There are two histories of the Lytton area. The first history is that of the First Nations peoples - the Nlakapamux Nation that has inhabited the area for at least 6000 years and possibly up to 10,000 years.

These Nations traditionally have inhabited the area from present day Spuzzum to 30 Mile on the Lillooet Highway and as far east as Merrit. The centre of the traditional territory was at the present site of Lytton.

The second history started 200 years ago on June 19th, 1808, when Simon Fraser stopped at "Camchin" (the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers) on his expedition to the mouth of the river that now bears his name.

While the First Nations history was not written down, it exists in a verbal form and has been passed down through the elders. Many stories were collected during the last half of the 1900s and were written down in a few books, mostly now out of print. The Museum has a reference library.

You can learn more about the First Nations history here.

The history since contact has been documented through text and pictures. Again, the Museum has an extensive collection of articles, photographs and artifacts.

You can learn more about the history of "modern" Lytton here.