Discover Forgotten Stories of British Columbia
Archival letters, historic photographs, and local history from the Fraser Valley and beyond.
Explore the Series
The Hazeley Letters
A remarkable collection of letters written from Agassiz in the 1890s revealing everyday life in early British Columbia.
Early Harrison Hot Springs
Stories of settlers, steamships, and the people who built one of British Columbia’s earliest resort towns.
WWI Letters from an Agassiz Pilot
A new letter series following Royal Flying Corps pilot William Gordon McRae during the First World War.
Mining Camps at Harrison Lake
Gold rush speculation, mining camps, and the excitement that once was the mountains around Harrison Lake.
Featured Articles
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Crashes and Castles: William McRae’s WWI Letters (1917)
These letters from William McRae, a Royal Flying Corps pilot…
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Baseball and Flight Training in Wartime Oxford, 1917
These letters from William McRae, a Royal Flying Corps pilot…
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Training for War in Oxford: William McRae’s 1917 WWI Letters from England
These letters from William McRae, a Royal Flying Corps pilot…
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What It Was Like Picking Hops in Agassiz, BC in the 1930s
Agassiz, British Columbia is a farming community near Harrison Hot…
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William McRae Letters (1917): Canadian Pilot Training, War Isolation & Conscription Crisis
These letters from William McRae, a Royal Flying Corps pilot…
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William McRae’s WWI Letters: A Canadian Soldier’s Journey
William McRae’s WWI letters home to his parents describe his…
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