Trail, British Columbia

Trail is a smelter city on the Columbia River in the West Kootenay, incorporated in 1901 and known as the Home of Champions, in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary between Rossland and the Beaver Valley. The City runs City Hall at 1394 Pine Avenue, property taxes and an annual water and sewer invoice, its own water treatment plant and distribution system, the sanitary and storm sewer pipes, roads and five-priority snow clearing, spring and fall yard waste pickup, the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre, the Trail Memorial Centre, the Willi Krause Fieldhouse, parks and the Columbia River Skywalk, Mountain View Cemetery, the Trail Regional Airport, the Trail Museum and Archives and Visitor Centre, dog licences and bylaw enforcement, building permits (in house from November 1, 2026) and business licences. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary collects tagged garbage and green-bin organics, runs the McKelvey Creek landfill, treats the sewage at the Columbia Pollution Control Centre, provides Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue and emergency alerts; Recycle BC runs curbside recycling; BC Transit runs the West Kootenay Transit System; the Trail and Greater District RCMP detachment polices the city; the Trail and District Public Library has its own board; health care is Interior Health at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital; schools are School District 20; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.