| 1811 |
David Thompson, first white man to discover future site of Trail. |
| 1856 |
Fort Shepherd built near the mouth of the Pend d’Oreille River. |
| 1887 |
First Rossland claim staked. |
| 1890 |
Col. E.S. Topping pre-empted Trail townsite. |
| 1893 |
Wagon road links Trail and Rossland. |
| 1894 |
1st Great flood to wipe out Trail-reports indicate the river rose to 1368 feet above sea level. |
| 1895 |
Crown Point Hotel was constructed.
Town’s 1st school- was opened “Topping’s and Hanna’s Hall”. |
| 1896 |
Arlington Hotel on Bay Ave was constructed..
Green Ave School opens.
Bay Ave Bridge is constructed.
S.S. Trail steamboat built. |
| 1897 |
F. Augustus Heinze completes narrow-gauge railway from Trail to Robson.
Trail’s first jail built. |
| 1898 |
Fire Hall built on Bay Ave. |
| 1899 |
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church built on Eldorado Street and Pine Ave. |
| 1900 |
S.S. Trail destroyed by fire in Robson. |
| 1901 |
Incorporation of the City of Trail signed in Victoria and Topping was proclaimed 1st Mayor. |
| 1905 |
Cristoforo Colombo Lodge Benevolent Society formed, first lodge built. |
| 1911 |
Central School built.
Fruit Fair building erected to become first rink. |
| 1912 |
Bridge to East Trail opened off Riverside Ave. |
| 1917 |
St. Francis Xavier Church erected (Catholic Church). |
| 1920 |
Bank of Montreal opens in Trail.
East Trail becomes part of City of Trail. |
| 1921 |
First part of the Trail High School in opened on Cedar Ave.
Knox United Church built on Pine Ave. |
| 1922 |
Knights of Pythias Temple on Cedar Ave. (Shoppers Drug Mart) is built. |
| 1923 |
City builds new Fire Hall at present City Hall on Pine Ave. |
| 1926 |
Street paving begins.
Trail-Tadanac hospital built (Demolished in 1956). |
| 1927 |
New Colombo Lodge constructed at present site.
Royal Theatre constructed. |
| 1928 |
Present City Hall constructed beside the Fire Hall. |
| 1931 |
Cominco begins fertilizer production in Warfield.
River Wall constructed in Trail. |
| 1933 |
Annabelle School built.
Sandy Island becomes Gyro Park. |
| 1934 |
Trail Times Building is constructed on Cedar Ave. |
| 1938 |
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in the Gulch is built. |
| 1939 |
Trail Smoke Eaters win the World Championship.
Union Hotel on Victoria Street is constructed. |
| 1943 |
Fire destroys St. Anthony’s Church, but it is rebuilt immediately to same design. |
| 1948 |
Webster School opens in Warfield. |
| 1949 |
Cominco Arena officially opens.
Sunningdale School is built. |
| 1950 |
New curling rink is added to the Cominco Arena. |
| 1951 |
J. Lloyd Crowe Secondary School opens. |
| 1952 |
Construction begins on the Waneta Dam at the mouth of the Pend d’Oreille River. |
| 1953 |
Kids Rink opens at Cominco Arena.
Auto-Vue Drive-in opens.
St. Michael’s School is built. |
| 1954 |
New Trail Hospital opens. |
| 1956 |
Grandstand is erected at Butler Park.
Present post office is built. |
| 1959 |
First piling poured for new Trail Bridge by Premier WAC Bennett. |
| 1961 |
New Trail bridge officially opens.
Trail Smoke Eaters win World Championship.
Columbia River floods East and West Trail. |
| 1962 |
City’s Winter Works Program begins construction on rock walls in West Trail.
Smoke Eaters win the Allan Cup. |
| 1963 |
Development of the Birchbank Golf Course. |
| 1965 |
CPR Station demolished on Cedar Ave and Super-Valu (now Ferraro Foods) is built. |
| 1966 |
Terra Nova Hotel opens. |
| 1968 |
Trail and Tadanac amalgamate as one municipality. |
| 1975 |
Former RCMP building next to City Hall is built. |
| 1978 |
Kootenay Hotel on Rossland Ave is destroyed by fire.
Waneta Plaza is built on Hwy 3B. |
| 1990 |
Original Montana Hotel (Funky John’s) is destroyed by fire. |
| 1995 |
Trail Aquatic and Leisure Center Opens.
Trail hosts the World Championship Babe Ruth Baseball Tournament. |
| 1996 |
Gorge Creek swells and floods the merchants along Spokane Street- one fatality. |
| 2000 |
Millennium Celebration in Trail. |
| 2001 |
Trail’s 100th Birthday Celebration.
Cominco Mining and Smelting was bought by Teck and is now called Teck Cominco. |
| 2004 |
The Auto-Vue Drive-in Theatre was demolished and Wal Mart was built in its place. |
| 2005 |
Canadian Tire was constructed and opened April 17th.
Tim Horton’s was constructed and opened in October. |
| 2006 |
McDonalds Restaurant closes Hwy 3B location and moves downtown Trail. |
| 2007 |
Trail hosts Jr. World Championship and Canada West wins!
Early Bird Building was demolished for possible location for Esplanade Center
Population of Trail: 9000 |
