This post traces the early days of Harrison Hot Springs and the families whose ambition and enterprise helped establish it in British Columbia’s formative years. Introduction The early history of Harrison Hot Springs is inseparable from the Brown and Agassiz families: names deeply rooted in the settlement and…
Mining camps become a part of the everyday sights for the Wright family as they experience the excitement of the gold rush and travel on Harrison Lake in British Columbia, Canada. This post is all about May and Harold Wright’s letters home about domestic labour, time on Harrison…
Family tension was high as not everyone was pulling their own weight to make their farm run smoothly. The Wright letters from Agassiz April 1897 show us what life was like for those settling in the Fraser Valley. This post examines a series of letters written in April…