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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 […]

Crate of Chicks at the Agassiz Dominion Experimental Farm

A crate of chicks on display at the Agassiz Dominion Experimental Farm, early 1900s. In addition to cows, other livestock, including chickens, were raised at the Farm.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

1963-1964 Corn Kings

Harold Hicks, Master of Ceremonies, 1964 Corn King Lloyd Tranmer, and 1963 Corn King Garet Whorley, 1964.

Bonnie Doone Farm during the 1948 Flood

The Bonnie Doone Dairy Farm in Harrison Mills during the 1948 Fraser River Flood. The Tugboat “Hasty” belonged to Jack Penny, a friend of Bill Duncan.