Pritchard, British Columbia

James Todd and George Bohun Martin were employees of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Todd pre-empted about {{convert|2|mi|km|0|order=flip}} on the south side shore eastward from the present bridge. In 1866, Martin took over Todd's land. Adjacent, Jean Laveau briefly settled to the east,{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=1}} at what became Laveau Creek,{{BCGNIS|13101|Laveau Creek (creek)}} and Edward de Champs to the west{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=2}} at what became Neds Creek.{{BCGNIS|13458|Neds Creek (creek)}}

On the north shore, opposite the Martin holding, Arthur Gore Pemberton settled. Preston Bennett and Moses Lumby, who bought south of Martin in 1867, sold this adjoining property to Martin in 1870. To serve paddle steamers, a large wharf was built in the 1860s about {{convert|600|ft|m|0|order=flip}} east from the present bridge. The 1885 arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) brought a flood of new settlers.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=2}}

In the hills south of his farm, George Martin ranged his cattle. Later, his children Frank, George and Henry established farms in the hills. Initially called Martin's Prairie, the amended spelling emerged in due course. In 1892, Amos and Alfred Herbert established the first homestead. In 1908, the first school for the general area opened.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=15}}{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0064446#p114z-3r0f: |page=115 (Axxxvii) |title=Public Schools annual report, 1908–1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In 1911, the Farmers' Institute was formed{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=15}} and fire destroyed the log school. The next year, a larger lumber building opened.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=19}} Robert Brett operated a sawmill 1914–1922.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=84}} When the school closed in 1953,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0367812#p82z-5r0f:%22Martin%22 |page=O83 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1953–1954 |website=library.ubc.ca}} students were bussed to Pritchard.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=21}}

About {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} east was Watmore siding. Watmore came to describe an area along the railway line that encompassed present day Pritchard. Consequently, the school which opened in 1908 immediately east of the wharf was called Watmore.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=27}}{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0064446#p118z-3r0f: |page=119 (Axli) |title=Public Schools annual report, 1908–1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

The railway point at Pritchard may have been first called Pemberton Spur (after Arthur G. Pemberton).{{Google books| AVQ5RZeAFCkC |BC Place Names, 1997 |page=217}} In September 1907, John G. Fawcett sold Walter P. Pritchard a property on the south shore.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=30}} Until 1912, Pritchard drove the Vernon–Kamloops stage.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=29}}

In the 1911 post office application, the Martin Prairie Farmers' Institute unanimously chose the name Pritchard.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=27}}

Mrs. A.R. Johnstone was the inaugural postmaster 1911–1911, followed by W.P. Pritchard 1912–1927.{{cite web |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=posoffposmas&IdNumber=28558 |title=Postmasters |website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}}

In 1912, John Hutchinson, built a two-storey house{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=27}}{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0067387#p7z-2r0f:%22depot%22 |page=8 |title=Chase Tribune |date=7 Jun 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}} immediately west of the present bridge. The store on the lower level was taken over by daughter Nellie Boyde,{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=34}} when John, a resident for only a year, died months later.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0067438#p0z-3r0f:%22Pritchard%22 |page=1 |title=Chase Tribune |date=18 Oct 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

Pritchard built a three-storey hotel/boarding house{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=2}} in 1912{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0067447#p0z-2r0f:%22hotel%22 |page=1 |title=Chase Tribune |date=4 Oct 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}} about {{convert|500|ft|m|0|order=flip}} east of the present railway crossing,{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=34}} which opened in January 1913.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0067409#p7z-2r0f:%22boarding%22 |page=8 |title=Chase Tribune |date=17 Jan 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}} The building comprised 14 bedrooms, a general store,{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=30}} and relocated post office.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0067435#p8z-2r0f:%22post%22 |page=9 |title=Chase Tribune |date=24 Jan 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

The annual fall fairs were held 1913 to the early 1920s. In 1948, Wing Howe bought the hotel, which he immediately closed to the public but became accommodation for Chinese workers.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=3}}

Being subject to flooding,{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=27}} the Watmore school site was vacated in 1936.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0307330#p223z-3r0f: |page=H224 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1935–1936 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Renamed Pritchard, the new school opened that year{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0307500#p195z-3r0f: |page=196 (I190) |title=Public Schools annual report, 1936–1937 |website=library.ubc.ca}} at 1563 Martin Prairie Rd, about {{convert|400|m|yd|0}} up from the highway.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=40}}

In 1950, BC Hydro transmission lines introduced electricity to the area.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=28}}

In 1957, a teacherage was erected.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1957&f_month=8&f_day=8 |page=A8 |title=Kamloops Daily Sentinel |date=8 Aug 1957 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

