James Todd and George Bohun Martin were employees of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

Todd pre-empted about 3 kilometres (2 mi) on the south side shore eastward from the present bridge.

[5] On the north shore, opposite the Martin holding, Arthur Gore Pemberton settled.

To serve paddle steamers, a large wharf was built in the 1860s about 183 metres (600 ft) east from the present bridge.

Watmore came to describe an area along the railway line that encompassed present day Pritchard.

[14] In September 1907, John G. Fawcett sold Walter P. Pritchard a property on the south shore.

[16] In the 1911 post office application, the Martin Prairie Farmers' Institute unanimously chose the name Pritchard.

The store on the lower level was taken over by daughter Nellie Boyde,[19] when John, a resident for only a year, died months later.

[20] Pritchard built a three-storey hotel/boarding house[4] in 1912[21] about 152 metres (500 ft) east of the present railway crossing,[19] which opened in January 1913.

In 1948, Wing Howe bought the hotel, which he immediately closed to the public but became accommodation for Chinese workers.

[25] Renamed Pritchard, the new school opened that year[26] at 1563 Martin Prairie Rd, about 400 metres (437 yd) up from the highway.

[29] In 1965, the establishment of an automatic telephone exchange at Chase introduced dial calling to the Pritchard area.

[40] In August 1885, the eastward advance of the CP rail head passed through the locality,[41] regular service having started as far east as Kamloops the previous month.

In 1914, an unofficial flag stop called Hopgood opened[66] at the Martin Ranch one mile east of Pritchard.

[67] In the early years, a cross river scow ferry[68] connected to the Pemberton Ranch.

The present one-lane arched trestle bridge, built in 1985, is high enough to allow the passage of a sternwheeler.

[76] Establishing a bypass around Pritchard, the widening of the highway from two to four lanes was completed for Monte Creek–Pritchard around 2014[77] and Pritchard–Hoffman's Bluff in 2016.

[78] On the north shore west of the bridge, the first phase of the subdivision (comprising 38 lots of 930 square metres (10,000 sq ft)), was ratified in January 1972.

[84] Launched by Pritchard Developments,[85] the properties were later marketed as flat serviced lots, paved roads, and suitable for mobile homes.

[89] In 1989, the shell of the new 370-square-metre (4,000 sq ft) community hall was erected at 1714 Duck Range Road.

[99] Immediately northwest of the bridge, Riverside Living is a planned 65-unit manufactured home development.

[102] The Pritchard Evangelical Free Church holds Sunday services in the community hall.