British Columbia

Salmon Arm, 2024

Archive of hometown notes from Salmon Arm: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.

December 2024

Salmon Arm: Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock · December 2024

Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock system on Salmon Arm Bay.

December 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock system on Salmon Arm Bay.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

December 2024: building permits in Salmon Arm

Where Salmon Arm sits in published building-permit figures for December 2024.

Construction intent in Salmon Arm shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Salmon Arm permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Marine Peace Park, Salmon Arm · December 2024

Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than twenty buildings, including the 1910 Haney Home.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village keeps Salmon Arm lively · December 2024

R.J. Haney Heritage Village is a reason people stay fond of Salmon Arm.

December 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

The Raven Trail is a 4 km waterfront route linking Marine Park to the Raven Subdivision.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Raven Trail in Salmon Arm · December 2024

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park,

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

November 2024

November 2024: property tax in Salmon Arm

Published residential mill-rate context for Salmon Arm.

Residential mill rates for Salmon Arm appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Salmon Arm beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village in Salmon Arm · November 2024

Municipal pages open by naming Secwépemc traditional territory, and summer bulletins still talk Stage 2 water restrictions when the lake

November 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

Nine heritage plaques mark sites from the CPR Station and Old Courthouse to Marine Park and Mt. Ida Cemetery.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

November 2024: Salmon Arm drinking water

Salmon Arm draws municipal drinking water from Shuswap Lake (~85%) and East Canoe Creek at Metford Dam (~15%), treated at Metford Dam / East Canoe Creek disinfection.

Ask where Salmon Arm drinking water begins and the answer is East Canoe Creek at Metford Dam (~15%), then Metford Dam / East Canoe Creek disinfection. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.

UV and sodium hypochlorite; used only when turbidity <1 NTU. Gravity feed from higher elevation.

See the Salmon Arm water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Marine Peace Park, Salmon Arm · November 2024

Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

The Raven Trail is a 4 km waterfront route linking Marine Park to the Raven Subdivision.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

October 2024

Natural hazards near Salmon Arm · October 2024

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Salmon Arm.

Salmon Arm appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

Raven Trail, Salmon Arm · October 2024

Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Internet coverage in Salmon Arm · October 2024

Advertised broadband availability for Salmon Arm.

Broadband rows for Salmon Arm come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Salmon Arm internet page.

Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than · October 2024

R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than twenty buildings, including the 1910 Haney Home.

October 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than twenty buildings, including the 1910 Haney Home.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

September 2024

Indoor radon around Salmon Arm · September 2024

How Salmon Arm sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Salmon Arm follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Salmon Arm in national context first.

Marine Peace Park keeps Salmon Arm lively · September 2024

Marine Peace Park is a reason people stay fond of Salmon Arm.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Wednesdays on the Wharf brings summer concerts to the park with the Shuswap Arts Council from June through August.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Salmon Arm beside its neighbours · September 2024

How Salmon Arm compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Salmon Arm's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

Raven Trail in Salmon Arm · September 2024

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park,

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

September 2024: property tax in Salmon Arm

Published residential mill-rate context for Salmon Arm.

Residential mill rates for Salmon Arm appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Salmon Arm beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

August 2024

R.J. Haney Heritage Village, Salmon Arm · August 2024

East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history

August 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

The Raven Trail is a 4 km waterfront route linking Marine Park to the Raven Subdivision.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Raven Trail, Salmon Arm · August 2024

Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Salmon Arm: Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock · August 2024

Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock system on Salmon Arm Bay.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock system on Salmon Arm Bay.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

August 2024: building permits in Salmon Arm

Where Salmon Arm sits in published building-permit figures for August 2024.

Construction intent in Salmon Arm shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Salmon Arm permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

July 2024

Raven Trail, Salmon Arm · July 2024

Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Marine Peace Park keeps Salmon Arm lively · July 2024

Marine Peace Park is a reason people stay fond of Salmon Arm.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

The Raven Trail is a 4 km waterfront route linking Marine Park to the Raven Subdivision.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village in Salmon Arm · July 2024

Municipal pages open by naming Secwépemc traditional territory, and summer bulletins still talk Stage 2 water restrictions when the lake

July 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

Wednesdays on the Wharf brings summer concerts to the park with the Shuswap Arts Council from June through August.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

July 2024: property tax in Salmon Arm

Published residential mill-rate context for Salmon Arm.

Residential mill rates for Salmon Arm appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Salmon Arm beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Marine Peace Park in Salmon Arm · July 2024

Salmon Arm introduces itself from the water. Marine Peace Park puts a 440-foot freshwater wharf and dock system on Salmon Arm Bay, with

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Nine heritage plaques mark sites from the CPR Station and Old Courthouse to Marine Park and Mt. Ida Cemetery.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

June 2024

June 2024: Salmon Arm drinking water

Salmon Arm draws municipal drinking water from Shuswap Lake (~85%) and East Canoe Creek at Metford Dam (~15%), treated at Metford Dam / East Canoe Creek disinfection.

June 2024 is a good week to revisit Salmon Arm's source: Shuswap Lake (~85%) and East Canoe Creek at Metford Dam (~15%). Treatment at Metford Dam / East Canoe Creek disinfection sits between the intake and the tap.

UV and sodium hypochlorite; used only when turbidity <1 NTU. Gravity feed from higher elevation.

