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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
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Participants of Lion Dance fundraiser

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3181
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
March 1938
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of people who were involved in the Lion Dance to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers which took place in Victoria, British Columbia on March 5th and 6th, 1938. The group has gathered in front of a Chinese Public School. A number of women wear bands across their chests that read, "MEDIC…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Material Details
Chinese characters have been added to the surface of the photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of people who were involved in the Lion Dance to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers which took place in Victoria, British Columbia on March 5th and 6th, 1938. The group has gathered in front of a Chinese Public School. A number of women wear bands across their chests that read, "MEDICAL AID FOR WAR REFUGEES" and a number of men are wearing the lion costume pants.
Subjects
Events - Fundraising
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Celebrations
Names
Chinese Public School
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
BV985.5331.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
March 1938
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-01-23
Photographer
Gibson, Wilfred
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Photographer's handwriting on recto of photograph reads: "The Lion Dance, to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers/ Victoria B.C. March 5th + 6th 1938 / Gibson/ PHOTO"
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Queen Scout ceremony photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55152
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1961-1980
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
25 photographs : b&w ; 25 cm x 20 cm and smaller
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Queen Scout award ceremony and series of Scout troop group portraits.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1961-1980
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
25 photographs : b&w ; 25 cm x 20 cm and smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
631-034
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Queen Scout award ceremony and series of Scout troop group portraits.
Subjects
Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Gibson, Wilfred
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from envelope in which photographs were originally housed
Photographer's stamp on verso of all photographs in file: "Gibson's Studio Photographers 819 Broughton St. Victoria, B.C."
Note in blue ink on recto of 631-034-14 reads: "Reversed as for your [illegible] (new"). Note in blue ink on verso reads: "As you can see - everything is reversed. Whoever said the original prints were printed wrong are wrong themselves. Will Gilin" Note in pencil on verso reads: "Troop #3".
Note in blue ink on recto of 631-034-15 reads: "New one." Note in blue ink on verso reads: "As per your request this print is reversed. As you can see every-thing is backward. Will Gilin." Note in pencil on verso reads: "Troop #1".
Note in pencil on verso of 631-034-23 reads: "Scotish Jamoree 75-80?". Notes on verso in pencil and ink identify individuals in photograph: Fred Otte, Gary Otte, Roger Gallaway, Dennis Moore, Jan [illegible], Barkley Ellsworth, Louis MacKinnon, Nigel Tennesan, Ron Murdoch, Fred Smith, Craig Smith, JOhn Steeves, and Wayne Vogan.
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Swim team with trophy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38715
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1943]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of five young people in swimming outfits and three men in suits posing in front of a trophy. Robert C.K. Peers is standing on the far right, he was a member of the Oak Bay High Swim Team.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1943]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-034
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of five young people in swimming outfits and three men in suits posing in front of a trophy. Robert C.K. Peers is standing on the far right, he was a member of the Oak Bay High Swim Team.
Subjects
Sports - Swimming
Personal Symbols - Trophies
Sports - Team Sports
Names
Peers Family
Peers, Robert C.K.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Gibson, Wilfred
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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