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{{Location map|Canada British Columbia|lat=50.1666|long=-116.9226|width=200|caption=Location of Argenta in [[British Columbia]]|label=Argenta}} '''Argenta''' is a [[List of communities in British Columbia|settlement]] in [[British Columbia]]. Located on the west side of the [[Purcell Mountains]], on the northeast shore of [[Kootenay Lake]], it was founded during a [[Silver rush|silver mining boom]] in the 1890s. Argenta was given its name by the Argenta Mining Company from the Latin word for silver, argentea.<ref>{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115163219/http://ca.epodunk.com/profiles/british-columbia/argenta/2003285.html
|title=Argenta, British Columbia
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In 1952, [[Quakers]] settled in the town. Primarily from California, they first established the Delta Co-operative Association in 1954. They then went on to found and operate the Argenta Friends School, a boarding school, from 1959 to 1982. Students studied academic subjects, as well as gardening, how to milk cows, chop wood, pig sheering, and cook on a wood stove.<ref>{{
|title=Argenta | In the 1960s, Argenta attracted [[anti-war]] protesters, as well as [[hippie]]s, [[back-to-the-land]] residents, and members of the [[counter-culture]].
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