Slumach’s Lost Gold Mine is a legendary tale from British Columbia. According to folklore, in the late 1800s a Katzie First Nations man named Slumach discovered a rich creek of gold nuggets near Pitt Lake, occasionally spending lavishly in New Westminster before vanishing again. Convicted of murder in 1891 and hanged, Slumach was said to curse the mine from the gallows—“mine dies with me”—ensuring no one who found it would live to reclaim it. Over a century later, many explorers, including figures like “Volcanic” Brown and Stu Brown, ventured into the rugged terrain north of Pitt Lake searching for the lost deposit, with several perishishing under harsh conditions, fueling the myth of a cursed fortune. Despite numerous expeditions, books, and TV specials, no definitive location has ever been verified—and the mystery endures as one of Canada’s most enduring legends