Transport Archives | Knee High by the First of July

The Agassiz-Harrison Museum and Visitor Information Centre

The Agassiz-Harrison Museum and Visitor Information Centre on Pioneer Avenue in downtown Agassiz, 2018. This heritage building was once the Canadian Pacific Railway train station, originally built in […]

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 […]

Loaded Milk Cart at the Agassiz CPR Station

Farmers with loaded milk cart and work horse at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1948. The work horse was used to pull the fully loaded carts to meet the […]

“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. […]

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 […]

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-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 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.

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 […]