Coalmont Saloon, in Coalmont British Columbia, Canada. Where is Coalmont you ask, well it is about 1 hour west of Osooyos B.C. or about 3 hours East of Vancouver. You take Highway #3 then when you are in the town of Princeton you go north over the one lane bridge towards Tualameen, B.C. and it is about 20 minutes from Princeton. That was easy! The hotel and bar are 100 years old and boy if the walls could speak! The Wonderful woman who runs the hotel and the bar is a delight to talk to. She heard our dog barking outside and told us that we could bring him in to the bar, the best day of his 12 years of life, sitting in the bar!! If you want lunch, forget about it, but you can bring your own. She does serve dinner. It is in an old mining town with tons of interesting history on the west side of the Okanagan so the weather is great! We heard that it has ghosts, and the Vancouver Paranoramal Society has been there 3 times taking all of their fancy ghost cameras. We did see pictures that they took of a ghost who had her arm cut off. It relates to the story of a prostitute that was murdered in a house near by 80 or 90 years ago and had her arm cut off. You can come down and follow up on that stuff. They have cougar, tiger and cheetah skins on some of the furntiture, cool touch. It is like you walked in to a Hotel and Bar 100 years ago. Check out the 3 rd photo above of the lobby of the hotel. By the way the rooms are $40.00 per night. A 5 minute drive towards Tulameen and there is a beautiful lake and Priovincial beach. There is also a great camp ground just north of Tulameen, but I recommend a reservation! The people were so friendly and told us a lot about the history not only of the Hotel/ bar but of the town! If you like old bars steeped with history and character this is your place. If you want fancy prim and proper, this isn't your place. I really enjoyed it here!
Summer 2013 CLOSED Re opened new owners and called the Coalmont Hotel
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