Hall (locally known as Hall Siding) is a small community in the

Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mic ...

in the

West Kootenay The Kootenays or Kootenay ( ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people. Boundaries The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootena ...

region of the

Regional District of Central Kootenay The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 census, the population was 59,517. The area is 22,130.72 square kilometres. The administrative centre is locat ...

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, south of

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and north of

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. Hall Creek flows into the

Salmo River The Salmo River is a tributary of the Pend Oreille River, Pend d'Oreille River in the West Kootenay region of the Regional District of Central Kootenay in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia. The river is ...

in the community.

British Columbia Highway 6 Highway 6 is a two-lane highway passing between the Kootenay and Okanagan regions in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is divided into two parts—the Nelson-Nelway Highway between the Canada–United States border and Nelson, and the ...

runs through it. Hall is named for two brothers (Osner and Winslow Hall) from

Colville, Washington Colville is a city in Stevens County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,917 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Stevens County. History John Work, an agent for The Hudson's Bay Company, established Fort Colvile near ...

, who came to Quartz Creek in 1886 and led an expedition that discovered gold, copper and silver deposits on Toad Mountain. They staked the Silver King mine, which in turn gave rise to the city of

. The post office was founded in 1898, closed in 1904, reopened in 1914 and closed again in 1925. The Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway built a station here. One of the original streets still exists.

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Selkirk Mountains Populated places in the Regional District of Central Kootenay {{CentralKootenay-geo-stub