City of Trail Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, British Columbia

City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. Surrounding Columbia River between Castlegar and BC-Washington boundary, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

City of Trail: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Trail

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Trail

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Trail Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Trail

References to City of Trail that document the origin of its place name

City of Trail incorporated 14 June 1901. Confirmed in 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1922, and 2 June 1950 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 13. Boundary extension 1 January 1969 to include the adjoining District of Tadanac. Further boundary extensions effective 10 July 1997 and 29 June 2000.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Trail Creek Post Office was opened 1 July 1891; renamed Trail Post Office 1 January 1897. See also the municipality's own website.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"From 1894 to 1901 known as Trail Creek or Trail Creek Landing....[the creek] takes its name from the Dewdney Trail which follows the course of this creek to the Columbia River."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1922, Ottawa)  |  Province of British Columbia

The history of Trail really began in 1891 when the first ore from the nearby Le Roi mine was taken to the landing here for shipment, via the Columbia River, to the smelters at Butte, Montana....

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01