Tranquille () is a neighbourhood of the City of

Kamloops Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...

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, located on the northeast side of

Kamloops Lake Kamloops Lake in British Columbia, Canada is situated on the Thompson River just west of Kamloops. The lake is 1.6 km wide, 29 km long, and up to 152 m deep. In prehistoric time, the lake was much longer, perhaps 20x, with adjacent sil ...

. It is the site of the Tranquille Sanatorium, a home for the mentally disabled, a tuberculosis sanatorium, and originally the Kamloops Home for Men. It gets its name from that of the

Tranquille River Tranquille River is a river located in the Thompson Country region of British Columbia. The river is located on the north side of Kamloops Lake almost west of Kamloops, near Tranquille, Kamloops. The river was discovered as gold-bearing in 1852 ...

, which enters Kamloops Lake in this area, and so indirectly is named for

Chief Tranquille Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boat ...

, or Pacamoose, who was the leader of the Secwepemc people in this region in the early 19th Century. A real estate developer has proposed redeveloping the area. Some superstitious locals believe this site to be haunted by the spirits of patients and care workers.

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Neighbourhoods in Kamloops Ghost towns in British Columbia Reportedly haunted locations in British Columbia {{ThompsonNicola-geo-stub