Abbotsford Then and Now
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Abbotsford Then and Now Name: _____________________ #1 What do you see?_______________________________ _____________________________________________ Differences: ___________________________________ _____________________________________________ Similarities: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________ Other Observations: _____________________________ #2 What do you see?_______________________________ _____________________________________________ Differences: ___________________________________ _____________________________________________ Similarities: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________ Other Observations: _____________________________ ______________________________________________ #3 What do you see?_______________________________ _____________________________________________ Differences: ___________________________________ _____________________________________________ Similarities: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________ Other Observations: _____________________________ ______________________________________________ #4 What do you see?_______________________________ _____________________________________________ Differences: ___________________________________ _____________________________________________ Similarities: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________ Other Observations: _____________________________ ______________________________________________ #5 What do you see?_______________________________ _____________________________________________ Differences: ___________________________________ _____________________________________________ Similarities: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________ Other Observations: _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Abbotsford Then and Now Name: Example #1 What do you see? The Gur Sikh Temple. It located on South Fraser Way, next to Red Robin. It was opened in 1911 and was built by the first Sikh pioneers that came to the Abbotsford in 1905. Differences: blue stairs, the sign name is different, the arch over the stairway, there is a pole in the front of the old picture. Similarities: Same shape, two windows at the top, the sign is in the same place, the roof looks similar. Other Observations: This building has stayed mostly the same throughout the years. Exploring Stó:lō Territory Name: _______________ 1. How many reserves surround Abbotsford? __________________________________________________________ 2. How many reserves are there in total? __________________________________________________________ 3. Which resource is most common in the Fraser River? __________________________________________________________ 4. What are three animals that can be found near Harrison Lake? __________________________________________________________ 5. What are two animals we can find in Abbotsford? __________________________________________________________ 6. Which resource is most common near the Indian Arm reserve? __________________________________________________________ 7. Question: ______________________________________________ Answer: __________________________________________________ 8. Question: ______________________________________________ Answer: __________________________________________________ Abbotsford Scavenger Hunt Name: _______________ 1. Where is Abbotsford located? ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. What surrounds Abbotsford? (North, East, South, West) ___________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the population of Abbotsford? _________________________________ 4. Which mountains can be seen from Abbotsford? _________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. How did Abbotsford’s colonial development begin? _______________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. What was the first transportation route to link the Fraser Valley? ___________________________________________________________________ 7. What did the new settlement produce? ________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. How did Abbotsford get its name? _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. What was the greatest natural disaster to hit Abbotsford? __________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. What important event raised the population of Abbotsford significantly? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Located in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. 2. The municipality's southern boundary is the Canada–United States border, across which is Sumas, Washington. In Canada, it is bordered by the Township of Langley to the west, the Fraser River and the District of Mission to the north, and the City of Chilliwack to the east. 3. 141,397 people 4. Mt. Baker, the coast mountains 5. Abbotsford's colonial development began when the Royal Engineers surveyed the area in response to the gold rush along the Fraser River in 1858. 6. Yale Road 7. Butter, milk and tobacco 8. Maclure named the land "Abbotsford" after family friend Henry Braithwaite Abbott, the western superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway 9. A major flood of the Fraser River in 1948 10. The District of Abbotsford amalgamated with the District of Matsqui in 1995 to become the City of Abbotsford, raising the population significantly. Forestry Name: ___________ KNOW ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ WONDER ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ LEARNED ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Sumas Lake Humans have lived in the Sumas area for at least 10,000 years. Many today are unaware, however, that as they drive between Abbotsford and Chilliwack down Highway 1, they are travelling along the bottom of a recently drained lake. Sumas Lake filled the area between Sumas Mountain and Vedder Mountain. It was fed by the Sumas River and sometimes by the Chilliwack River, and its size varied throughout the year. The lake has been the home of the Sumas First Nations people, much before the European settlers came. At least three Sumas villages were located around the lake, and a fourth was built on platforms in the lake itself to provide refuge from mosquitos. The primary village, Quqwe’uk (Kilgard) was built on high ground overlooking the lake. Summer flood levels did not reach the village, so people in the area could wait out the floods there. Before the lake was drained, it provided many resources, including salmon, sturgeon, waterfowl, elk, and deer. The Stó:lō encouraged and maintained berry picking and root harvesting areas around the lake too. They also trapped sturgeon. Meanwhile, many European settlers thought the lake created a dangerous environment. The damp, murky environments were seen as homes of rats and disease. They thought it would be better to turn the lake into farm land. The settlers were bothered by mosquitos, which forced people to wear many layers of clothing, wrap newspapers around their ankles, hold gauze over their faces, and light smudge fires near the door. The lake also caused many floods which destroyed crops and homes. Farmers saw the bottom of the lake as potential farmland wasted. With the lake annoying so many different groups of people, they planned to drain the lake. The only recorded opposing viewpoint was from Sumas Chief Ned, who said “I am against it because that will mean more starvation for us.” The fears and annoyances of many of the settlers were not shared by members of the Sumas First Nation. They dealt with the mosquitos by taking trips to a village on stilts built in the middle of the lake. The Stó:lō knew that mosquitoes rarely fly long distances over water, and viewed Sumas Lake more as a safe place from mosquitos. The Stó:lō used the lake as a source of fish, waterfowl, and other game, rather than viewing it as a waste of potential farmland. The drainage of Sumas Lake in the 1920s, then, was more in the interests of the settler community than it was in the interests of the Sumas. The results of the drainage were not very good. The Sumas had their territory made even smaller than it had already been by the creation of reserves. The Stó:lō people were given $7 an acre at a time when the asking price for an acre of lake-bottom was actually $200. The Sumas Drainage Project Name: ______________ ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________