In 1890, a townsite was surveyed at the landing,[7] but damage to the partially built wharf from the 1894 flooding of Eagle Creek ended plans to build a hotel and store.

[8] In 1899, Thomas McCardell preempted 320 acres (130 ha) across the creek to the north, the family being the first settlers in the immediate vicinity.

When a floating dock was hauled up river and installed at Edgewood in 1907, the nearby Killarney landing was abandoned.

[9] A 1921 BC government reference to Edgewood as a relatively new town, replacing Killarney, suggests the names were used interchangeably for a period.

[4] A townsite was established in 1908, with a further subdivision in 1911 encompassing land about 3 kilometres (2 mi) westward and southward.

Ferret Road was the boundary line between the Fire Valley and Edgewood school districts.

The 1946 implementation of the 1945 Cameron Report into BC school financing and administration created centralized larger districts.

The upper level of the latter comprised a hall used for church services, dances, social functions and showing movies.

Mcleod and Jack Dority opened Edgewood Cash Grocery in 1924, and a garage in the early 1930s.

[40] During World War I, the government leased the site as an internment camp for civilian immigrants, classified as enemy aliens.

The local sports committee leased the land for ball games, which required extensive levelling.

[42] In the mid-2010s, a proposal to create a museum in the area, which would focus upon the internment camp operations that closed in 1917, received a lukewarm local reception.

[48] 1979: A hiker, who became lost in dense bush on Eagle Creek, died of exposure, the remains being discovered eight months later.

[50][51] The former Edgewood townsite became a ghost town when the reservoir for the Keenleyside Dam submerged the locality and shore road to Needles in 1968.

A new three-room ATCO style school catering to grades 1–7 opened on a 4.1 acres (1.7 ha) site on the edge of new Edgewood between the two creeks.

Reburied was a glass container holding a two cent Belgian coin and a copy of the Nelson News for 22 May 1920.

The local legion donated land, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay gave $165,000.

[58] Other infrastructure comprises a general store/post office/gas bar, credit union, elementary school and legion hall.