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Dominion Day Parade led by Trail Citizen's Band
1899
Bay Avenue Bridge, Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Trail City Archives

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With the population as it was, pressure mounted for some form of local government. In early 1901, a group of prominent men in the community appointed themselves to petition the Provincial Government for incorporation of the town as a city. Their efforts were successful and Trail became incorporated on June 14, 1901.

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Prominent men of Trail.
1902
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Trail City Archives

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No longer only a collection of shacks and tents, Trail Creek was now a full-fledged city, the smelter was a success and the future looked promising. The first bridge to span the Columbia in the area was constructed in 1912 to accommodate the growing population requiring land to the east of the city.

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The official opening of the Trail Bridge
24 May 1912
Columbia River, Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
David Sommerville
Trail City Archives

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Trail Bridge Medallion (front)
1912
Trail Museum, Trail, British Columbia
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Credits:
Margaret McLeod
Trail Museum

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Back of medallion, commemmorating the opening of first Trail bridge
1912
Trail Museum, Trail, British Columbia
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Credits:
Margaret McLeod
Trail Museum

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During WWI, the Trail smelter became an important supplier of lead and zinc for the production of munitions for Canada's war effort and the City's economy was stable, despite the number of men who volunteered for service to their country overseas.

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"A" Company 54th Kootenay Battalion in front of YMCA building
May 1915
Canadian Legion, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Trail City Archives

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The demand for zinc resulted in the development of a new process to treat the rich lead-zinc ores from the Sullivan Mine in Kimberley, BC.

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Men sorting ore from small ore cars to conveyor belt
1920
Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Cominco Magazine, November 1996
Trail City Archives

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This technological breakthrough set the stage for a wave of immigration to Trail unsurpassed by any other city in Canada. By the early 1920s, demand for zinc had increased and with that came growth and expansion of the CM&S smelter and the community of Trail.

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Louis Forte on the Depression era in Trail.
4 March 2007
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Louis Forte
Rose Calderon
Greg Nesteroff

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The world demand for metals to fuel post war recovery required the CM&S to construct new lead and zinc facilities to replace the outdated and small smelter built by Heinze in the 1890s. Construction of the new plants was unprecedented and with that came an enormous demand for labour.