[7] During the Omineca Gold Rush the Skeena River became a supply route for miners and traders to the northern interior.

[9] In early June 1872, a party in two canoes carrying both European and indigenous occupants failed to fully extinguish their camp fire at an adjacent site.

[11] During the preceding period, seven Gitxsan members had drowned while carrying freight for a Hazelton merchant in their canoes.

[15] A delegation of five Gitsegukla chiefs travelled to Metlakatla to meet Lieutenant Governor Trutch, who arrived aboard the HMS Scout in early August.

[31] In fall 1906, the small sternwheeler Pheasant steamed up the Skeena to two spots to blast out rocks hindering navigation.

[34] Foley, Welch and Stewart (FW&S), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) prime contractor, operated a fleet on the Skeena, during the navigation season,[35] which closed for five or six months over the winter.

[38] When the 1912 river season commenced, only the FW&S Omineca was needed for the run from the crossing to Sealey.

[38] In March 1912, the eastward advance of the GTP rail head from Prince Rupert reached the bridge.

[43] That June, a scheduled Prince Rupert–Skeena Crossing service replaced construction trains from Vanarsdol.

[44] In early July the superstructure was complete and the rail head proceeded an additional 6 kilometres (4 mi) eastward.

[48] Immediately upstream of the bridge construction,[49] an aerial tramway was installed across the Skeena in March 1912, similar to the one at Kitselas Canyon.

[50] That year, passengers completed their journey by either ferrying across the Skeena and taking a stage to Hazelton[51] or boarding a steamboat.

[54] In 1958, Western Coach Lines inaugurated a Prince Rupert–Prince George bus service,[55] which included a scheduled stop at Skeena Crossing.

[59] The development of several claims on Rocher Déboulé Mountain prompted the province to build an 18-kilometre (11 mi) winding road to Skeena Crossing.

In response to complaints, the Railway Commission ordered the GTP in 1916 to install a siding and small station within 30 days.

[80] Comprising about 20 guest rooms, his hotel was completed in May 1914[81] and a liquor licence application lodged for the Copper Tavern that August.

[86] A general store with gas bar existed immediately southwest of the railway bridge on Skeena Crossing Rd (former highway) at least until the 1980s.