Coalmont is an unincorporated community on the northeast side of the Tulameen River, in the Similkameen region of south central British Columbia, Canada.

[3] In either 1902[4] or 1906, coal was discovered several miles due south on the Granite Creek side of the mountain.

[5] Recognizing that these seams were part of the same formation, the name Tulameen Coal Basin was adopted within a decade.

[6] During 1908 and early 1909, the Erl syndicate carried out exploration,[4] which revealed that when transportation facilities reached the area, the coal would be of great commercial value.

[4] In 1913, the A. McEvoy syndicate acquired the entire coal company holdings[8] for $1.75 million, which included the townsite.

[9] The horse-drawn sleighs in winter and wagons in summer, which hauled the coal from the mines to the railway line at Coalmont in 1914, were proving impractical.

[10] Once the mine was readied for reopening,[11] horse teams began hauling sleighs in January 1918.

[23] Months later, a forest fire destroyed two towers, resulting in a two-week shutdown of production,[24] because no coal storage facilities existed at the mine site.

[29] About 800 metres (0.5 mi) west of present Coalmont at Upper town,[30] a spur entered the mine yard, where the power plant, tipple, and screens were located.

[34] The large concrete pillar, which formed the lower anchor point for the tramway, is the most significant remnant of Upper town.

[46] Overly optimistic expectations regarding Coalmont's future[47] prompted a series of businesses to propose or build premises.

[48] The Tulameen sawmill provided lumber for the company's buildings, bunkhouses, boarding houses, dwellings, and stores.

[49] The 4,600-metre (15,000 ft) daily capacity mill was soon moved from Tulameen[50] and installed about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) above the townsite.

[53] That year, the Coalmont Courier newspaper, managed by an unscrupulous editor, lasted only six months,[54] and Granite Creek merchant F.P.

[62] During 1922–23, a new 40-metre (132 ft) howe truss bridge was installed over the river,[63] and a government liquor store opened.

[69] In 1927, Coalmont comprised a hotel, bank, jail, several stores, and Anglican and United churches.

[85] The shutdown of the power plant[86] ended the Coalmont electricity and water supply facilities.

[88] Logging and sawmill operations gave the community a new lease of life,[89] but the mill was bankrupt by 1950.

The northwestward advance of the VV&E rail head from Princeton reached Coalmont in early November 1911.

When scheduled CP service via Coalmont and Spences Bridge to the coast began in June 1915,[103] GN handed over all general freight and passenger traffic northwest of Princeton to the KV.

[106] Following the 2021 Pacific Northwest floods, at least five washouts of the trail between Princeton and Tulameen require extensive reconstruction.

[107] The practice by patrons of tacking spare banknotes onto the ceiling of the public bar at the historic Coalmont Hotel continued into the 2000s.

[109] In 2003, the Sternes converted the former CP pay office into a home and three-unit motel called the Mozey-On-Inn.