general store, and became postmaster, a role commonly performed by a storeowner in such places. He held both roles until his death in 1951. Around 1911, he built a larger store and a warehouse. The upper level of the latter comprised a hall used for church services, dances, social functions and showing movies. A 1917 fire destroyed both buildings, but he rebuilt a larger store. In 1913, the hotel was remodelled and enlarged. In 1915, the place was renamed the Arrow Lake Hotel. By 1922, it comprised 24 bedrooms upstairs. In 1929, Arrow Inn was the rename. In 1955, fire destroyed the property. Edgewood Pavilion, a.k.a. Naylor Hall, opened in 1915, and burned down in 1942. J.N. Mcleod and Jack Dority opened Edgewood Cash Grocery in 1924, and a garage in the early 1930s. The partnership dissolved when Dority relocated around 1935. Oscar Forslund also operated a garage during this era. Fuel arrived by boat in drums for the store gas pumps. After his father's death, son Jack ran the store, which the new building replaced in 1967. In 1932, a new community hall opened, but no longer existed 15 years later. In 1935, John Egloff opened a hall on his property about a mile northwest of Edgewood. The hall was used for social events and showing movies. A cheese factory occupied the basement. A 1941 fire destroyed the building. In 1912, the Edgewood Rural Telephone Co. began local service. The next year, the Dominion Government Telegraph Service opened the line to Nakusp. The link to Castlegar opened in 1917, providing a connection to the BC Tel line to Nelson. In 1961, BCTel bought the phone company. In 1947, a three-bed Red Cross outpost opened. In 2011, the facility became the Edgewood Health Centre. In 1952, the completion of the Whatshan Dam brought electricity to the valley. Television came in the early 1960s. Donselaar Memorial Park Around 1912, Dr. Basil Church bought the property, which he cleared as a cow pasture. During World War I, the government leased the site as an internment camp for civilian immigrants, classified as enemy aliens. The closure of the Fire Valley camp triggered the fall 1916 opening. After the war, the property was occupied intermittently. The local sports committee leased the land for ball games, which required extensive levelling. In 1958, a hall was built. In 1969–70 came a new ball diamond, grandstand, and