Wilmer is a small settlement near Invermere, British Columbia.
The explorer David Thompson founded a Northwest trading company post near the present-day site of Wilmer after crossing the Rockies via Howse Pass in 1807.
The settlement, originally Peterborough, was changed in 1902 to honour Wilmer Wells, provincial minister of public works.
[1]: 296 Wilmer is situated on the West benchland, 20 Kilometers north of Invermere BC, overlooking the Rocky Mountain Trench.
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