Salmo is situated high in the Selkirk Mountains in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia. Salmo is Latin for salmon and the Salmo River was called the "Salmon River" until the 1850's. At one time spawning salmon were plentiful in the river on their way to the Columbia River.
Ymir, Erie, and Salmo were small mining towns that grew up along the Historic Nelson/Fort Shepherd Railway in the Gold Rush years of 1896 and '97.
The Salmo Museum: - Features include the
Sheep Creek Laundry Exhibit
Bathhouse Exhibit
The Dewdney Trail
Hard rock Mining Display
Outdoor Placer Mining Exhibit & mural
World's Oldest Telephone Booth
Rock wall murals, downtown Salmo
Photo by Ella Amstutz
