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2001 Agassiz Fall Fair Program of Events

The Centennial Agassiz Fall Fair Program of Events, 2001. Celebrating 100 Years of the Fair, Sponsored by The Agassiz Agricultural & Horticultural Association, Friday September 14 and Saturday […]

2008 Agassiz Fall Fair Program of Events

The 107th Agassiz Fall Fair Program of Events, 2008. Sponsored by The Agassiz Agricultural & Horticultural Association, Friday Evening September 12 & Saturday September 13, 2008, Agassiz Fair […]

1979 Agassiz Fall Fair and Corn Festival Program

The 75th Agassiz Fall Fair and 31st Corn Festival Program, 1979. Held at the Agassiz Fair Grounds on Saturday September 15, 1979, Sponsored by the Agassiz Agricultural and […]

Aerial View of East Agassiz during the 1948 Flood

The flooded lands of east Agassiz with a snowy Mount Cheam in the background, 1948. Acres of hop fields were decimated. It took approximately 80 years for the […]

The Salmon Queen during the 1948 Flood

Milk cannisters ready to be shipped on the Salmon Queen, 1948. With the CPR railway washed out, farmers had to find alternative means of transporting their main product to […]

1951 Corn King Aime Sache

Corn King Aime Sache in Agassiz Fall Fair parade with driver Les Bennewith, 1951.

Cows at the Agassiz Ferry Landing

Where the water was too deep to swim across, cows were transported to higher ground by boat. Here cows wait to board a boat at the Agassiz ferry […]

Loading Milk Cannisters onto a Row Boat During the 1948 Flood

With the roads washed out by the spring freshet, Agassiz farmers resorted to transporting their milk cannisters to town by row boat, 1948.

Cow Safety During the 1948 Flood

Cows swimming across flooded Agassiz fields to higher ground behind a row boat, 1948.

Herding Cows During the 1948 Flood

Caring for livestock and making sure that they were safely out of the floodplain was a priority in the spring of 1948. Here a group of farmers herd […]

Tenting during the 1948 Flood

Tents pitched at Mountain View Cemetery, 1948. Families occupied these tents for several weeks during the flood after they were evacuated their homes in May.

Ploughing Match fit for a King

Norman Morrow, the 1950 Corn King, ploughing with his champion team of horses during a match, mid-1900s. Norman’s family donated his trophies and horse harnesses to the Agassiz-Harrison […]