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First use of Fur Brigade Trail through the Okanagan Valley
Tom McKay blazes Fur Brigade Trail from Fort Okanogan to Kamloops.
Hudson’s Bay Company stops using the Okanagan portion of the Fur Brigade Trail.
Palmer and Miller expedition from Walla Walla to Kamloops.
Gold discovered at Rock Creek
Construction of Dewdney Trail begins
Dewdney Trail reaches from Hope to Princeton, and it is extended to Rock Creek
Dewdney Trail is extended to Wild Horse Creek
Wagon road built between Spallumcheen and head of Okanagan Lake
First wagon road between north end of Okanagan Lake and Kelowna
Only about 1,000 miles of roads in BC
First car in Okanagan
Vernon sets speed limit at 15 mph
Thomas Wilby takes 52 days to drive across Canada
A person could buy a Model T Ford for $600
Percy Montgomery takes 32 days to drive across Canada
Two Canadians drive across Canada, driving some parts on railway tracks
Fraser Canyon Highway opened
Trans-Canada Airlines begins flying across Canada
Big Bend road built between Revelstoke and Golden
Through road across Canada. Two men drive from Nova Scotia to Victoria in nine days
Trans-Canada Highway Act to provide modern paved highway
Completion of Hope-Princeton Highway
Plaque erected in Westbank commemorating Fur Brigade Trail
Beginning of road building boom in BC
Floating bridge in Kelowna opened
Rogers Pass finished and Trans-Canada Highway officially complete
Coquihalla Highway opened
Coquihalla Connector opened