Over the years, many events have helped to establish the communities in the Mississagi River Valley. Whether these events were on an international or a local scale, they were very important in allowing the communities of the Mississagi River Valley to become what they are today - small, friendly, and economically successful.

1670 1846  1879  1885   1888  1892  1902   1907  1914   1929   1939   1948   1953   1960   1968   1970   1997 1800   1869   1882   1886   1891   1897   1903   1912   1915   1933   1947   1950   1954   1967   1969   1971

1670's - Hudson's Bay posts are built along the major rivers.

1800's - North West Company posts are built in the area.

1846 - Copper mining begins at Bruce Mines.

1869 - Logging begins at Thessalon. Surveying of the area seems to have begun in the 1870's.

1879 - Arrival of settlers at Iron Bridge.

1882 - Arrival of first settlers at Wharncliffe.

        - Arrival of first settlers at Goldenburg.

1929 - Formation of the Parkinson and Kynoch Telephone Company Ltd.

1933 - Kynoch Post Office closes.

1939-1945 - Second World War.

1947 - Construction begins on George W. Rayner Generating Station.

1948 - Mississagi Fire.

1950 - George W. Rayner Generating Station is in service.

1953 - Electricity comes to Kynoch and Wharncliffe.

1954 - Bell takes over the Parkinson and Kynoch telephone company.

1960 - Wharncliffe school closes.

1967 - Parkinson and Grassett school closes.