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Central Park Entrance Gate

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark544

Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Central Park Entrance Gate is the ceremonial entrance to Burnaby’s historic Central Park from Kingsway, and consists of two massive stone pillars, approximately 7.5 metres high and 1.8 metres square, adjacent gate posts and a low flanking stone wall that curves into the park to the east.

Associated Dates: 1913

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Associated Dates: 1913

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date: 23/11/1992

Description: The Central Park Entrance Gate is the ceremonial entrance to Burnaby’s historic Central Park from Kingsway, and consists of two massive stone pillars, approximately 7.5 metres high and 1.8 metres square, adjacent gate posts and a low flanking stone wall that curves into the park to the east.

Heritage Value: The Central Park Entrance Gate is significant as a ceremonial entry to a major park, for its connection with the early history of the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) and as an important design by an accomplished British Columbian architect. When the original interurban line between Vancouver and New Westminster was constructed in 1891, one of the first stations was located where the tramway crossed the Vancouver-Westminster Road (now Kingsway) within the newly-created Central Park. The interurban line ran through the park on a diagonal right-of-way (the current SkyTrain line, opened in 1986, follows this original alignment). In 1912 an agreement was reached between the successor interurban company, the BCER, and the Central Park Provincial Park Board, to deed additional land for an expanded right-of-way through the Park in exchange for improvements that included the construction of an ornamental stone wall and gate with an iron arch, with an illuminated 'Central Park' sign, adjacent to the interurban station on Kingsway. This was an early and rare example of an electric sign used for a public recreation facility. The Gate is also significant as a surviving early design by Robert Lyon (1879-1963), an Edinburgh-born and trained immigrant who was one of the most accomplished of British Columbia's early architects. After he moved to Vancouver, he was employed by the BCER from 1911 until 1918, and worked on a broad range of projects including some of the grandest and most innovative local industrial structures of the time. The arch was built by the Westminster Ironworks Company, one of the leading firms of its kind in Western Canada, operated by John Reid of New Westminster. The Gate was completed in 1914; in 1968 the decorative ironwork was removed due to corrosion and placed in storage.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Central Park Entrance Gate include its: - two subtly tapered massive stone pillars, which rise in stages from a larger base to a shaft with random coursed multi-coloured granite with roughly formed grey granite quoins, to a top formed of finely finished grey granite blocks with a coved and bracketed cap - adjacent gate posts with monolithic pyramidal granite caps - low flanking stone wall that curves into the park to the east, constructed of random coursed multi-coloured granite with a river rock triangular cap

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Organization: British Columbia Electric Railway; Central Park Provincial Park Board

Architect: Robert Lyon

Builder: John Reid; Westminster Iron Works Co.

Function: Primary Current--Park Fixture; Primary Historic--Park Fixture

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D. No. 017-767-172 Legal Description: Block B of Lot 2 Except Firstly: Part on Plan 8669 and Secondly: Part on Plan LMP4689 District Lot 151, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 3443

Boundaries: The property (Central Park) is a municipally-owned park that lies at the western edge of Burnaby, between 49th Avenue to the south, Kingsway to the north, Boundary Road to the west and Patterson Avenue to the east.

Area: 853,403.82

Contributing Resource: Structure; Landscape Feature

Ownership: Public (local)

Names: Lyon, Robert; Reid, John; Westminster Iron Works Company; British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Central Park Provincial Park Board

Subjects: Structures - Fences

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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View of Central Park Entrance Gate and Kingsway, 1921 (Oblique view from northeast. Historic Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8680

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLA…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scales [1:1200] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN.". Key Plan "B" covers plans: 1505; 1506; 1512 to 1516; 1540 to 1544; 1550 to 1557 and District Lots: 129 to 132; 135 to 138; 205 to 208 and 215 to 218. Key Plan "A" covers plans: 1501 to 1504; 1507 to 1511; 1517 to 1525; 1531 to 1539; 1545 to 1550 and District Lots: 116 to 127 and 186 to 189. Plan "1806" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lot 153. Plan "1807" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 99,149 and 152.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood); Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Sperling-Broadway Area; Lochdale Area; Parkcrest-Aubrey Area; Westridge Area; Willingdon Heights Area; Capitol Hill Area; Maywood Area; Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; Scales are measured 1 inch = 100 feet and 1 inch = 500 feet; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8681

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints, ms. annotations in blue ink ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1507" and plan "1517" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plan "1507" covers District Lot 186 and plan "1…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints, ms. annotations in blue ink ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1507" and plan "1517" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plan "1507" covers District Lot 186 and plan "1517" covers District Lot 116. Plan "1804" and plan "1805" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plans "1804" and "1805" cover District Lot 153.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area; Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 100 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV, Volume XVI, Volume XVII, Volume XVIII

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8685

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans 1623 to 1651 and District Lots: 1 and 2; 4; 6; 8; 10 to 14; 25; 27; 40; 56 to 58; 88 and 89. Plan "1738" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 34 and 35. Key plan "G" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1801 to 1813; 1823; 1824; 1833 to 1838; 1841 to 1853 and District Lots: 32; 93; 94; 97 to 99; 149; 150; 152; 155 to 159; 161 to 164.