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Heritage Value: The Burnaby Lake Line was constructed due to the advocacy of Burnaby residents and the Municipality of Burnaby to build the line. A petition was circulated by residents in 1907, and eventually substantial land bonuses were given to the company to induce them to build the line. Property owners in the area hoped the construction of the line would increase their land values. Construction of the 15-mile line was announced in 1909, and the line opened in 1911. The line travelled from Vancouver to New Westminister through central Burnaby.The last day of service was October 23, 1953. When the Trans Canada highway was constructed in the 1960s, it followed the right of way of the Burnaby Lake Line through Burnaby.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Central Park Tramline

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1891

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1891

Heritage Value: In the 1890s, local entrepreneurs launched electric railways in Vancouver, New Westminster, and Victoria, eager to cash in on the promise of future growth in the major cities of the time. In the Lower Mainland, two companies started building electric rail in 1890: the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., which undertook the ambitious project of building the first real interurban line from New Westminster to Vancouver, and the Westminster Street Railway, who eventually built streetcar service and installed electric lighting in New Westminster. By April 20, 1891, both companies merged to form the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. Local entrepreneurs Henry V. Edmonds, David Oppenheimer, Benjamin Douglas, and Samuel McIntosh, were the directors, all of whom had extensive real estate holdings in the area. Interurban service launched on June 3, 1891, travelling along 12 miles of track from New Westminster to eastern Vancouver, running through Burnaby – which was then an unincorporated area. Installing the single-track line from Vancouver to New Westminster through uneven, forested terrain was a mammoth undertaking. The clearing of the 100-foot right of way and laying the track called for a large work force, some of whom were Chinese "gandy dancers" who had worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway lines. The line was eventually taken over by the B.C. Electric Railway Company in 1897, who remained the owners until the line was finally closed on October 23, 1953 and replaced with the modern bus system. The construction of the SkyTrain along the old route in 1986 reintroduced passenger rail to this historic transportation corridor.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Joseph & Jane Wintemute House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Wintemute House is a large two-storey wood-frame Victorian era country farm house with Victorian Italianate detailing. Designed in a symmetrical Foursquare form, it features a low-pitched hipped roof with deep eaves. Later additions to the rear of the house, and the extensive wraparound veranda…

Associated Dates: 1891

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Burnett House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Burnett House

Geographic Access: Berkley Street

Associated Dates: 1891

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 6889

Enactment Date: 07/03/1977

Description: The Wintemute House is a large two-storey wood-frame Victorian era country farm house with Victorian Italianate detailing. Designed in a symmetrical Foursquare form, it features a low-pitched hipped roof with deep eaves. Later additions to the rear of the house, and the extensive wraparound verandah and porte-cochere, were Edwardian era additions. It is located on its original site, in the modern subdivision of Buckingham Heights in southeast Burnaby. The Burnett House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Burnaby.