See the Salmon Arm water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Raven Trail, Salmon Arm · June 2024

Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Natural hazards near Salmon Arm · June 2024

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Salmon Arm.

Salmon Arm appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village, Salmon Arm · June 2024

East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history

June 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock system on Salmon Arm Bay.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

May 2024

Internet coverage in Salmon Arm · May 2024

Advertised broadband availability for Salmon Arm.

Broadband rows for Salmon Arm come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Salmon Arm internet page.

Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than · May 2024

R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than twenty buildings, including the 1910 Haney Home.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than twenty buildings, including the 1910 Haney Home.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Indoor radon around Salmon Arm · May 2024

How Salmon Arm sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Salmon Arm follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Salmon Arm in national context first.

Raven Trail keeps Salmon Arm lively · May 2024

Raven Trail is a reason people stay fond of Salmon Arm.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

April 2024

Salmon Arm beside its neighbours · April 2024

How Salmon Arm compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Salmon Arm's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village in Salmon Arm · April 2024

Municipal pages open by naming Secwépemc traditional territory, and summer bulletins still talk Stage 2 water restrictions when the lake

April 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

Nine heritage plaques mark sites from the CPR Station and Old Courthouse to Marine Park and Mt. Ida Cemetery.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

April 2024: property tax in Salmon Arm

Published residential mill-rate context for Salmon Arm.

Residential mill rates for Salmon Arm appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Salmon Arm beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Marine Peace Park, Salmon Arm · April 2024

Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

The Raven Trail is a 4 km waterfront route linking Marine Park to the Raven Subdivision.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village, Salmon Arm · April 2024

East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history

April 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

Wednesdays on the Wharf brings summer concerts to the park with the Shuswap Arts Council from June through August.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

March 2024

Salmon Arm: Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock · March 2024

Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock system on Salmon Arm Bay.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

March 2024: building permits in Salmon Arm

Where Salmon Arm sits in published building-permit figures for March 2024.

Building-permit value for Salmon Arm comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.

Open the Salmon Arm permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village, Salmon Arm · March 2024

East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history

March 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than twenty buildings, including the 1910 Haney Home.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Why Raven Trail still draws people in Salmon Arm

Raven Trail is a reason people stay fond of Salmon Arm.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

February 2024

Marine Peace Park in Salmon Arm · February 2024

Salmon Arm introduces itself from the water. Marine Peace Park puts a 440-foot freshwater wharf and dock system on Salmon Arm Bay, with

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Wednesdays on the Wharf brings summer concerts to the park with the Shuswap Arts Council from June through August.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

February 2024: property tax in Salmon Arm

Published residential mill-rate context for Salmon Arm.

Residential mill rates for Salmon Arm appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Salmon Arm beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

What stands out in Salmon Arm

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park,

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

From East Canoe Creek at Metford Dam (~15%) to the tap in Salmon Arm

Salmon Arm draws municipal drinking water from Shuswap Lake (~85%) and East Canoe Creek at Metford Dam (~15%), treated at Metford Dam / East Canoe Creek disinfection.

Salmon Arm municipal drinking water starts at Shuswap Lake (~85%) and East Canoe Creek at Metford Dam (~15%) and is treated at Metford Dam / East Canoe Creek disinfection. Lab numbers on the water page describe the published geography, not every private tap.

UV and sodium hypochlorite; used only when turbidity <1 NTU. Gravity feed from higher elevation.

See the Salmon Arm water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

January 2024

Landmark: R.J. Haney Heritage Village

East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history

January 2024 in Salmon Arm: R.J. Haney Heritage Village. East-side heritage park on Highway 97B with trails, historic buildings, and museum programs. A full afternoon when you want Shuswap history outdoors.

The Raven Trail is a 4 km waterfront route linking Marine Park to the Raven Subdivision.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Seismic and wildfire context for Salmon Arm

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Salmon Arm.

Salmon Arm appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

Still finding Marine Peace Park

Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Marine Peace Park still orients Salmon Arm. Wharf, boat launch, gazebo, and bayfront lawns with Wednesday concert nights in summer. It is the city's clearest outdoor living room.

Marine Peace Park's freshwater wharf runs 440 feet with a dock system on Salmon Arm Bay.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Connectivity note for Salmon Arm

Advertised broadband availability for Salmon Arm.

Broadband rows for Salmon Arm come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Salmon Arm internet page.

Raven Trail still surprises

R.J. Haney Heritage Village covers about 40 acres with more than twenty buildings, including the 1910 Haney Home.

Walk or drive through Salmon Arm long enough and Raven Trail comes up. Scenic 4 km shoreline path for walking, running, cycling, and birdwatching along Salmon Arm Bay. Locals use it as everyday waterfront.

Heritage work is unusually visible for a Shuswap city this size. Plaques mark the CPR Station, Old Courthouse, McGuire Lake, Marine Park, the fairgrounds, Mt. Ida Cemetery, and City Hall grounds, and an On This Spot walking tour layers then-and-now photos onto the same streets. The Secwépemc Landmarks Project adds trailhead posts and Coyote Pillar-style sculptures so lake stories sit beside settler buildings. East on Highway 97B, R.J. Haney Heritage Village spreads across forty acres with the 1910 Haney Home, trails, and a museum season that locals treat as a day out as much as a visitor stop.

More on Salmon Arm: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.