The Purposes of the Association are the advancement of historical services in the Nicola Valley by:

1. gathering, researching, and preserving information, aural history, records, objects, sites and buildings concerning the natural resources, wildlife and all phases of human history;
2. developing and maintaining a site or sites for preserving, recording, and displaying such material for public enjoyment and education;
3. promoting the exchange of exhibition material and the arrangement of exhibitions;
4. co-operating with other associations with similar aims;
5. publishing books, papers, and periodicals; and such other methods as may from time to time be deemed appropriate.