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Clearing Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in wor…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in work clothes as well. There is fenced land to the right of the photograph, and electric power poles and trees line both sides of the road. The accession register and inscription on the photograph identify this as Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Working on Douglas Road on hill above Burnaby Lake. No Date."
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- HV977.99.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-11
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
BC Electric Railway Company - Construction of Spur Line on Edmonds Street Block 3 DL 28
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76589
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82428
- Meeting Date
- 13-Aug-1909
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82428
- Meeting Date
- 13-Aug-1909
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Brick Houses under Construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64653
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 514-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Challoner-Courtenay, E.J.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Brick Houses under Construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64654
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 514-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Construction Tools and Equipment
- Occupations - Labourers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Challoner-Courtenay, E.J.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Broadview under construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39555
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.3 x 7.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the building of Broadview, the home belonging to Claude Hill on Buckingham Avenue. Shown here under construction, Broadview was finished around 1907 and was the second home for the Hill family in the Burnaby Lake area. The first, Brookfield, was on Deer Lake Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.3 x 7.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-874
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the building of Broadview, the home belonging to Claude Hill on Buckingham Avenue. Shown here under construction, Broadview was finished around 1907 and was the second home for the Hill family in the Burnaby Lake area. The first, Brookfield, was on Deer Lake Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Complaint re Fence Construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport75715
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82057
- Meeting Date
- 31-Oct-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82057
- Meeting Date
- 31-Oct-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Construction of ditch from Deer Lake across Pole Line Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport77608
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77207
- Meeting Date
- 4-Aug-1906
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77207
- Meeting Date
- 4-Aug-1906
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Construction of North Arm Road- Call for Tenders
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76665
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82436
- Meeting Date
- 16-Nov-1901
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82436
- Meeting Date
- 16-Nov-1901
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Contract for J.Osborne for Construction of Bridge on Cariboo Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport77966
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82853
- Meeting Date
- 10-Oct-1903
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82853
- Meeting Date
- 10-Oct-1903
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Councillor Rumble in favour of construction of roadway to the centre of DL 82 re Road Lot 82
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78551
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89454
- Meeting Date
- 3-Aug-1907
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89454
- Meeting Date
- 3-Aug-1907
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Great Northern Railway construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38849
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a work crew working on the Great Northern Railway line that ran along the north shore of Burnaby Lake. The line was built ca. 1904.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-168
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a work crew working on the Great Northern Railway line that ran along the north shore of Burnaby Lake. The line was built ca. 1904.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Railroad Labourers
- Construction - Railroad Construction
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Letter from R.L Greens behalf of several intending settlers who have recently acquired property in the new Government allotments at Central Park seeking construction of a road to their holdings.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79343
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89344
- Meeting Date
- 19-Oct-1901
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89344
- Meeting Date
- 19-Oct-1901
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Mr. H.A. Eastman was permitted to address the Council and applied on behafl of the purchasers of the Foord property for construction of road throught Lots 10 & 14
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79065
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89106
- Meeting Date
- 19-Nov-1900
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89106
- Meeting Date
- 19-Nov-1900
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Plan for Construction Road Lot 118 and 69, Block 1 DL 99
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport74922
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81443
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81443
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Reeve of Chilliwack requesting the Council's endorsement of a petition for the Construction of the Coast Kootenay Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78995
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89072
- Meeting Date
- 4-Aug-1900
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 89072
- Meeting Date
- 4-Aug-1900
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Sprott farm under construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3760
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900] (date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Dovecote" or the Sprott family farm under construction. There is a white fence running along the side of a footpath and a wooden building with scaffolding in the foreground. There is wood piled high beside a small wooden structure to the left of the photograph. Note the thick wo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Dovecote" or the Sprott family farm under construction. There is a white fence running along the side of a footpath and a wooden building with scaffolding in the foreground. There is wood piled high beside a small wooden structure to the left of the photograph. Note the thick wooded region behind the farm property.
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1900] (date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Suggested new route for Power House Road be adopted. Tenders be called for and construction of the same according to specificaion to be drawn up by Councillor Byrne.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76971
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 75459
- Meeting Date
- 22-Dec-1905
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 75459
- Meeting Date
- 22-Dec-1905
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Tender for Construction of Nicholson Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport74920
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81441
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81441
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Tender of Davies and Rawnsley for Construction of Booth Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport75952
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82219
- Meeting Date
- 2-Feb-1909
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82219
- Meeting Date
- 2-Feb-1909
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Tender of Mr. Mussell for Construction of Roads on Lot 99
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport77320
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82631
- Meeting Date
- 20-Sep-1902
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 82631
- Meeting Date
- 20-Sep-1902
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds