[4] The discovery of the Great Northern and Silver Cup mineral claims led to extensive prospecting from 1890 onward.

[10] In 1894, wagon road construction from Lardo almost reached Trout Lake City[11] and from Thomson's Landing was 6 kilometres (4 mi) short of the town.

[22] The next year, a new wharf was completed at Trout Lake City[23] and the survey crews from rival railway companies either chartered the steamboat or acquired available boats.

[27] Such land sales by railway companies contributed significantly to track construction costs.

[34] However, when winter ice closed the lake route,[35] the original wagon road via Beaton provided a rudimentary and only access.

[39] Delivering the tug by rail from Lardo had proved challenging, because the breadth clearances were overly tight.

[41] The rail service reduced to a locomotive and rolling stock barged in weekly from the Kaslo line.

[42] That August, the shingle mill leased the CP vessel and established a connecting weekly passenger/freight run.

Hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and snowmobiling are popular on the trails throughout the surrounding hills.