In 1965, the establishment of an automatic telephone exchange at Chase introduced dial calling to the Pritchard area.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1965&f_month=1&f_day=30 |page=A3 |title=Kamloops Daily Sentinel |date=30 Jan 1965 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

In 1968, the school closed{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0367849#p153z-3r0f:%22Pritchard%22 |page=G154 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1967–1968 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and the students were bussed to Chase. Formed in 1969, the community association took control of the building as a community hall. In 1972, the abandoned hotel building was demolished and burned.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=28}}

On the benches north of his farm, Arthur Pemberton ranged his cattle. Soon the name changed from Hog Range to Pemberton Range. His {{convert|3000|acre|adj=on|order=flip}} property stretched eastward to Hoffman's Bluff.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=46}}

In 1909, B.C. Orchards purchased about {{convert|2000|acre|order=flip}} of the holding on the understanding that J.H. Kilmer would in turn acquire the property. When Kilmer was unable to meet the second installment in June 1910, B.C. Orchards sold the property to Messrs. Ross and Shaw after the notice of cancellation expired. The forfeiture was overturned by the lower court, but the British Columbia Court of Appeal reversed that decision. In 1913, the Privy Council upheld the lower court decision.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=kilmer&f_pub=-1&f_year=1913&f_month=2&f_day=28 |page=A1 |title=Kamloops Standard |date=28 Feb 1913 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} The lack of water rights dashed the plan to subdivide the land into orchards.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=46}}

A school existed 1913–1965.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0059602#p156z-3r0f |page=157 (Alxxiii) |title=Public Schools annual report, 1913–1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} to
{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0364021#p135z-3r0f |page=D136 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1964–1965 |website=library.ubc.ca}} After burning down in 1929, the school was rebuilt with more windows.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=51}}

Also acknowledging the name are Pemberton Hill,{{BCGNIS|54726|Pemberton Hill (hill)}} Pemberton Creek,{{BCGNIS|54727|Pemberton Creek (creek)}} Pemberton Lake,{{BCGNIS|39880|Pemberton Lake (lake)}} and Pemberton Gulch. An irrigation ditch from the lake brought water to the Pemberton farm.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=47}}

In 1966, electricity transmission extended into the area.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1967&f_month=1&f_day=3 |page=A14 |title=Kamloops Daily Sentinel |date=3 Jan 1967 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

In August 1885, the eastward advance of the CP rail head passed through the locality,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/dbc/1.0345906#p2z-3r0f:%22Kamloops%22 |page=3 |title=British Columbian |date=22 Aug 1885 |website=library.ubc.ca}} regular service having started as far east as Kamloops the previous month.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/pmgazette/1.0311746#p2z-2r0f:%22distance%22 |page=3 |title=Port Moody Gazette |date=25 Jul 1885 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1911, the {{convert|13.37|x|4.72|m|ftin}} train station building was erected.{{cite book|last1=Bohi |first1=Charles W. |last2=Kozma |first2=Leslie S. |page=118 |title=Canadian Pacific's Western Depots |publisher=South Platte Press |year=1993 |isbn=0-942035-25-9}}

In 1912, a derailed car structurally weakened the track through the community, before rerailing at the switch. On being flagged down by a passerby, the following passenger train proceeded slowly over the damaged section.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0067424#p7z-3r0f:%22jumped%22 |page=8 |title=Chase Tribune |date=10 May 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1913, double-tracking was extended eastward to Pritchard,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0226112#p0z-2r0f:%22Pritchard%22 |page=1 |title=Chase Tribune |date=22 Aug 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}} not continuing for a number of years.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1915&f_month=1&f_day=15 |page=A7 |title=Kamloops Standard |date=15 Jan 1915 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

In 1921, the station was moved westward closer to the railway crossing.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1921&f_month=4&f_day=5 |page=A8 |title=Kamloops Standard-Sentinel |date=5 Apr 1921 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

In 1923, a passenger train fatally struck the section foreman walking the track.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1923&f_month=9&f_day=4 |page=A1 |title=Kamloops Standard-Sentinel |date=4 Sep 1923 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

In the 1940s, stockyards were erected at the western end of the siding.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=28}}

In 1951, 21 horses died while being shipped in a sealed boxcar to Kamloops.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1951&f_month=11&f_day=23 |page=A4 |title=Merritt Herald |date=23 Nov 1951 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

In 1958, one man died and two were seriously injured when a train dragged their vehicle from the railway crossing to the switch.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1958&f_month=12&f_day=17 |page=A1 |title=Kamloops Daily Sentinel |date=17 Dec 1958 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

