Slumach[a] (c. 1816 – January 16, 1891) was an elderly Katzie First Nations man hanged for murder in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, in 1891.
There may have been feelings of sympathy for the old man at the hanging, but there is only one request for clemency on file; and in the time preceding his execution, the newspapers and their readers seemed indifferent about Slumach's fate.
Many years after his death, stories surfaced that Slumach had discovered rich gold deposits at Pitt Lake, and died without revealing the location.
Pitt Lake's lost gold mine and Slumach are the topic of numerous newspaper, magazine articles and TV programs.
[12] • Brian Antonson, Mary Trainer, and Rick Antonson, Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend - and a Curse (3rd edition) (Victoria BC: Heritage House, 2024) • Fred Braches, Searching for Pitt Lake Gold; Facts and Fantasy in the Legend of Slumach (Victoria BC: Heritage House 2019) ISBN: 9781772032765