Clarenville's Historical Timeline

• 1822 – William Cormack’s Cross-Island Trek 

• 1846 – Scholar John Tilley’s Summer Home

• 1848 – First Permanent Settlement

• 1891 – Clarenville was named by Newfoundland Prime Minister Sir William Vallance Whiteway 

• 1891 – The Newfoundland Railway Arrives  

• 1911 – The Bonavista Branch Line – Clarenville Hub

• 1900-1950 – Steam Sawmills  

• 1914-1918 – World War 1 

• 1933 Balbo Armada arrives in Clarenville

• 1933 – Electrification

• 1937 – Clarenville Colas Plant

• 1939-45 – WW2

• 1942 – Clarenville’s Shipyard

• 1943-1947 – The Splinter Fleet

• 1948 – Newfoundland Hardwoods

• 1951 – Municipal Governance (Clarenville)

• 1951 –  Royal Canadian Legion – Branch 27

• 1952 – Hefferton Causeway 

• 1956 – TAT1 Clarenville Telecommunications Hub

• 1957 – Mercer’s Marine

• 1961 – Forest Fire

• 1961 – Clarenville Hockey Players Involved in Plane Crash in St. Pierre 

• 1961 – Clarenville’s Volunteer Fire Department Formed

• 1962 – Public Library

• 1963 – Shoal Harbour Causeway

• 1964/65 – Trans Canada Highway

• 1964/65 – Clarenville’s District Vocational

• 1965 – Clarenville Holiday Inn 

• 1967 – Bare Mountain (Centennial) Star

• 1968 – Clarenville Coop

• 1970 – The Clarenville Shopping Centre (the Lower Mall)

• 1970-73 Come by Chance Refinery Project

• 1971/72 – The Clarenville Area Recreation Association

• 1973 – Municipal Governance (Shoal Harbour)

• 1973 – Clarenville Nordic Ski Club 

• 1974 – Manitoba Drive

• 1986 – Come by Chance Refinery Closure

• 1976 – Clarenville High School

• 1978 – UFO sighting over Random Island

• 1979 – Tilley’s Road Softball Field – Elizabeth Swan Park

• 1981 – Manitoba Drive named

• 1981 – Random Square Mall

• 1982 – Clarenville Correctional Facility 

• 1983 – Boonie’s Medals of Bravery

• 1983 – Balbo Elementary

• 1984 – Clarenville’s New Library

• 1986 – G.B. Cross Hospital 

• 1987 – Come by Chance Refinery Reopens

• 1988 – Railway Closure

• 1988-1989 – White Hills Ski Resort Opens

• 1989/90 – The Hibernia Project begins 

• 1991 – The Rotary Trail

• 1994 – Together as One – Amalgamation

• 1994 – NL Winter Games

• 1995 – New Shoal Harbour River Bridge (Which would link Upper and Lower Clarenville via Shoal Hrb. Drive in 2004)

• 1997 – Government Services Centre

• 1999 – Clarenville.net – The Clarenville Town Webpage is Born 

• 2000 – The Star is Reborn

• 2000 – Save White Hills

• 2001 – The Clarenville Rotary Marina

• 2001 – The 50th Anniversary of Clarenville

• 2003 – Clarenville Heritage Society formed

• 2003 –  First Seniors Focused Development 

• 2004 – Shoal Harbour Drive

• 2004 – Targa

• 2006 – New Walmart 

• 2006 – New Shoal Harbour River Water Treatment Plant

• 2006 – IEEE Recognize TAT 1

• 2006 – Arts Under the Stars

• 2006 – Locomotive 900 Relocated to Clarenville

• 2009 The New Clarenville Events Centre

• 2009 – Clarenville wins Tidy Towns

• 2009 – Dr. Albert O’Mahony Centre Opens

• 2009, 2010 & 2018 The Clarenville Caribous Capture the Herder Trophy

• 2010 – Hurricane Igor

• 2010/11 – Hebron Project begins

• 2012 – Kraft Celebration Tour 

• 2013 – Crest Bus/Age Friendly

• 2014 – Clarenville Hosts 2014 NL Winter Games

• 2015 – Clarenville Hosts the Allan Cup

• 2016 – Boonie’s Shave for ALS

• 2019 – Re-Opening of Elizabeth Swan Park

• 2020 – New Clarenville Fire Hall

• 2022 – New Clarenville Town Hall 

• 2022 – 70 years and counting: Clarenville

• 2023 – White Hills: Mackenzie Top Peaks Challenge Winner 

• 2023 – The Shoal Harbour Causeway Bridge Replaced

• 2023 – The new Shoal Harbour War Memorial opened

• 2026 – The Town’s 75th

Source: https://www.paultilley.ca