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  • Gold Mines and a Winter Trip to Yale, B.C.

    Gold Mines and a Winter Trip to Yale, B.C.

    November 24, 2025April 20, 2026 Agassiz-Harrison Museum & Archives (Source), The Hazeley Letters

    Excitement over the gold mines and a trip up to Yale, British Columbia have the Wright siblings enjoying their first winter in Canada.   This post is all about gold mines up Harrison Lake, a trip to Yale, and planning for Christmas. Yale, British Columbia Yale, British Columbia…

  • Archival letters from Hazeley family in Agassiz, British Columbia, documenting our local history.

    Autumn in Agassiz 1896

    November 12, 2025April 20, 2026 Agassiz-Harrison Museum & Archives (Source), The Hazeley Letters

    From choir practice, planning for future crops, and travels to Yale for All Hallows, the Wright siblings experience their first autumn in Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada. This post is all about postal delays, train strikes, Hotel Bella Vista and planning for the future. Postal Delays Letters from September…

  • Agassiz experimental farm 1888

    August 1896- The Great Excursion to Agassiz, British Columbia

    November 9, 2025April 20, 2026 Agassiz-Harrison Museum & Archives (Source), The Hazeley Letters

    This post covers postal delays and the Agassiz Dominion Experimental Farm.It also looks at the Canadian Pacific Railway excursion to Agassiz in August 1896. Postal Delays & Lost Letters There is a gap in the Hazeley letters until October 1896. During this time there were significant postal issues…

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