Coalmont, British Columbia
| Coalmont | |
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  Coalmont Location of Coalmont in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 49°31′00″N 120°42′00″W / 49.51667°N 120.70000°WCoordinates: 49°31′00″N 120°42′00″W / 49.51667°N 120.70000°W | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 British Columbia |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778 |
Coalmont is a tiny mining town, 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Princeton, British Columbia, Canada, on the north bank of the Tulameen River.[1] The population of Coalmont is roughly 100 full-time residents. It is near the community of Tulameen and Otter Lake and the Coldwater Junction of the Coquihalla Highway. The town was established in 1912 to serve as a supply point to the neighbouring coal mine at Blakeburn. Coalmont had its ups and downs over the years, largely due to the mining operation which shut in 1940. Coalmont was also a junction on the Kettle Valley Railway, whose roadbed is now the Trans-Canada Trail. The Coalmont Hotel recently celebrated its 100th anniversary(2012) and it's bar once again open for business(2014).
Recently, coal mining (Coalmont Energy Corp.)started up again, after years of Coalmont being a lumbering and summer cabin area. (As of late 2013, the Coalmont Energy mine shut down soon after a settling pond breached it's bank.)
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