Enduring Threads

Residents of the District of Kent and Harrison Hot Springs have always come together to celebrate and share agriculture and craft. Enduring Threads: A Community of Families, features some of the past and current ways people gathered for this purpose. 

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“The first Women’s Institute was founded in 1897 in Saltfleet (now Stoney Creek), Ontario, where a group of women gathered to hear Adelaide Hoodless speak on the importance of women engaging in formal domestic education and organizing a unified voice to advocate in the areas of education, family health and community service to improve the lives of their families, the families in their communities, and families across Canada.​”

 

-Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada

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The Agassiz Fall Fair & Corn Festival is the best little fair in the province, if not the country! Our annual event attracts approximately 10,000 people every September on the third weekend after Labour Day, and celebrates agriculture, fun and games, and healthy competition.

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-Agassiz Agricultural and Horticultural Association