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Burnaby Blues Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95951
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the bassist for the band Twisters on stage during a performance as part of the Burnaby Blues Festival.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1721
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the bassist for the band Twisters on stage during a performance as part of the Burnaby Blues Festival.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Flanagan, Colleen
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "The bass player for the Twisters belts it out on stage during the Burnaby Blues Festival at Deer Lake Saturday afternoon."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Blues Festival, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1721.jpg)
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Burnaby Rhododendron Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96650
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jeanne Mitchell, an organizer with the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, observing a rhododendron bloom.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2272
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jeanne Mitchell, an organizer with the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, observing a rhododendron bloom.
- Subjects
- Plants - Flowers
- Events - Festivals
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Jeanne Mitchell, one of the original organizers of Burnaby's Rhododendron Festival, checks out this year's crop of blossoms, which have burst forth just in time for Sunday's showcase."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2272.jpg)
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Discovery Days
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95784
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from festivities at Burnaby's Discovery Days festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs show festival attendees participating in a giant inflatable maze and an obstacle course, watching live entertainment, and other arts and crafts activities. Photographs also show entertainm…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1616
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from festivities at Burnaby's Discovery Days festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs show festival attendees participating in a giant inflatable maze and an obstacle course, watching live entertainment, and other arts and crafts activities. Photographs also show entertainment including Japanese Taiko drummers, a pottery demonstration, and square dancers. One photograph also shows a group of young people taking part in the Night of 2000 Lights parade despite the rain.
- Subjects
- Events - Festivals
- Events - Parades
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1616-1: "Intermittent showers didn't discourage the crowds from enjoying the live entertainment on stage."
- 535-1616-2: "The Japanese Taiko drummers are a rousing opening act on the entertainment stage."
- 535-1616-3: "Gayle Gibson keeps her eyes on the beanbags as she tries to learn how to juggle."
- 535-1616-4: "Drake, the three year-old iguana, takes in the Discovery Day festivities from the shoulder of her owner, Amanda Fenrick."
- 535-1616-5: "The hat making workshops just weren't for the kids."
- 535-1616-6: "Olivia Jean Dixon, 7, prepares her painting board in the Chevron activity tent."
- 535-1616-7: "Jeff Reich, a visiting artist from one of Burnaby's sister cities, Mesa, Arizona, demonstrates his technique on the potter's wheel."
- 535-1616-9: "The Wesburn Wranglers show off their square dancing moves."
- 535-1616-10: "Local boy scouts set up a Survivor-like obstacle course."
- 535-1616-11: "Even the heavy showers couldn't extinguish the enthusiasm of the torch and lantern parade at the Night of 2000 Lights."
- 535-1616-12: "A giant inflatable maze provides all kinds of mysteries and surprises."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Discovery Days, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1616-7.jpg)
![Discovery Days, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2594-1.jpg?width=280)
Discovery Days
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97066
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of attendees and performers at the annual Discovery Days Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict: Amanda Fenrick with her iguana; Michele Christen performing as a butterfly; Mary-anne Meyer outlining her son, Nicholas Larson, with chalk on a sidewalk; and Kaj Mogens…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2594
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of attendees and performers at the annual Discovery Days Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict: Amanda Fenrick with her iguana; Michele Christen performing as a butterfly; Mary-anne Meyer outlining her son, Nicholas Larson, with chalk on a sidewalk; and Kaj Mogensen, of the Burnaby Association of Marine Modellers, with a model of the training ship Copenhagen.
- Subjects
- Events - Festivals
- Events
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2594-1: "Amanda Fenrick has a close encounter with her pet common green iguana, Bubbles, at Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2594-2: "Michele Christen gets a butterfly's view of Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2594-3: "Mary-anne Meyer chalks the outline of her son, Nicholas Larson, 2, at Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2594-4: "Kaj Mogensen, of the Burnaby Association of Marine Modellers, adjusts the rigging on his 1:100 scale model of the Copenhagen, a training ship built in 1922, and lost at sea in the South Pacific in 1928. The model was on display at Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Discovery Days, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2594-1.jpg)
![Discovery Days, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3392-1.jpg?width=280)
Discovery Days
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98382
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the annual Discovery Days festival in Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict children and adults enjoying the many events (including giant bubbles, a bike rodeo, flying a kite, painting, pottery) and performers, including a juggler.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3392
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the annual Discovery Days festival in Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict children and adults enjoying the many events (including giant bubbles, a bike rodeo, flying a kite, painting, pottery) and performers, including a juggler.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-1: "Young cyclists learn road safety under the watchful eye of instructor Martin Prestage, at the bike rodeo."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-2: "Luiu Wang, 11, appears about to be swallowed by a giant soap bubble."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-3: "Aaron Ko, 11, gets instruction on the pottery wheel from Barbara Toohey."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-4: "Pete Greenaway, the president of the South Burnaby Garden Club, admires the dahlias he grew at the allotment gardens."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-5: "A juggler keeps his eyes on the flaming torches, one of the roving enterainment acts at Burnaby's Discovery Days."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-6: "David Leung takes a kite he built out for a test flight."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-7: "All the activity at Burnaby's Discovery Day gets to be too much for one participant, who finds a shady spot to grab a nap."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3392-8: "Sylvan Hamburger, 7, gets ready to add to the artistic creations at the Painting Pandemonium tent."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Discovery Days, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3392-1.jpg)
![Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
![Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_001.jpg)
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3![Julien Mafatow with Blues Festival program, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2580.jpg?width=280)
Julien Mafatow with Blues Festival program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97052
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Julien Mafatow, a volunteer for the Burnaby Blues Festival, laying on a picnic table by Deer Lake and reviewing the program for the upcoming Festival.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2580
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Julien Mafatow, a volunteer for the Burnaby Blues Festival, laying on a picnic table by Deer Lake and reviewing the program for the upcoming Festival.
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Events - Festivals
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Julien Mafatow, who will be volunteering for the second year at the Deer Lake Blues Festival, checks out the lineup at the park's natural concert bowl. He says he's been a fan of the Blues for 30 years."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Julien Mafatow with Blues Festival program, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2580.jpg)
![Rhododendron Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2348-1.jpg?width=280)
Rhododendron Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96749
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict an unidentified person in a raincoat admiring the blossoms of a pink rhododendron and Xiurong Fan taking a close-up photograph of another rhododendron.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2348
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict an unidentified person in a raincoat admiring the blossoms of a pink rhododendron and Xiurong Fan taking a close-up photograph of another rhododendron.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2348-1: "Cool temperatures and intermittent showers aren't enough to keep rhododendron lovers from admiring their favorite flower at Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday.
- Caption from metadata for 535-2348-2: "Xiurong Fan moves in for a closeup of some of the rhododendron blooms at Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Rhododendron Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2348-1.jpg)