Hunter Jack of Shalalth inhabited the Bridge River Country region of southwestern British Columbia.
Folklore portrays him as the hero who negotiated peace among First Nations and toward Chinese miners, but was murdered by persons unknown.
[6] Jack was a first-class big game hunter, who trapped and hunted in the Bridge River Country.
In the 1880s, he met visiting hunter Captain (later Admiral) Seymour, who was so impressed by Jack that he subsequently sent him a flag and naval uniform as gifts.
[3] In 1913, old and decayed sluice boxes were discovered at a site which was possibly where Jack once found impressive gold nuggets.
[1] In 1900, when Jack found his daughter Julia Ann hanged, the official verdict was murder, but many suspected suicide.
[8] In 1905, Jack and his son William drank gin freely while paddling a boat on Seton Lake.
In rough water close to shore, each time Jack attempted to stand, he fell, striking his head on a section of the boat.
[12] Brother Thomas Mowson, who assisted in the venture,[13] took over when Charles died in a hunting accident the following February.
[24] When the Carpenter Lake reservoir for the Mission Dam filled in the 1950s, the remnants of the then Hanson's bridge floated away after a few years.