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The Turnagain Nugget. In 1937 Alice Shea found this nugget wedged in a boulder while walking along Turnagain Creek to her husband’s claim in northern British Columbia. It is the largest existing gold nugget found in the province, weighing 1642 grams or 52 troy ounces. BC’s Department of Mines bought the nugget for $1500 and…