[1] In 1888, civil servant Gilbert Malcolm Sproat set aside a half-section of land for a government reserve.
The water deeper, and high banks protecting the shore from flooding, the location was about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) upstream from the Norns (formerly Pass) Creek delta.
[2] Bordering in 1890, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) acquired around 70 acres about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the creek.
[3] On the 1902 completion of the rail bridge across the Columbia River at Sproat's Landing, West Robson became the ferry terminal, and businesses and residents relocated.
The orchards did not work out, but in 1919, the establishment of the Robson–Castlegar cable-guided reaction ferry developed Robson into a bedroom community for the larger centre.
[6] Since the dividing line between Robson and Raspberry to the east is debatable, Robson-Raspberry is the unofficial amalgamation for census and improvement district purposes.
[8] In 2016, the craft beer put the Lion's Head Pub on British Columbia Magazine's list of top ten establishments.