Pellt'iq't History

1812 - Fur Brigade trail passed through Clinton area.

1845 - Priests from the Monestary at Ft. Alexandria came to teach & baptize Native people.

1855 - BC declared a Royal Colony.

1858 - Robert Watson built the "Pig & Whistle" Hotel in the middle of a large Indian camp.

1859 - Shuswap population was 72,000 before small pox hit.

1860 - Royal Engineers passed through and camped, had measured the distance fro Lillooet to Clinton, as 47 miles; this became known as "47 Mile".

1861 - Governor James Douglas traveled through area. 1863 - Queen Victoria changed name from "The Junction" to "Clinton". Clinton was known as "Sprague".

1865 - Evidence that the main village at Pear Lake was occupied by the Clinton Tribe in historic times till this year.

1870 - Confirmation of Government Reserve made in report to Assistance Surveyor General. Prepared by H.N. Pearse & Joseph Trutch.

1871 - Clinton Tribe member Big William Young attended school to keep school open.

1891 - George M. Dawson states Hut tsat tsl (Cold Spring) is one of the largest and most important site of old winter villages. Population numerous.

1895 - Shuswap population was 699. This was due to small pox plague.

1910 - Chief Jimmy Gabriel signed Memorial at Spences Bridge.

1913 - Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Right of Way on I.R.#2.

1916 - McKenna McBride Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for BC (1913-1916) cut off I.R.#1, added I.R.#2a on land bordering I.R.#2.

1923 - Summer of small epidemic, the people were locked up.

1972 - I.R.#2&2a surrendered in exchange for Whispering Pines I.R.#4. Clinton Indians moved to Kamloops Area, Westsyde Road.

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