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Waiting for the Train in Agassiz

A crowd of people on the platform waiting for the train at the Agassiz CPR station, 1940s. Many of these people likely came to Agassiz to work in […]

Agassiz Fall Fair Parade: Children in Costumes

Children in corn cob and Alymer corn can costumes walking in the Agassiz Fall Fair parade, mid-1900s. Two children are holding a sign that reads “Agassiz prize corn […]

Agassiz Fall Fair Parade: Adults in Costumes

Adults in corn cob and can of corn costumes walking in the Agassiz Fall Fair parade, mid-1900s. They are holding a sign which reads “Agassiz prize corn from […]

Agassiz-Harrison Board of Trade Fall Fair Float

Agassiz-Harrison Board of Trade Fall Fair parade float car, 1958. Passengers include Corn King Seigfried Bartel, Regatta Queen Doris Pickard, May Queen Sharon Berisoff, and Klondyke Queen Gail […]

Agassiz Farm with Team of Horses in Field

An early Agassiz farmscape with a team of work horses resting in a field, 1900s. Magnificent Mount Cheam dominates the background. Perhaps the farmer stopped to capture this […]

Agassiz CPR Station

The train has just pulled into the Agassiz station where passengers are eagerly waiting on the platform, 1933. A Harrison Hot Springs taxi is ready to transport passengers […]

BC Milk Truck at Bandrova Farms Ltd.

BC Milk truck at Bandrova Farms Ltd., 2018. BC Milk, Vedder Transport.

Corn Harvester on Agassiz Farm

Red International 1480 corn harvester on Agassiz farm, 2018.

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 […]