In 1889 the area around the upper Skeena centred on Hazelton was designated the Babine Agency. Indian Agent R. E. Loring was sent to oversee all of the First Nations people in that area. This was a major step in increasing interference by the government in all parts of First Nations life in the area.
On January 20th, 1812 Daniel Williams Harmon of the North West Company became the first European to record their visit to Babine Lake.
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In October of 1822 Hudson’s Bay Company Trader William Brown cleared the portage between Stuart and Babine Lakes landed on present day Old Fort as the location for the HBC post in ‘Babine Country’.
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In 1884 the Indian Act was amended to prevent First Nations people from practicing many elements for their culture.
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In 1889 the area around the upper Skeena centred on Hazelton was designated the Babine Agency. Indian Agent R. E. Loring was sent to oversee all of the First Nations people in that area.
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The first round of the several year dispute that led up to the creation of the Lake Babine Barricade treaty happened in October of 1904
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In the fall of 1905 fisheries officers brought nets for the Babine to use, but they were so rotten they tore rather than holding the fish.
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After nearly starving the winter before due to the rotten nets that the fisheries officers had supplied, the Babine people rebuilt the weir in the summer of 1906.
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Until 1957 Old Fort and Fort Babine were considered separate nations.
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