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Transportation Committee

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 13, 1979
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 22.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Transportation Committee headed by Alderman Brian Gunn (beard) with Anthony Parr (far left) at a public hearing to discuss their "Draft Conceptual Transport Plan", including the draft proposals of the Kensington Overpass and its alternate plan, the Burlington Northern Railway over…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 13, 1979
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 22.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-317
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Transportation Committee headed by Alderman Brian Gunn (beard) with Anthony Parr (far left) at a public hearing to discuss their "Draft Conceptual Transport Plan", including the draft proposals of the Kensington Overpass and its alternate plan, the Burlington Northern Railway overpass. This was the second meeting in the series of three meetings, and was held at Burnaby North Secondary School.
Subjects
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Names
Gunn, Brian M.
Parr, Anthony L.
Burnaby North High School
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Battistoni, Peter
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Transportation committee...thin thread of votes"
Geographic Access
Hammarskjold Drive
Street Address
751 Hammarskjold Drive
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
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Man and a dog standing by a bus stop

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man standing at a bus stop for the 33, 35, and 160 buses. He has a small dog zipped up into his coat.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1437
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man standing at a bus stop for the 33, 35, and 160 buses. He has a small dog zipped up into his coat.
Subjects
Animals - Dogs
Transportation - Buses
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Battistoni, Peter
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / page 1 / Burnaby Today"
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Burnaby family fonds

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1858-1863
Collection/Fonds
Robert Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
5 cm. of textual records.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1858-1863
Collection/Fonds
Robert Burnaby fonds
Physical Description
5 cm. of textual records.
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2009-06 2017-55
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858-1863."
History
Robert Burnaby was a commission merchant and legislator, born on November 30, 1828, at Woodthorpe, Leicestershire, England, as the fourth son of the Reverend Thomas Burnaby and Sarah Meares. Robert Burnaby came to British Columbia at the end of 1858 as an experienced civil servant from Her Majesty’s Customs Office in London, and with a personal introduction to Governor James Douglas from Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Burnaby’s first year on the Pacific coast was a busy one: he spent a short time as private secretary to Richard Clement Moody, commander of the Royal Engineers at New Westminster; he explored for coal with Walter Moberly at Burrard Inlet; and he made a short visit to San Francisco. During this year, he also founded the firm of Henderson and Burnaby, commission merchants, in partnership with Edward Henderson, an old school friend from Christ’s Hospital and a man of means, who managed the London office. This type of business was precarious since the distance from sources of supply and risks in transportation encouraged overtrading and excessive speculation. The death of Henderson in 1865 and the general economic depression in Vancouver Island and British Columbia brought the firm to an end – a failure caused in part apparently by unwise investment in real estate. Burnaby then embarked upon a real estate and insurance business of his own. The exigencies of a mercantile career seem to have overwhelmed this man who, by upbringing and training, was more suited to a position in government service. Robert Burnaby was intensely interested in the welfare of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and did all in his power to promote stable economic conditions. Before the end of his second year in Victoria, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island for the districts of Esquimalt and Metchosin, and he served his constituents well for five years. He was one of the founders of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. During an 1866 visit to London on private business, he attended a meeting of prominent Victoria merchants and officials who strongly favoured the union of the two colonies and other measures for developing and improving their economic prospects. This group carried its resolutions to the secretary of state for the colonies. Burnaby was an active freemason and helped found the First Victoria Lodge in 1860. Among his recreational pursuits was a love of drama, and in 1863, he served as president of Victoria’s Amateur Dramatic Association. Burnaby numbered among his intimate friends Colonel Moody, Arthur Thomas Bushby, Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, Edward Graham Alston, and Thomas Elwyn. In 1869, severe ill health caused Burnaby’s retirement and, five years later, his return to England. Friends arranged for him to travel in the Hudson’s Bay Company bark Lady Lampson; they later presented her captain, James Gaudin, with a generous purse in gratitude for the attention he had paid the ailing Burnaby during the voyage. Early in 1878, news reached Victoria that this “prominent and much respected merchant” had died. An honest, conscientious man of spirit, a clear-headed thinker, a “power” in his masonic lodge, a lucid speaker, full of fun, and clever, Burnaby has been fittingly commemorated in a number of place names in British Columbia including a lake, a strait, an island, a municipality, two mountain ranges, and finally Burnaby Mountain, the seat of Simon Fraser University. Burnaby died a bachelor on January 10, 1878, at Woodthorpe. - This information has been adapted from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
Media Type
Textual Record
Creator
Burnaby, Robert
Notes
Title based on creator of fonds.
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Gordon Gibb at public hearing

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45421
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 13, 1979
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sperling Area Residents' Association President Gordon Gibb standing at the microphone, while panel faces him at a public hearing put on by the Transportation Committee to discuss their "Draft Conceptual Transport Plan". This photograph was taken as Gordon Gibb was denying charges mad…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 13, 1979
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 23 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-316
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sperling Area Residents' Association President Gordon Gibb standing at the microphone, while panel faces him at a public hearing put on by the Transportation Committee to discuss their "Draft Conceptual Transport Plan". This photograph was taken as Gordon Gibb was denying charges made by president of the Kensington Homeowners Association Pat Serne regarding the Burlington Northern Railway overpass. This was the second meeting in the series of three meetings, and was held at Burnaby North Secondary School.
Subjects
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Names
Gibb, Gordon
Serne, Pat
Kensington Homeowners' Association
Sperling Area Residents' Association
Burnaby North High School
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Battistoni, Peter
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SARA spokesman Gordon Gibb at floor microphone denying Serne's charges."
Geographic Access
Hammarskjold Drive
Street Address
751 Hammarskjold Drive
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
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