The community was initially built on logging and farming, but has become an outdoor sports centre with its recreational activities as the main village industry.

Notably, in the spring of 1979, the Sturgeon River overflowed the banks of Field, causing massive flooding in the community centre.

[1] Every July, Field is the site of the annual River & Sky Music / Camping Festival.

With the community's railway launching construction in 1912, the town would become more accessible, with the first train coming to Field in 1915.

Several hundred residents were forced to relocate to the community's now defunct elementary school, where volunteers would cook meals.