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There is a rich & interesting history connected to the valley; beginning when engineers pushed the Old Dewdney Trail through to Princeton. In the 1920's, an enterprising mining executive by the name of Amos B. Trites acquired this property and named it A.B. Trites Hope Ranch.

When World War II broke out, the Canadian Government took over the valley and interred 3000 Japanese Canadians there. After the war, the property was returned to its former owner who continued to raise prize beef and dairy cattle; until it was sold to the Boys Town Association in 1955.

In 1962, an American firm bought the property planning to develop it into a resort. The Hope Slide occured in January 1965, providing a viewpoint at the west end of this picturesque valley. Sunshine Valley Developments, realizing the potential of this unique valley, bought it in May 1970 and made plans to transform it into a beautiful, year-round Recreational, Residential Community.