Trail is a small city in the West Kootenay region of interior southeast British Columbia, Canada with a population in the neighborhood of 7000 people. The city is about 10 km north of the USA border at Waneta and about 25 km from Castlegar, a town also on the Columbia River. Another neighboring community is Rossland. The main employer in Trail and the most prominent feature on the city's skyline is the smelter operated by Teck Cominco.
