| Official Name: | Carmi |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Carmi in British Columbia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Coordinates: | 49.5°N -119.1167°W |
Carmi is a hamlet in the Boundary Country region of southern British Columbia. The town is on the west side of the West Kettle River, east of Penticton, on Hwy 33.[1] Carmi emerged as a silver mining camp just after the turn of the 20th century, named after the nearby mine owned by James C. Dale from Carmi, Illinois.[2]
By 1910, Carmi comprised crude log cabins and a hotel owned by "Trapper" Smith. When the mine closed, the town mostly disappeared after three decades of existence.[3] Passenger train service ceased in the early 1960s. The abandoned Smith House hotel burnt to the ground in 2000.[4]
Although comprising a few residences, most of the old cabins have disappeared with time.
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| Year | 1918 | 1929 | 1935 | 1943 | 1948 | 1954 | 1955 | 1961 | |
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