Recently the City announced plans to rename the Prospera Centre the Chilliwack Coliseum. For new residents of Chilliwack, this announcement may mean very little. However, long-term residents of Chilliwack will... read more →
Our recent exhibition, Five Faces, Five Corners: The Social Experience of Chilliwack’s Downtown focuses on the common leisure activities and experiences which bring Chilliwackians together at Five Corners. While this... read more →
When you work with archival records five days a week your mind sometimes skews timelines and it’s hard to consider what is truly ‘long ago.’ Only recently have we started... read more →
Are you curious to know what Chilliwack looked like in the 1980s? Ask our volunteer Ev Parker who is currently processing a large collection of street photographs from the 1980s. ... read more →
Have you ever wondered how one archivist, one curator, and one archives technician have managed to describe and make available online 3,884 archival records, 1,169 library records, 9,880 object descriptions,... read more →
On New Year’s Day, the Chilliwack Progress predicted, “the year 1908 holds out great prospects for this little Valley... The expectations for this incoming year are great, the prospects greater,... read more →
Last Movember I wrote a blog highlighting some of the individuals from Chilliwack’s historic... read more →
Photograph of the former W.E. Bradwin house near the corner of Williams Street and Portage Avenue in 1974. The subject of much local gossip, the house... read more →
One of my favourite features of Chilliwack is the large variety of produce stands in this city. Whether you prefer... read more →
Guest blog by Archives Assistant: Laurie Benton Have you seen the For Sale sign at the Progress’ Spadina Avenue office of late? The first Chilliwack Progress... read more →