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Notice of Name Change of British Columbia Gas Company to British Columbia Power and Gas Co. Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67551
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
59785
Meeting Date
27-Jun-1927
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
59785
Meeting Date
27-Jun-1927
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Interview with Alfred Bingham June 10, 1975 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory63
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1928-1929
Length
0:09:46
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment just as the Depression hit. Alfred tells antecdotes, both amusing and disturbing, about working at a ranch out in Coquitlam.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment just as the Depression hit. Alfred tells antecdotes, both amusing and disturbing, about working at a ranch out in Coquitlam.
Date Range
1928-1929
Photo Info
Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066
Length
0:09:46
Subjects
Occupations
Historic Neighbourhood
British Columbia - Coquitlam
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
June 10, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with Alfred Bingham by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 10, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, Pioneers, and the Co-operative Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
1:57:27
Interviewee Name
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track six of interview with Alfred Bingham

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Agreement between His Majesty the King in the Right of the Province of British Columbia and the Corporation of the District of Burnaby re Allotment Under the Better Housing Act

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport70938
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
735290
Meeting Date
12-Apr-1920
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
735290
Meeting Date
12-Apr-1920
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Agreement between the Province of British Columbia and the Corporation of the District of Burnaby for the Loan of Funds to Cover the Municipal Portion of Unemployment Relief Costs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55661
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
72032
Meeting Date
23-Oct-1935
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
72032
Meeting Date
23-Oct-1935
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Agreement Concerning the Policing of the Municipality - Replacement of Burnaby Police Force by the British Columbia Provincial Police

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55390
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
71501
Meeting Date
20-Mar-1935
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
71501
Meeting Date
20-Mar-1935
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65748
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 17.5 x 24.5 cm [sight] matted in frame 24.5 x 32 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ettinger family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 17.5 x 24.5 cm [sight] matted in frame 24.5 x 32 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
428-007
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2002-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.
Subjects
Structures - Bridges
Geographic Features - Canyons
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Edmonds Studio
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of frame reads: "Spuzzum Bridge / Fraser Canyon"
Note on recto of matte reads: "Edmonds Studio 1936"
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Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85920
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ettinger family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
428-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2002-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.
Subjects
Structures - Bridges
Geographic Features - Canyons
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: "Alexander [sic] Bridge / 1933"
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British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65842
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 booklet
Scope and Content
Item is a thirty-nine page booklet describing and illustrating British Columbia Electric Railway Company operations and development in the Lower Mainland between 1910 and 1923.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ephemera subseries
Physical Description
1 booklet
Description Level
Item
Record No.
42697
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Item is a thirty-nine page booklet describing and illustrating British Columbia Electric Railway Company operations and development in the Lower Mainland between 1910 and 1923.
Media Type
Textual Record
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British Columbia Electric Railway Company line car

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35515
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the L.6BCER, a British Columbia Electric Railway line car, used to repair overhead power lines along interurban tracks. Photographed near Jubilee Station, between Imperial and Nelson.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-373
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the L.6BCER, a British Columbia Electric Railway line car, used to repair overhead power lines along interurban tracks. Photographed near Jubilee Station, between Imperial and Nelson.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Maintenance Tools and Equipment
Occupations - Railroad Labourers
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Central Park Interurban line
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Early History of the British Columbia Electric Power System

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65650
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 20, 1936 (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 programme (photocopied)
Scope and Content
Item is a photocopy of a booklet entitled "Early History of The British Columbia Electric Power System in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia" an address given by A. Vilstrup, Chief Electrical Engineer, British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd, before the Vancouver Section of the American Insti…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 20, 1936 (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Brian Elder subseries
Physical Description
1 programme (photocopied)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
42579
Accession Number
BHS1996-23
Scope and Content
Item is a photocopy of a booklet entitled "Early History of The British Columbia Electric Power System in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia" an address given by A. Vilstrup, Chief Electrical Engineer, British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd, before the Vancouver Section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Continuation of title: "...in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia"
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Good Roads Legaue of British Columbia Membership Fee

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62406
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
55118
Meeting Date
17-Aug-1931
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
55118
Meeting Date
17-Aug-1931
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Grant Reduction to University of British Columbia

