| 10000-9000 |
BC First people arrive in the area. |
| 1400’s |
European settlement of North America begins. |
| 1700’s |
Horse comes to Okanagan and Similkameen. |
| 1813 |
Alexander Ross, earliest known European explored the Similkameen for the Northwest Fur Co. |
| 1846 |
Agreement of the 49th parallel as the western between Canada and U.S.A. |
| 1883 |
Small-pox epidemic kills one out of every three Aboriginal people. |
| 1886 |
Indian Reserves were formed. |
| 1894 |
Flood and the last potlatch in the area. |
| 1898 |
Hedley Gold mine opened. |
| 1899 |
Typhoid epidemic. |
| 1901 |
St. Anns Church, Chuchwayha. |
| 1902 |
Mr. Welby started stage line from Penticton to Hedley. |
| 1906 |
First train (Great Northern) arrived in Keremeos. |
| 1909 |
Great Northern Railway arrives in Hedley. |
| 1910 |
Hedley Hospital opens. |
| 1914-18 |
WWI |
| 1915 |
Hydro power dam completed on the Similkameen River at Hedley. |
| 1930 |
Hedley Hospital closes. |
| 1937 |
Nickel Plate Road completed. |
| 1939-45 |
WWII |
| 1939 |
Hedley rockslide.
Hedley School (Grades 1-12) moved to present site from Red Zone. |
| 1948 |
BC Aboriginal people receive the right to vote in Provincial election.
Big flood.
Hope-Princeton Highway completed. |
| 1950 |
Hedley High School became Hedley Elementary School. |
| 1956 |
Hedley Mine closes (big closure). |
| 1957 |
Colonial Inn started operation. |
| 1960 |
Aboriginal people given the right to vote in Federal Elections. |
| 1972 |
Small flood. |
| 1976 |
First kindergarten at Hedley Elementary. |
| 1983 |
Hedley Elementary becomes K – 3 school. |
| 1998 |
Town celebrates 100-year-old birthday. |
| 2000 |
Hedley Elementary becomes a K – 4 school. |
