Salmo

SALMO, village, pop 1,140 (2021), is 39 km east of CASTLEGAR on the Salmo R. Salmo is Latin for SALMON, a reference to the fish that were plentiful before dam construction destroyed the runs. The village began as a siding on the NELSON & FORT SHEPPARD RWY, constructed in 1893, and was the centre of the rich SHEEP CREEK MINING area until the 1950s. Today the FOREST INDUSTRY is important and many residents work at the COMINCO operations in TRAIL. Unusual stone murals in the downtown were erected...

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