A Brief Overview of the Dairy Industry in Abbotsford

In 2023, we received a donation of photographs by a generous donor. In mid-August, we were finally able to ask a couple of our beloved volunteers for help identifying the locations in many of the photographs.

Crossroads Exhibit Catalogue

The Crossroads Exhibit is a partnership between the Fraser Valley Water Media Society (FVWS) and Heritage Abbotsford Society. In this catalogue, you will find renderings of the artists’ paintings, along with photographs and historical information.

Sumas Lake: A Quick Look at a Long History

Sumas Lake was and is very important to the Stó:lō peoples, especially the Semá:th. For them, the lake was a source of food, a place to live, a watery highway, and a place which featured in oral histories. Fish and waterfowl were abundant and provided an easy and varied source of food. The lake was large, approximately 10,000 acres, but during the spring freshet (May to July), it often expanded to three times that size.

Stories to Spaces: Land Back – What Does It Really Mean?

The Land Back movement is not about kicking every non-Indigenous person out of Canada and returning to some utopian way of living. So, if the Land Back movement doesn’t mean literally giving your land to the Indigenous people, then what DOES it mean?

National Indigenous History Month 2021

This National Indigenous History Month it’s important to celebrate local Indigenous culture, art and history and acknowledge the contributions of Indigenous leaders and community members.

Sikh History Month BC 2021

Sikh history in Abbotsford dates back to the earliest years of the city, and is an integral part of the fabric of our community today.