TROUT LAKE CITY

TROUT LAKE CITY

Is a very small and tiny settlement, located 60 kilometers southeast of Revelstoke at the north end of a lake of the same name. During the 1890s, gold and silver was discovered in the Lardeau Valley and thus putting Trout Lake City on the map. It boomed during this time and soon had a bank, a small hospital, skating rink, several hotels, had its newspaper and had a population of about 2,000 residents. In 1902, the Arrowhead and Kootenay Railway arrived at the south end of the lake and the town also had its own steamboat service that operated for almost 2 decades from 1902 to 1921. However, the town’s fame and heyday was short-lived has metal prices fell and the gold and silver mines dropped during the mid-1900s and in the process causing the mines to shut down for good. Today, Trout Lake is only home to a handful of residents remaining, mainly summer cabin owners, who decide to get away for a nice relaxing time. Trout Lake is also a minor tourism and recreation community with a gas station café and small coffee shop. Trout Lake is named after nearby Trout Mountain which is turn is reportedly named after a military officer with the last name Trout, who worked in the mines.

TROUT LAKE’S POPULATION: 56