Salmo

Salmo is a village of 1,100 people (2016) in the West Kootenays region of interior southeast British Columbia. Known as "the Hub of the Kootenays", the village is about 30 minutes from Trail, Castlegar, and Nelson.

Salmo's welcome sign.

Understand

Salmo is the eastern terminus of the Salmo-Creston highway, which is part of the Crowsnest Highway, constructed in the 1960s as a shortcut to avoid the long route north to Nelson and crossing Kootenay Lake by ferry between Balfour and Kootenay Bay.

Originally known as Salmon Siding (named for the original name of the Salmo River, i.e. the Salmon River), the village was founded as a small mining town near the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway during a gold rush in 1896. The name of the town was changed to Salmo to avoid confusion with other places with similar names. Before the dams on the Columbia River were built, the Salmo River was teeming with large salmon giving the river and the townsite its original name.

Get in

Salmo is located junction of Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway), the main route through southern British Columbia, and is about 650 km east of Vancouver and 190 km west of Cranbrook. It is also just north of the USA/Canada border crossing at Nelway, BC, and Metaline Falls, Washington, and is about 200 km north of Spokane. A private vehicle is the most common and most convenient way to reach Salmo.

Get around

See

Do
  • 🌍 Salmo Ski Club, Salmo Ski Club Rd (At the end of Salmo Ski Club Rd, just south of Salmo on Hwy 3/6.), ☎ +1 250-357-2323.  
  • Hiking: Nelson-Salmo Great Northern Trail
  • Shambhala. The largest electronic music festival in Canada, Shambhala swells Salmo's population from 1,200 to over 10,000 for four days every August. (updated Nov 2018)

Buy

Eat
  • 🌍 Pend D'Oreille Steak & Pastry Restaurant, 103 Motel Ave, ☎ +1 250-357-2424. M-F 11AM-8PM; Sa-Su 9AM-8PM. Moderately priced; Canadian, Steakhouse (updated Sep 2018)
  • 🌍 Dragonfly Cafe, 413 Railway Ave, ☎ +1 250-357-2867. Daily 7AM-6PM. Breakfast, lunch, specialty coffee, locally made gelato, homemade baked goods. (updated Sep 2018)

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next
Routes through Salmo

Osoyoos ← Castlegar ←  W  E  → Creston → Cranbrook
Rossland ← Trail ←  W  E  → END
Vernon ← Nelson ←  N  S  → → becomes → ENDS at W E


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