Salmon Arm, British Columbia

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Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
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Location
City Information
Established:	1905
Area:	155.38 km²
Population: City Population	15,873 (2001)
Population density:	102.2/km²
Time zone:	Pacific: UTC -8
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Latitude: Longitude:	50°42′8″N, 119°16′20″W {{Canadian_City/Map_source_is:{{{CCMapSource}}}|d1|m1|N|d2|m2|W|region:CA_type:city(100,000)_}}
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Government
Mayor:	Marty Bootsma {{Hide = {{{Disable Mayor Listing}}}}} List of mayors of Salmon Arm, British Columbia {{Unhide = {{{Disable Mayor Listing}}}}}
Governing body:	Salmon Arm City Council
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Coordinates: 50°42′8″N, 119°16′20″W

Salmon Arm is a city in the interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 16,466 as reported in the BC Stats (2004). It is on the shores of Shuswap Lake, where the Salmon River empties into the Salmon Arm reach of the Lake. It is a tourist destination for the summer, with many beaches, as well as camping facilities and house boat rentals. It is the seat of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District. Former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau famously made an obscene gesture to protesters here while on a train trip through the West. Salmon Arm became a city on May 15, 2005 its 100th birthday of incorporation.

[edit] Industry

The largest employers in the Salmon Arm area are related to the forest industry.

Tourism is also important to Salmon Arm, bringing many tourists from Vancouver and Calgary.

[edit] Educational facilities

Salmon Arm has a campus of Okanagan College that offers many programs in a wide range of fields.

Public schools are part of School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap which has its main office in Salmon Arm

The annual Shuswap International Writers' Festival and Roots and Blues Festival are held here.

[edit] Miscellaneous Topics

[edit] MP

• Colin Mayes - Conservative Party of Canada. Mayes is former mayor of Salmon Arm.

[edit] MLA

• George Abbott

[edit] Mayor

• Marty Bootsma

[edit] Sister cities

• Azuma, Ibaraki

[edit] External links

• City of Salmon Arm
• Shuswap Tourism
• Lakeshore News
• Salmon Arm Observer
• Salmon Arm Museum ( R.J. Haney Heritage Park & Museum)
• Salmon Arm Silverbacks BCHL Hockey Team
• Salmon Arm's completely free home page

	British Columbia
Regional Districts	Alberni-Clayoquot - Bulkley-Nechako - Capital - Cariboo - Central Coast - Central Kootenay - Central Okanagan - Columbia-Shuswap - Comox-Strathcona - Cowichan Valley - East Kootenay - Fraser Valley - Fraser-Fort George - Greater Vancouver - Kitimat-Stikine - Kootenay Boundary - Mount Waddington - Nanaimo - North Okanagan - Northern Rockies - Okanagan-Similkameen - Peace River - Powell River - Skeena-Queen Charlotte - Squamish-Lillooet - Stikine - Sunshine Coast - Thompson-Nicola
Communities over 100,000	Abbotsford - Burnaby - Coquitlam - Delta - Kelowna - Richmond - Saanich - Surrey - Vancouver
70,000-100,000	Chilliwack - Kamloops - Langley Township - Maple Ridge - Nanaimo - District of North Vancouver - Prince George - Victoria
Other major communities	Campbell River - Cranbrook - Fort St. John - Mission - New Westminster - City of North Vancouver - Penticton - Port Coquitlam - Port Moody - Vernon

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