[2] In response to the negative connotations of wildfires, residents obtained the change to Inonoaklin Valley in 1926.

[4] In 1862, the government dispatched William George Cox to locate such a trail, but the dense forest and tangled undergrowth east of Cherry Creek proved too difficult.

By this time, the Big Bend Gold Rush was drawing to a close, and interest in a trail waned.

In 1889, Coryell had surveyed several routes,[5] choosing Fire Valley eastward to the Killarney landing as preferable.

[7] In 1897, near the Arrow Lake end, a branch was built across to Page's Landing, where a wharf was constructed, but later abandoned as Needles developed.

[6] Civilian immigrants, classified as enemy aliens, were interned at a camp at the top end of the valley from August 1915.

However, the August forest fire destroyed the wooden culverts and bridges, delaying the opening until September.

On arrival, the immigrants discovered their properties comprised a symbolic orchard and acres of uncleared forest.

[17] Dairy farms in full production stretched from Edgewood for 16 kilometres (10 mi) up the valley.

[18] The orchards largely gone, agriculture and forestry industries have formed the economic base in recent decades.

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.