Tranquille is a neighbourhood of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, located on the northeast side of Kamloops Lake

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...

. It is the site of the Tranquille Institution, a youth prison, which was formerly and variously an Indian residential school, a home for the mentally handicapped, a tuberculosis sanatarium, and originally the Kamloops Home for Men. It gets its name from that of the Tranquille River

Tranquille River

Tranquille River is a river located in the Thompson 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, or Pacamoos, who was the leader of the Secwepemc

Secwepemc

The Secwepemc , known in English as the Shuswap people, are a First Nations people residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their traditional territory ranges from the eastern Chilcotin Plateau and the Cariboo Plateau southeast through the Thompson Country to Kamloops and the Shuswap...

people in this region in the early 19th Century.

A real estate developer has proposed redeveloping the area.