{{small|{{note|Alpha|a}}. In 1910, the station possibly existed at Watmore itself, rather than its later location.{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/title/1910/Henderson%27s_BC_Gazetteer_and_Directory_Part_1.html |title=1910 BC Directory |website=bccd.vpl.ca}}
{{note|Alpha|b}}. In 1914, an unofficial flag stop called Hopgood opened{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/mherald/1.0311137#p4z-3r0f:%22Hopgood%22 |page=5 |title=Mail Herald |date=31 Oct 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} at the Martin Ranch one mile east of Pritchard.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=95}}}}

In the early years, a cross river scow ferry{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=93}} connected to the Pemberton Ranch.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=ferry&f_pub=-1&f_year=1906&f_month=12&f_day=4 |page=A4 |title=Inland Sentinel |date=4 Dec 1906 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

A subsidised ferry was established in 1912.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chasetrib/1.0067414#p7z-2r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=8 |title=Chase Tribune |date=17 May 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}}{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0059789#p78z-3r0f:%22Pritchard%22 |page=S79 |title=Minister of Public Works annual report, 1912–13 |website=library.ubc.ca}} To prevent drifting downriver,{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=3}} a guide cable was installed in 1913.

In 1920, a {{convert|132|ft|m|adj=on|order=flip}} timber swing span with {{convert|1000|ft|m|order=flip}} of trestle approaches replaced the ferry.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0224491#p5z-3r0f:%22Pritchard%22 |page=D6 |title=Minister of Public Works annual report, 1919–20 |website=library.ubc.ca}} A fixed span replaced the swing section in 1931,{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1932&f_month=11&f_day=2 |page=A1 |title=Kamloops Sentinel |date=2 Nov 1932 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} which in turn was replaced in the 1933/34 winter by a lift span to restore navigability to the river. The present one-lane arched trestle bridge, built in 1985, is high enough to allow the passage of a sternwheeler.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=93}} The Wanda Sue passed by on river tours 1984–2004.{{Cite web | url=https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/local-news/wanda-sue-slips-away-an-act-of-nature-or-negligence-4367726 |title=Kamloops This Week |date=17 Apr 2017 |website=www.kamloopsthisweek.com}}

The road which ran to the Martin Ranch on the north side of the train track, past the station, hotel, wharf road, and ferry road, became disused beyond the station after 1950.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|pp=28, 87}}

In 1874, the Shuswap Wagon Rd was built from Ducks (Monte Creek) to Chase. The right-of-way through the vicinity was present Stoney Flats Rd. In 1925, the route was realigned lower to Stewart Rd. In 1948–49, it was upgraded to highway status.{{sfn|Stewart|1996|p=87}} Establishing a bypass around Pritchard, the widening of the highway from two to four lanes was completed for Monte Creek–Pritchard around 2014{{Cite web | url=https://thenelsondaily.com/news/highway-project-east-kamloops-increases-safety-transcanada-track-25802 |title=Nelson Daily |date=31 Jul 2013 |website=thenelsondaily.com}} and Pritchard–Hoffman's Bluff in 2016.{{Cite web | url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015TRAN0004-000075 |title=Widening of Highway 1 through Hoffman's Bluff moves forward |date=23 Jan 2015 | website=news.gov.bc.ca}}

{{Historical populations

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Pritchard

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|1951|145

|1956|142

|1961|43

|1966|111

|1971|

|1976|287

|1981|

|1986|328

|1991|780

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{{Cite web | url=https://ia800303.us.archive.org/26/items/195692506A1957engfra/195692506A1957engfra.pdf#page=61 |page=61| title=1956 Census |website=us.archive.org}}{{Cite web | url=https://ia600307.us.archive.org/10/items/1966926331968engfra/1966926331968engfra.pdf#page=195 |page=195 (191)| title=1966 Census |website=us.archive.org}}{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-830-1976.pdf |page=98 (90)| title=1976 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-105-1888.pdf |page=272 (257)| title=1986 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}{{Cite web | url=https://ia600205.us.archive.org/19/items/1991933061993engfra/1991933061993engfra.pdf |page=190 (182)| title=1991 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}
* Later online census figures do not split out Pritchard

}}

On the north shore west of the bridge, the first phase of the subdivision (comprising 38 lots of {{convert|10000|ft2|order=flip}}), was ratified in January 1972. Approval of the second phase (62 lots) was that November and the third phase (70 lots) was September 1976. Multi-use residential zoning allowed single family duplex or single wide mobile homes. By 1976, problems with wastewater drainage were evident.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1977&f_month=4&f_day=11 |page=A6 |title=Kamloops News |date=11 Apr 1977 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} Launched by Pritchard Developments,{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1972&f_month=4&f_day=12 |page=A16 |title=Kamloops Daily Sentinel |date=12 Apr 1972 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} the properties were later marketed as flat serviced lots, paved roads, and suitable for mobile homes.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1979&f_month=6&f_day=20 |page=A43 |title=Kamloops News |date=20 Jun 1979 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} By 1998, 144 homes stood on these lots.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1998&f_month=5&f_day=22 |page=A10 |title=Kamloops News |date=22 May 1998 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

