These letters from William McRae, a Royal Flying Corps pilot from Agassiz, British Columbia, offer a glimpse into his daily life during wartime training. Writing to his mother from Oxford, England, William shares moments that are surprisingly ordinary. He talks of baseball games, bicycle rides, canoe trips, and…
These letters from William McRae, a Royal Flying Corps pilot from Agassiz, British Columbia, offer a glimpse into his daily life during wartime training. Writing to his mother, he shares moments that are both routine and show the uncertainty of miliary life. This series of letters is part…
Agassiz, British Columbia is a farming community near Harrison Hot Springs and where the hop industry began in the 1890’s when A. St. George Hamersley converted over 300 acres into the first commercial hop yard in British Columbia. Because of this, Agassiz is often recognized as the birthplace…