1745
Anthony Henday is likely the first European to see the Rocky Mountains

1827
David Douglas makes the first recorded Canadian ascent when he climbs Mt. Brown in the Rockies

1885
The last spike in the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) is driven at Craigellachie in the Monashee Range in the Columbia Mountains

1899
The CPR brings Swiss mountain guides to western Canada

1906
The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) holds its founding meeting in Winnipeg

1909
George Kinney and Donald Phillips climb of Mt. Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. It was hailed as the first ascent of the peak, but later became controversial since it was believed to have fallen a few feet short of the actual summit. In 1913, Conrad Kain ascends Mt. Robson without dispute

1915
A.P. Coleman explores the Torngat Mountains of Labrador

1920s
Throughout the decade, highways are built linking Rocky Mountain towns Banff, Lake Louise, Radium and Golden

1921
Major Edward Wheeler is the first Canadian to participate in an Everest expedition. The first British expedition on Everest, it includes legend George Mallory. A prominent surveyor, Wheeler maps 1,500 square kilometres around the world's tallest mountain

1925
The first ascent of Canada's tallest peak, Mt. Logan, an expedition led by the ACC

1932
The first recorded ascent in Quebec is made on Mont Césaire by John Brett

1950's
European and British climbers come to Canada and revolutionize climbing attitudes and techniques, introducing the scaling of sheer rock faces that was popular in Europe and a fresh zeal all about the joy of climbing

1954
Helicopters are used to transport climbers for the first time on Mt. Gilbert in the Coast Mountains

1956
The first rock climb in Ontario is performed by Allen Bruce-Robertson, David Fisher, Marnie Gilmour and Katherine Starr

1960's
Winter climbing grows in popularity

1967
G. Hattersley Smith leads an expedition to the top of Barbeau Peak on Ellesmere Island, the highest point in eastern North America

1970's
Bugs McKeith pioneers waterfall ice climbing

1971
North America's first indoor climbing wall is built at Mount Royal College in Calgary

1973
The first ascent of Mont D'Iberville/Caubvick, the highest peak in the Torngats

1973
On a British expedition, Chic Scott becomes the first Canadian to reach a Himalayan summit (Myagdi Matha)

1980's
Crag climbing becomes popular

1982
Canadians climb Mt. Everest; Laurie Skreslet reaches the summit first, followed by Pat Morrow

1986
Sharon Wood becomes the first North American woman to climb Mt. Everest

1986
Pat Morrow climbs the last of the Seven Summits, becoming the first person to climb the set of the seven continents' highest peaks

1990's
Sport climbing grows in popularity

1992
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society mounts an expedition to obtain the definitive measure of Mt. Logan's height, determining it to be 5,959 m

1993
The first Canadian ascent of K2, the world's second tallest mountain, is made by Jim Haberl and Dan Culver on the Pakistan-China border

2000
On May 25, Ross Watson of Cochrane, AB, became the first blind climber to summit Mount Logan, YK, Canada's highest peak

2000
The Banff Mountain Film Festival turns 25, marking its anniversary with a week-long celebration that gathered renowned mountaineers such as Sir Edmund Hillary, and Canadians Pat Morrow and Peter Croft

2001
Calgarians Dave Rodney and Deryl Kelly reach the top of Mount Everest on May 24, creating two new records. The climb makes Rodney the only Canadian to summit the world's highest peak twice and 25-year-old Deryl Kelly the youngest Canadian to reach the summit

2005
Urszula Tokarska reaches the top of Mount Everest on June 2nd becoming the 3rd Canadian woman to reach it’s summit and the first Canadian woman to climb the ‘Seven Summits’ the highest point on every continent.

2006
The Alpine Club of Canada celebrates their 100th Anniversary.