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The Old John Deere

This antique John Deere tractor was one of many restored vehicles in the 2018 Agassiz Fall Fair and Corn Festival parade. It was entered in the parade in […]

Threshing at the Hunt Farm

A threshing team at the Hunt Farm, 1945. Three men work together to operate a McCormick-Deering machine. Barrels are filled and loaded onto a nearby wooden cart to […]

Corn Silage at the McCallum Farm

A group of farmers making corn silage at the McCallum Farm, circa 1930 to 1940. This hard working team set up an assembly line to keep the corn […]

Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association

The Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association parade float, 1916. “The Farmers Unite and form the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association.” Pictured are: D. McRae, I. Else, J. Morrow, […]

Moving Milk in the Winter

A farmer pulling a milk cannister on a sleigh in winter, early 1900s. Milk cannisters were transported using any means necessary to make sure that they made it […]

“Nothing can stop the FVMPA shippers”

Many cannisters of milk on a rail cart, seven men, and a sign “Nothing can stop the FVMPA shippers” at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1948. Gordon Morrow Jr. […]

Agassiz Milk Stand

A boy sits with cannisters of milk on an Agassiz farm milk stand, mid-1900s. The milk stands were placed by the road at the end of the driveway […]

Portrait of Lewis Nunn Agassiz

Lewis Nunn Agassiz, the namesake of our community, late 1800s. While Lewis is generally recognized by historians, it is his wife Mary, and their 10 children who worked […]

Loading Milk Cannisters at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1930s

Men loading milk cannisters onto the train at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1930s. The car in the foreground was used to transport some of the cannisters to the […]

Loading Milk Cannisters at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1920s

Men loading milk cannisters onto the train at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1920s. Everyone chipped in to get the job done so that the train could stay on […]

Farmer with Team of Work Horses

All early farm labour was completed using draught animals. Pictured here is an early Agassiz farmer with his handsome pair of work horses in front of their barn, […]

Corn-filled Silo

Men filling a silo with harvested corn, mid-1900s. Corn bale fermentation occurs when the starches in the kernels break down. Fermented forage assists cows with digestion. Dairy cows are […]