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Fifty years ago the towns of Agassiz and Harrison were celebrating the recent opening of the Agassiz Rosedale Bridge. Prior to this the communities were relatively small and independent. There was also a push to establish a road to Haig (now the number seven heading to Hope) as the only routes out of town, aside from the train, were the ferry or a the mountain road over Mt. Woodside, which was opened in 1926. Residents at that time made due. Knowing that the Agassiz Rosedale Ferry operated only between the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (and in the winter floating ice may close it all together) they planned their schedules accordingly.
The nearest hospital at that time was Chilliwack and with a limited route out of town it was not surprising that a good many babies were born in either Agassiz or Mission prior to 1956.
The construction of the bridge was a process that took over two years, cost over two million dollars and opened Agassiz up to the rest of the Valley, making transportation out...