Being the old halfway lodging point on the walking trail between Slocan and Nelson, Brown's Hotel (east side of the river)[4] operated during the mining rush of the early 1890s and the Canadian Pacific Railway's (CP) construction of the Columbia and Kootenay Railway (C&K) in the late 1890s.

Existing for decades, the route indicates a former bridge north of the present Passmore road one.

[29] In 1987, roadbuilding at Vallican unearthed Sinixt ancestral remains, leading to the 1989 blockade to protect the burial grounds.

[39] Completing only the foundations, a hostile local community dubbed the project the "Vallican Hole" and a waste of taxpayers' money.

The cinema guild, part of the library operation, showed movies every weekend at the Vallican Heritage Hall.

[41] Tree planting for the Ministry of Forests provided a viable income base for the community.

[47] Notable properties are the Vallican Whole Community Centre and the Sinixt burial ground that has repatriated over 60 sets of human remains since 1989.

[4] The Valhalla Pines Campground & Guest House provides camping, cabin and RV facilities.

[48] The West Kootenay Transit System Route 20 stop is at the Passmore Upper/Old roads intersection.