Tribal members would migrate north annually and set up camp on the Wynndel flats to harvest wild berries, hunt, and later graze cattle.

[2] While surveying the Dewdney Trail in 1865, the government expeditionary party crossed the Purcell Mountains via Duck Creek.

By 1867, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) post of Little Fort Shepherd (Flatbow) had been established immediately south of Wynndel on the trail.

[5] A claim that Wynndel was named after one of the early fruit-growers in the district is disputed, because no evidence indicates such a person existed.

[6] In earlier train timetables, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) opted for Wynndell,[7] but a newspaper wrote Wyndell.

In July 1899, the Privy Council granted the B&N running rights on CP track northwestward from the Wynndel junction.

[14] That December, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed Wigen's injunction application,[15] and the B&N assumed possession of the completed line from the main contractor.

[30] During the next year, Duck Creek became a scheduled regular stop, the catcher pouch was removed,[31] and the rail yard held parked railway cars from the district.

[40] 1946: A freight train struck the rear of a truck at a railway crossing, carrying the vehicle 6 metres (20 ft).

[60] Trains fatally injuring straying livestock[61] prompted CP to fence one side of the track in 1913.

[83] The berry harvest comprised 26 carloads of strawberries, 1 of raspberries, 2 of cherries, and 2 of raspberry/cherry mix, a 25 per cent increase over the 1934 crop total.

[87] The dyking of the flats triggered a gradual switch to grain crops, which later yielded better returns than the more perishable produce.

[99] That year, the Wynndel box factory (Monrad Wigen) made over 100,000 crates,[73] and the mill boarding house opened.

[105] In 1923, a Winlaw mill worker sustained a crushed foot in machinery, requiring an amputation below the knee.

[106] The next year, Monrad Wigen set up his portable sawmill at Lizard Creek,[107] and three million feet of lumber burned in the Winlaw yard fire.

Wigen opened the 13-bedroom Duck Creek Hotel,[120] which operated until 1910,[121] when Paul and Mathea Hagen bought out the other partners.

[122] The earliest Caucasian births in the locality were in 1907, namely Beth Putnam[123] (for parentage see #Notable people) and then Olga Hagen.

[137] In 1919, the clubhouse-packing shed received a concrete foundation,[138] and Edward Butterfield's son Douglas entered into partnership to assume the store management.

[141] That year, the Wynndel Co-Operative Trading Co. opened,[142] the other two general stores were burgled,[143] and a teacherage was erected.

[172] By 1937, Jas Brown worked as a mechanic,[173] and by 1939, the garage was called Speedway Motors,[174] a partnership with Neil Swain.

[184] In 1972, Terry Davidge opened the Farmer's Market, selling out to Al Jackson the next year, who developed Wynndel Foods on the site.

[193] In 1907, the Creston Power Light & Telephone Co (CPL&T) installed phone wires as far west as Duck Creek.

[204] In summer 1931, this work was complete and the Fraser's Landing–Gray Creek Kootenay Lake Ferry auto route was inaugurated, improving the access to Nelson.

[208] Creston Bus Lines bought a new Hayes-Anderson coach in 1935, but the route details and period of operation are unclear.

The parcel and freight delivery role of the Greyhound buses included the shipping of fresh fruit.

[209] In 1933, Wynndel connected to the West Kootenay Power & Light (WKP&L) transmission lines from the Goat River Dam[210] opening that year.

[211] The next year, the water supply system from the Wynndel Irrigation District dam on Duck Creek commenced operation.

[215] The October 1963 opening of the Salmo–Creston highway over the Kootenay Pass[216] rerouted the Greyhound buses, bypassing Wynndel and the east shore.

[223] In 2019, suspects stole long guns in a break-in at Wynndel Foods, during an attempt to access the ATM inside.

[226] The economic base includes a major sawmill; a general store with gas pumps, a post office, fishing equipment, liquor and many other supplies; several small businesses servicing the local logging industry; and a number of home-based businesses ranging from bed and breakfasts, art galleries, wineries, distilleries, farms, orchards and tradesmen.