Experience from Trail, BC
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It is a smelter town. Nothing grows there and everybody suffers from lead poisoning. In fact they had to create a new category for their Olympic swimming team: synchronized sinking. They do have a great Italian restaurant there. Just ask a local. Other than that, it is a desolate wasteland. Enjoy.
My sister and brother in law lived in Trail for a year- they found the people great- very friendly. It's only 7 miles from the U.S., so there is that advantage of getting cheap gas etc.
Without stealing Cliff's thunder, how do you change anyone's experience, like how do you unfry an egg? :lol:
Somewhere between what I said and what JLM said is the truth. I don't particularly like towns but Trail is a place I usually avoid, not because of the people, but because it is an ugly place. If they got rid of that ugly smelter, the place might return to some semblance of an Earthly landscape instead of a moon scape, but then the town would have to reason to exist. But, hey! some people like the place, for reasons beyond my comprehension, so don't take my word for it.
With all due respect to Cliff, it's those towns that put the meat and spuds on the table. :lol:
I'd go to Trail and Rossland area for sitting in a creek with my washpan, a fishing rod and a six pack.
hmmmm.... somehow this strikes me as getting us to spam ourselves with tourism links for Trail. Interesting ploy if I'm right. 
Good luck with your trip planning.
Cliffy, good on you for letting Trail tourism know what they could do to change your experience of their town.
Good luck with your trip planning.
Cliffy, good on you for letting Trail tourism know what they could do to change your experience of their town.
A lot of B.C. towns are like that - MacKenzie, Kitimat, Sparwood, Terrace, Port Alberni.
Re: Trail, BC
I know Trail of old-it's a place to be avoided-so many more interesting places/opportunity for outdoor activities in the area.
On a good day Yes.
I know Trail of old-it's a place to be avoided-so many more interesting places/opportunity for outdoor activities in the area.
It also dumps tons of toxic waste and heavy metals into the Columbia and causes all sorts of mutant fish and illness in humans down stream. What is the point of having meat and potatoes on the table if they give you cancer. A doctor in Castlegar gives chelation therapy to Trail residents for heavy metal poisoning. They won't let him practice in Trail because then they would have to admit there is a problem.
hmmmm.... somehow this strikes me as getting us to spam ourselves with tourism links for Trail. Interesting ploy if I'm right.
Good luck with your trip planning.
Cliffy, good on you for letting Trail tourism know what they could do to change your experience of their town.
Methinks you are probably correct.