Around the fall of 1929, the International Pulp and Paper Company (I.P. & P.) opened logging camps on the opposite side of the river from the railway tracks. These first settlers were mostly temporary, as they came for the work only. This soon changed as people began to realize the wealth of opportunity this little place had to offer. In 1930, Mr. John Caines moved from Corner Brook with his family. He obtained a large parcel of the land from the government on lease which was made possible through the Crown Land Act. If, within five years, he could prove that he was capable of developing the land, he would be given full deed to the land.

The Caines family were the only permanent residents of Steady Brook for several years. In 1936, Mr. Hedley Wilton, a foreman with the Deer Lake to Corner Brook highway construction crew, arrived in the area and built a home. Shortly after, he brought his wife and children to the area and took up permanent residence.

With no stores in the area, supplies had to be brought from Corner Brook. These were obtained by train, boat, or a long trek on foot. The Wilton’s son, Bill, would often go around to the houses and check to see if anyone needed supplies from Corner Brook. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilton, Bill’s mother, recalls one trip,”.. .he’d go around to two or three families and ask them what they needed, and he’d have to walk back on the railway track. Once he was coming home and he had so much, he was looking for a place to hide it away, but there was a trolley you know, down by the track…he picked him up so he didn’t have to walk home.” By 1938, the highway was completed and this new route to Corner Brook and the rest of the island broke the isolation of the little community to the outside world.

In the early 1950’s, the people of Steady Brook formed a council and in 1953 were incorporated, giving it the distinction of being the smallest incorporated community in Canada. Under the new council, the old school was torn down and a new one erected. Only the lower grades were taught in Steady Brook. As a result, anyone wishing to attend high school had to travel to Corner Brook. By 1960, the school was closed and all students were bussed to Corner Brook. This also ended church services in the community and it was considered more convenient for the people to travel to Corner Brook. The town of Steady Brook has slowly and steadily progressed since its origin in 1927.