Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[2000]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level

File

Record No.

535-1685

Accession Number

2018-12

Physical Description

2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File contains photographs of Burnaby citizens concerned about industrial and big box retail development in the Big Bend area. One photograph shows Shawn Wade leaning against a fence next to a sign that reads "Western Garden Soil Mushroom Manure Bark Mulch." The other photograph shows Ed Leong holding soil in the fields at Leong's Nursery.

Photographer

Bartel, Mario

Subjects

Agriculture

Agriculture - Farms

Geographic Features - Fields

Notes

Title based on caption

Collected by editorial for use in a November 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Caption from metadata for 535-1685-1: "Shawn Wade is concerned the City of Burnaby's plans to allow big box retail development in the Big Bend area along Marine Way would threaten the unique agricultural flavor of the area, including nurseries, and the allotment gardens."

Caption from metadata for 535-1685-2: "Ed Leong, who's run Leong's Nursery since the 1960s, says industrial development in the Big Bend area has already destroyed his ability to grow crops like Chinese vegetables, green onions, lettuce and carrots, as water gets trapped in the already boggy soil by surrounding landfill."

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

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