*Smith, Peter: - Peter Smith is a lifelong history buff, award-winning author, and retired civil servant. He holds a post-graduate degree in Folklife Studies from the University of Leeds (UK), and has published articles in British Columbia Magazine * and the Silvery Slocan Historical Society newsl...

*Smith, Peter: - Peter Smith is a lifelong history buff, award-winning author, and retired civil servant. He holds a post-graduate degree in Folklife Studies from the University of Leeds (UK), and has published articles in British Columbia Magazine * and the Silvery Slocan Historical Society newsletter. In 2020, he won the BC Historical Federation's Community History Award for his extensively researched first book on BC's silver rush.