Market Park Site History

This brownfield site took on many roles throughout Creston’s history to economically support a growing community. In the early 1900s, C.O. Rogers established a sawmill on a portion of the site which eventually became Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. The mill operated for many years but eventually closed its doors in 1991. In 1939, the Creston Reclamation Company established the Sunset Seed Company and elevator to process and ship seed crops being grown in the neighbouring valley bottom. In 2008, a fire destroyed the iconic elevator, which was never rebuilt. Since the late 1900s, most of the site was also home to Creston Building Supplies Ltd., followed by Beaver Lumber and then Home Hardware. In 2009, Home Hardware relocated, leaving a vacant brownfield site behind. Today, the site is seasonally occupied by the Creston Farmers’ Market.