Located on the west side of the Purcell Mountains, on the northeast shore of Kootenay Lake, it was founded during a silver mining boom in the 1890s.
Primarily from California, they first established the Delta Co-operative Association in 1954.
Students studied academic subjects, as well as gardening, how to milk cows, chop wood, pig sheering, and cook on a wood stove.
[2] In the 1960s, Argenta attracted anti-war protesters, as well as hippies, back-to-the-land residents, and members of the counter-culture.
Among others, Nancy Herbison changed her name to Nancy Argenta and became a well-known opera singer based in London.