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Hope's History In Brief |
 Fort Hope
was founded in 1848 by the Hudson's Bay Co. as a fur brigade outpost. With
the advent of the Fraser River gold rush in 1858, fur trading became a
secondary industry. In June of that year, the first steamboat, the
"Surprise" landed at Hope. On order of B.C. Governor Douglas the townsite
was surveyed and organized now that Hope was more accessible with the
steamboat. The Canadian Pacific Railway, built in 1868, proved to be
beneficial to Fort Hope and the gold and silver mining operations in the
area. In 1914, the C.P.R. built a spur line over the Fraser River into Hope,
through the Coquihalla Canyon and into the southern interior of B.C. This
spur was named the Kettle Valley Railway. About the same time, the Canadian
National Railway constructed its rail line down the Fraser River Canyon into
Hope. In 1929, Hope was incorporated as a village, and logging was fast
becoming the prime local industry. The Hope-Princeton highway was
constructed between 1945 and 1949 and was a catalyst that increased economic
activity in and around Hope. Hope was once again incorporated in 1965 as a
town and then amalgamated with outlying areas as the District of Hope in
1992.
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