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Trail
Trail Creek | |
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City of Trail | |
Motto: Explore Your Trail | |
Location of Trail in British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 49°05′40″N 117°42′33″W / 49.09444°N 117.70917°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Region | Kootenays |
Regional district | Kootenay Boundary |
Government | |
• Type | Elected city council |
• Mayor | Colleen Jones[2] |
• Governing body | Trail City Council |
• MP | Richard Cannings (NDP) |
• MLA | Katrine Conroy (BC NDP) |
Area (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 34.90 km2 (13.47 sq mi) |
• Census agglomeration | 279.13 km2 (107.77 sq mi) |
Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 7,920 |
• Density | 226.9/km2 (588/sq mi) |
• Census agglomeration | 279.13 |
• Census agglomeration density | 51.1/km2 (132/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
Forward sortation area | |
Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236, and 672 |
Highways | 3B 22 |
Waterways | Columbia River |
Website | trail |
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]
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