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TIMELINE: THE HISTORY OF MERRITT
| 1905 |
CPR builds into Nicola.
45 miles of line from Nicola to Spences Bridge.
Nicola begins coal mining. |
| 1909 |
New school is opened up (Central).
Coldwater Hotel is to be built at a cost of over $6000.
Bank of Montreal opens. |
| 1910 |
Installation of telephones to come soon. |
| 1911 |
New bridge built over Coldwater River (connect Merritt to Collettville). |
| 1912 |
Explosion of Diamond Vale Mine. |
| 1913 |
Adelphi Hotel opens. |
| 1915 |
24-hour phone service. |
| 1920 |
Merritt Public Library opens.
Mounted Police come to Merritt. |
| 1922 |
Cheese Factory opens. |
| 1923 |
Construction of Bank of Toronto starts. |
| 1926 |
Fire destroys big sawmill of Nicola Pine Mills. |
| 1931 |
Grand Hotel burned down. |
| 1935 |
Calf with two heads born at Canford. |
| 1944 |
Merritt gets its electricity from own plant.
6 million bees brought into Nicola (5 tons of honey/day). |
| 1958 |
T.V. comes to town. |
| 1959 |
Merritt greets the Queen at Spences Bridge. |
| 1961 |
Nicola Drive in Theatre opens up with “Home From the Hills”.
Craigmont Mine opens.
Grasslands Hotel opens. |
| 1964 |
Quilchena Square Shopping Centre opens. |
| 1969 |
Old hospital burns down. |
| 1972 |
Merritt’s new fire hall opens. |
| 1974 |
Royal Bank opens. |
| 1976 |
Nicola Valley Archives formed. |
| 1986 |
Coquilhalla Grand opens. |
| 1993 |
1st year of Mountain Music Festival.
Aquatic Centre opens. |
| 1995 |
Merritt Senior Secondary burns down. |
| 2000 |
Plans for Trans Can Trail Link to start/end at Claybanks. |
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