Hay River Timeline

Discover How Interesting Our History Truly Is!

1949

First Highway North

Feb

Built from Grimshaw, AB to Hay River, NT making it the first community to be linked with the south.

1963

After a very bad flood, many of the residents decided to move out of the flood plain establishing a new area of town.

1988

An entire single industry town was built to mine ore but closes after 23 years.

1998

Ekati went into operation on the barrenlands near Lac de Gras.

2016

The government of the Northwest Territories stepped in to purchase the assets of the financially troubled barge company.

2016