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62870
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
55332
Meeting Date
15-Feb-1932
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
55332
Meeting Date
15-Feb-1932
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Ltd. - June 24th

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55534
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
71854
Meeting Date
26-Jun-1935
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
71854
Meeting Date
26-Jun-1935
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Lease of Central Park between His Majesty the King in the Right of the Province of British Columbia and Corporation of the District of Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport68875
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
59814
Meeting Date
19-Jun-1922
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
59814
Meeting Date
19-Jun-1922
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Referral re Signs at Great Northern Railway and British Columbia Electric Railway Crossing on Sperling Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67581
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
59908
Meeting Date
4-Jul-1927
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
59908
Meeting Date
4-Jul-1927
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Union of British Columbia Municipalities

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription755
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1924
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
4 folders textual records
Scope and Content
File contains Union of B.C. Municipalities Constitution (1910 Amendment), correspondence regarding UBCM conventions and issues, Burnaby delegates reports, meeting minutes, brochures from UBCM conventions, and booklets of resolutions (1917, 1918).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1924
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
4 folders textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
2495
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains Union of B.C. Municipalities Constitution (1910 Amendment), correspondence regarding UBCM conventions and issues, Burnaby delegates reports, meeting minutes, brochures from UBCM conventions, and booklets of resolutions (1917, 1918).
Media Type
Textual Record
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Alta Vista Baptist Church Sunday School class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35611
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Alta Vista Baptist Church Sunday school class at the Jubilee Interurban train Station, on the way to a Picnic at Second Beach. Included in the photograph are, from left; Pearl Christian, Joy [last name unknown], Phyllis Smith, Ivy Smith, Dorothy Douglas, Grace Harrison,…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-469
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Alta Vista Baptist Church Sunday school class at the Jubilee Interurban train Station, on the way to a Picnic at Second Beach. Included in the photograph are, from left; Pearl Christian, Joy [last name unknown], Phyllis Smith, Ivy Smith, Dorothy Douglas, Grace Harrison, [unidentified]. Mrs. Nellie Davis [not pictured] taught this class.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations
Names
Alta Vista Baptist Church
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Christian, Pearl
Smith, Phyllis
Smith, Ivy
Douglas, Dorothy
Harrison, Grace
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Central Park Interurban line
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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BC School Trustees Association

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36610
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1931]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the members of the British Columbia School Trustees Association meeting for their 26th Annual Convention at a courthouse in Vernon. They are standing on the courthouse steps. The Dickson family is standing in the front row on the far left and Harper is standing beside them. The Britis…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1931]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
J.P. Dickson subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
308-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-51
Scope and Content
Photograph of the members of the British Columbia School Trustees Association meeting for their 26th Annual Convention at a courthouse in Vernon. They are standing on the courthouse steps. The Dickson family is standing in the front row on the far left and Harper is standing beside them. The British Columbia School Trustees Association was founded in 1905 when 20 school trustees representing eight school boards met at the Vancouver School Board office to discuss common problems and ways to improve public education.
Subjects
Organizations
Names
British Columbia School Trustees Association
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Continuation of title: "26th Annual Convention"
Photographer's stamp on recto of mat reads: "Ribelin/ Vernon/ & Kelowna, B.C."
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B.C. Sugar Refinery Truck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38271
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied ca. 1970
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a driver seated in a B.C. Sugar Refinery delivery truck. The driver and the location are unknown.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied ca. 1970
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
378-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a driver seated in a B.C. Sugar Refinery delivery truck. The driver and the location are unknown.
Subjects
Transportation - Trucks
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Names
British Columbia Sugar Refining Company Limited
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Burnaby Lake Interurban

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37174
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[before 1954]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Burnaby Lake Interurban in the snow. The house in the background is 2231 Fareham Street, a short street that ran behind Elwell and the tram tracks about midway between the Cumberland Road and Hill Street Stations. This rail line route is now the route of Highway 1 through Burnaby.…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[before 1954]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
328-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1996-14
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Burnaby Lake Interurban in the snow. The house in the background is 2231 Fareham Street, a short street that ran behind Elwell and the tram tracks about midway between the Cumberland Road and Hill Street Stations. This rail line route is now the route of Highway 1 through Burnaby. The uppermost window in the house was the donor's bedroom.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Fareham Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
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