Installed in 1972, the water supply infrastructure was upgraded in 2010.{{Cite web | url=https://www.tnrd.ca/services/water-sewage/water-systems/pritchard-community-water-system|title=Pritchard Community Water System |website=www.tnrd.ca}} A further upgrade went out to tender in 2022.{{Cite web | url=https://www.tnrd.ca/pritchard-water-treatment-plant |title=Pritchard Waste Water Treatment Plant |website=tnrd.ca}}

In 1989, the shell of the new {{convert|4000|ft2|adj=on|order=flip}} community hall was erected at 1714 Duck Range Road.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1989&f_month=12&f_day=17 |page=Z7 |title=Kamloops This Week |date=17 Dec 1989 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}{{Cite web | url=https://tnrd.civicweb.net/document/14290 |page=3 |title=Thompson-Nicola Regional District Public Hearing, July 15, 2009 |website=tnrd.civicweb.net}} Around 1992, the interior was completed.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1993&f_month=1&f_day=17 |page=A17 |title=Kamloops This Week |date=17 Jan 1993 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} In 1993, the Pritchard voluntary fire department was established.{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1993&f_month=11&f_day=10 |page=A18 |title=Kamloops This Week |date=10 Nov 1993 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}

Although rodeo schools were held for a couple of years in the mid-1970s{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1976&f_month=3&f_day=31 |page=A16 |title=Merritt Herald |date=31 Mar 1976 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} and a rodeo held in the mid-1980s,{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1985&f_month=9&f_day=18 |page=A23 |title=Merritt Herald |date=18 Sep 1985 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} the annual Pritchard Rodeo did not commence until 1994.{{Cite web | url=https://www.saobserver.net/sports/riders-come-hot-out-of-the-gate-in-pritchard-rodeo |title=Salmon Arm Observer |date=20 Jul 2018 |website=www.saobserver.net}} In 2016, a new grandstand replaced the old one at the Pritchard Rodeo Grounds.{{Cite web | url=https://www.tnrd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2016-Corporate-Annual-Report.pdf#page=17 |page=17 |title=Thompson Nicola Regional District 2016 Annual Report |website=tnrd.ca}}

The wastewater treatment plant, constructed during 1997–1998 for the Pritchard Developments subdivision,{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=pritchard&f_pub=-1&f_year=1997&f_month=10&f_day=3 |page=A4 |title=Kamloops This Week |date=3 Oct 1997 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}} was upgraded in the mid-2010s.{{cite book | url=https://tnrd.civicweb.net/document/175382 |last=Hughes |first=Peter |page=9 (3) |title=Archaeological Impact Assessment: Proposed Upgrade to the Pritchard Waste Water Treatment Plant Infiltration Trench |date=Jul 2010 |website=civicweb.net}}

Immediately northwest of the bridge, Riverside Living is a planned 65-unit manufactured home development. During the 2010s, most of the 24 units of the first phase were erected.{{Cite web | url=https://riversideliving.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/July-30-details.pdf |title=Osprey by Riverside Living |website=riversideliving.ca}} In 2013, a district waste transfer station opened.{{Cite web | url=https://www.saobserver.net/news/pritchard-eco-depot-set-to-open-july-30 |title=Salmon Arm Observer |date=28 Jun 2013 |website=www.saobserver.net}}

Agriculture and horse stables primarily make up the local economy. A gas station stands adjacent to the general store/post office.{{Cite web | url=https://chasebc.ca/doing-business/communities |title=Pritchard |website=chasebc.ca}} The Pritchard Evangelical Free Church holds Sunday services in the community hall.{{Cite web | url=https://efcc-cpd.ca/?page_id=184 |title=Pritchard |website=efcc-cpd.ca}} Pritchard Provincial Park is to the east on the north shore.

One estimate puts the 2021 population as 1,500 for the general area.{{Cite web | url=https://www.riversideliving.ca/about-pritchard |title=Pritchard |website=www.riversideliving.ca}} Based on the increase in housing stock since the 1991 census, the 2021 Pritchard population should number about 1,000.

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• {{cite book |last=Stewart |first=Wendy |title=Pursuit of Memories |publisher=Pritchard Historical Society |year=1996 |isbn=0-9680910-0-8}}

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