1886: Mr. & Mrs. Tate organize day school, Coqualeetza Mission Home on Knight Road
1891: Coqualeetza Mission Home destroyed by fire
1893: Methodist Missionary Society dedicates new three-storey residential school
April 26th, 1893: Coqualeetza Industrial Institute officially opens
Photo courtesy of Chilliwack Museum and Archives [PP501433]
1914: Dr. G.H. Raley becomes principal of Coqualeetza
C. 1920: Fire at Coqualeetza Industrial Institute
July 1924: Old Coqualeetza building demolished
October 1924: New Coqualeetza “Institute” opens
Photo courtesy of Chilliwack Museum and Archives [1977.044.036]
1929: United Church of Canada sells Coqualeetza grounds to federal government
November 26th, 1935: Tuberculosis preventorium opened
1940: Coqualeetza Residential School closes
1941: Coqualeetza Indian Hospital opens
November 19th, 1948: Fire destroys north wing of the hospital
1954: New hospital wing opens
Photo courtesy of Chilliwack Museum and Archives [PP502534]
1956: Nurses’ residence built
1968: Segregated Indian healthcare ends in Canada
September, 1969: Coqualeetza Indian Hospital closes
June, 1974: Old hospital and nurses’ residence buildings used as Armed Forces barracks
May 3rd, 1976: Stó:Lō occupies Coqualeetza grounds – 26 arrested
1985: Stó:Lō Tribal Council established
1985: Stó:Lō Nation Canada established
1994: Old hospital/barracks renovated into Stó:Lō Nation Canada unite to form Stó:Lō Nation
1999: Si:ya:m Lalem, Stó:Lō Government House, opens
Present Date: Stó:Lō research and cultural education centre
