• Observation Cars, Mining Camps, and Settler Life in 1897

    The Hazeley Letters

    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 & Chinatown in Agassiz, B.C. 1897

    The Hazeley Letters

    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…