Ocean View Burial Park - Landscape
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark629
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Associated Dates
- 1919
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1919
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Heritage Value
- Burnaby’s landmark Ocean View Burial Park was British Columbia’s first non-sectarian cemetery created as a for-profit business enterprise. Organized by a group of local investors headed by Lieut. Col. G.H. Dorrell, the Ocean View Cemetery Company offered a place for burials that was not owned or associated with a civic government, religious or fraternal organization. The cemetery’s design was the vision of Albert F. Arnold, an officer of the Canadian Financiers Trust Company, who was “...always depressed by the lack of beauty in so many places of internment and inevitable neglect that finally reduced them to long-grassed places of unhappy memories.” One local newspaper described the landscape of the cemetery: "The design includes ornamental trees and shrubs, beautiful flower beds and smooth winding walks and drives, with a total absence of the usual somewhat ostentatious reminders of the harvest garnered by the grim reaper."
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Architect
- Albert F. Arnold
- Area
- 359280.00
- Contributing Resource
- Landscape Feature
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
![Central Park Garage Opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-008.jpg?width=280)
Central Park Garage Opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55614
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men on stage in front of a microphone at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing to the right, but the others are unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men on stage in front of a microphone at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing to the right, but the others are unknown.
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Persons - Crowds
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Sound Communication Tools and Equipment - Microphones
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan Studios
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Central Park Garage Opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-008.jpg)
![Central Park Garage Opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-009.jpg?width=280)
Central Park Garage Opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55615
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing or seated around a table at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing second from the right, the others are unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing or seated around a table at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing second from the right, the others are unknown.
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan Studios
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Central Park Garage Opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-009.jpg)
![Charles MacSorley at the Central Park Garage Opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-010.jpg?width=280)
Charles MacSorley at the Central Park Garage Opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55616
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley reaching into a large ballot drum to draw a ticket in front of a crowd gathered at Burnaby's Central Park. Two men are standing on the stage with him; one is in a suit, the other is in a uniform.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley reaching into a large ballot drum to draw a ticket in front of a crowd gathered at Burnaby's Central Park. Two men are standing on the stage with him; one is in a suit, the other is in a uniform.
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan Studios
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "Station opening file"
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Charles MacSorley at the Central Park Garage Opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-010.jpg)
![Drawing a ticket at Central Park garage opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-007.jpg?width=280)
Drawing a ticket at Central Park garage opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55613
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley reaching into a large ballot drum to draw a ticket in front of a crowd gathered at Burnaby's Central Park. An unidentified man stands beside him, smiling at the crowd. A caption written on the bottom of the photograph reads: "Drawing a tickett [sic] at Central…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley reaching into a large ballot drum to draw a ticket in front of a crowd gathered at Burnaby's Central Park. An unidentified man stands beside him, smiling at the crowd. A caption written on the bottom of the photograph reads: "Drawing a tickett [sic] at Central Park garage opening."
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan Studios
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title based on caption
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Drawing a ticket at Central Park garage opening, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/486-007.jpg)