCo Heritage Society
Brian Antonson's talk for the PoCo Heritage Society on Wednesday, October 13, was well attended by a masked but appreciative audience.
Shown here are the people who kept Brian honest and presented alternative interpretations. From left to right: Donald Waite, Daryl Friesen, Adam Palmer and his sons and Fred Braches. Tim Hardy took the photo.
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Wild Duck Inn -- map
The huge map of the lower Pitt River and Pitt Lake that once decorated the beer parlour of the Wild Duck Inn showed a marker with the text: “the approximate search area of legendary lost Slumach mine.” Because of that the map has become part of the Pitt Lake gold story. When was it painted and by whom?
Among the locations shown on the map is the Lindberg Trout Farm that started operation in 1953 and ended in 1957 or 1958. Therefore the map was probably painted at some time during these five years.
The Wild Duck Inn changed ownership/management in January 1955 and was completely redecorated. The Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows Gazette of 28 April includes a description of the changes under the heading “Wild Duck Inn Murals Authentic Paintings.” Was the map there already?
It is hard to imagine how the correspondent could have overlooked this imposing piece but the map is not mentioned in the article. It seems that the map was not yet there and was added to the Duck’s decoration perhaps later that same year 1955 or in the following two or three years.
The inclusion of that marker for the “approximate search area” east of Widgeon Lake may have been inspired by The Province’s Defrauder Creek exploration of 1952.
We still don’t know who painted the map.
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