Trail, British Columbia

Trail
Trail Creek
City of Trail
Coat of arms of Trail
Motto: 
Explore Your Trail
Trail is located in British Columbia
Trail
Trail
Location of Trail in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°05′40″N 117°42′33″W / 49.09444°N 117.70917°W / 49.09444; -117.70917[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
RegionKootenays
Regional districtKootenay Boundary
Government
 • TypeElected city council
 • MayorColleen Jones[2]
 • Governing bodyTrail City Council
 • MPRichard Cannings (NDP)
 • MLAKatrine Conroy (BC NDP)
Area
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
34.90 km2 (13.47 sq mi)
 • Census agglomeration279.13 km2 (107.77 sq mi)
Elevation435 m (1,427 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
7,920
 • Density226.9/km2 (588/sq mi)
 • Census agglomeration
279.13
 • Census agglomeration density51.1/km2 (132/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−08:00 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Forward sortation area
Area code(s)250, 778, 236, and 672
Highways3B
22
WaterwaysColumbia River
Websitetrail.ca/en/index.aspx

Trail is a city in the western Kootenays region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It was named after the Dewdney Trail, which passed through the area.[5] The town was first called Trail Creek or Trail Creek Landing, and the name was shortened to Trail in 1897.[6]

  1. ^ "Trail". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Inside City Hall". Trail BC. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ Barman, Jean The West Beyond the West, University of Toronto Press, 2007, p. 130.
  6. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 51. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.

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