Salmon Arm

Salmon Arm
Salmon Arm
City
	City of Salmon Arm
	Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake
	Salmon Arm Location of Salmon Arm Salmon Arm Salmon Arm (Canada)
	Coordinates: 50°42′8″N 119°16′20″W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Shuswap Country
Regional District	Columbia-Shuswap
Established	1905
Government
• Mayor	Alan Harrison
• Governing Body	Salmon Arm City Council
• MP	Mel Arnold
• MLA	Greg Kyllo
Area
• City	155.28 km2 (59.95 sq mi)
• Metro	165.57 km2 (63.93 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population (2016)
• City	17,706
• Density	114.0/km2 (295/sq mi)
• Urban	12,875
• Metro	17,904
• Metro density	108.1/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific Standard (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (Pacific Daylight (PDT))
Forward sortation area	V1E
Area code(s)	250, 778, 236, 672
Highways	Trans-Canada Highway Hwy 1
Website	www.salmonarm.ca

50°42′8″N 119°16′20″WSalmon Arm is a city in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 17,706 (2016). Salmon Arm was incorporated as a municipal district on May 15, 1905. The city of Salmon Arm separated from the district in 1912, but was downgraded to a village in 1958. In 1970, the city of Salmon Arm once again reunited with the District Municipality. Salmon Arm once again became a city in 2005, and is now the location of the head offices of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District. It is a tourist town in the summer, with many beaches, camping facilities and house boat rentals. Salmon Arm is home to the longest wooden freshwater wharf in North America.

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