Heritage Value: Built circa 1891, the Joseph and Jane Wintemute House is valued as a representation of the early history of Burnaby and its agricultural origins. Built prior to the civic incorporation of Burnaby in 1892, the house was situated to face Douglas Road (now Canada Way), one of the first roads built to connect the rural farmlands of Burnaby to New Westminster. The original large property has been extensively subdivided and the house is now isolated in a modern subdivision. Designated in 1977, the Wintemute House is also significant as Burnaby's first protected municipal heritage site. The house is valued for its association with Joseph S. Wintemute (1832-1911) and Jane Wintemute (1832-1910), who came to British Columbia from Port Stanley, Ontario in 1865, traveling via the Isthmus of Panama. Joseph Wintemute, a skilled carpenter and contractor by trade, operated the Wintemute Furniture Factory in New Westminster, the first furniture plant established on the mainland of British Columbia. In 1891, he acquired this property, where he set up a cord wood sawmill to supply his factory. Wintemute was likely responsible for the design and construction of this commodious structure, as it was built in an Eastern Canadian style he would have been familiar with. After the lands were cleared of timber, the Wintemutes developed the property into a typical small-scale 'market garden,’ involved in the production of vegetables and fruits, such as strawberries, for sale at the New Westminster City Market. The Wintemute House is additionally significant for its association with the speculative land boom that occurred prior to the First World War, and ongoing suburban subdivision. Charles Gordon, a real estate agent, acquired the Wintemute farm and subdivided the acreage, which he marketed through the People’s Trust Company as 'Montrelynview' and offered this house as a draw prize to lot purchasers. With the collapse of the land boom, the house remained in Gordon’s possession until 1929 when it was purchased by his brother-in-law, Geoffrey Burnett, a local surveyor responsible for many of the original land surveys of Burnaby. David Burnett, Geoffrey's son, requested designation of the house when the family decided to subdivide the remaining 1.4 hectares of property in 1977. Furthermore, the Wintemute House is valued as an excellent example of a Victorian era country farm house, based loosely on the traditional farmhouses seen commonly in nineteenth century Ontario. Designed in a vernacular version of the Victorian Italianate style, the house displays restrained detailing, including several original multi-paned windows notable for their vertical proportions. The house retains many original exterior features, and the original interior layout, although modernized during the Edwardian era, is substantially intact, including finely crafted maple and cedar interior millwork that was produced by the Wintemute Furniture Factory. From 1904 to 1910, Charles Gordon, the second owner, made a number of alterations to the house including the addition of the wrap-around verandah, a porte-cochere and a 7.6 metre by 9 metre billiard room in the Arts and Crafts style, beamed and panelled in Douglas Fir. These later additions and alterations have value in demonstrating the evolution of the house and property and changing tastes at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Wintemute House include its: - picturesque original setting with views to the North Shore - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its symmetrical cubic form and two-storey height, with later additions to the rear - Victorian Italianate architectural features such as the vertically-proportioned original windows with vestigial window hoods, low-pitched hipped roof and Classical Revival details such as the corner boards articulated as pilasters - hipped roof with deep boxed eaves - horizontal lapped narrow wooden siding - second storey balcony over front entry - wide wraparound columned verandah with porte-cochere, with square trimmed columns - irregular fenestration: original Victorian era double-hung 6-over-6 wood-sash windows with vertical proportions and segmental arched tops; Edwardian era double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows; and Edwardian era wooden-sash casement window assemblies with leaded transoms - central front entry with sidelights and transom - multi-paned French doors opening out to verandah - interior features such as its 3.7 metre ceiling height on the main and second floors; the coal grate fireplace with elaborate woodwork and glazed tile surround in the front parlour; five other fireplaces throughout the house; maple and cedar interior millwork; and the Douglas Fir panelled and beamed billiard room with hidden doors, seven-panelled doors, original light fixtures and mouldings - internal red brick chimneys with corbelled caps

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 003-297-152

Boundaries: The Wintemute House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 7640 Berkley Street, Burnaby.

Area: 1566.73

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Names: Wintemute, Joseph

Street Address: 7640 Berkley Street

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Exterior view, 2013.. Front elevation. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Joseph & Jane Wintemute House, circa 1908. (Side elevation. Exterior Photo). thumbnail

Hazel Peterson photographs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations

Scope and Content: File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life,…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations

Material Details: Some photographs remain in frames or paper covers.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 504-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life, including a trip to Hawaii in 1982. File includes studio portraits, cartes de visites, postcards, and some illustrations.

Subjects: Travel; Persons - Children

Names: Peterson, Hazel; Peterson, Edwin

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of file; Note on verso of 504-022 reads: "This was taken several years ago / Your niece / Hazel Petersen (at left)"; Note on verso of 504-027 reads: "Hazel Erickson Peterson"; Note on verso of 504-028 reads: "all of us except Ethel" and identifies the siblings in the photo; Note on verso of 504-029 reads: "not such a bad picture considering" and identifies the people in the photo.; Note on verso of 504-030 reads: "Agnus McDonald" and "Touch up outline of deer"; Note on envelope for 504-039:504-041 reads: "Hazel Petersen resided at Dania Home, Burnaby, for 20 years before her death shortly before her 100th birthday."

SnapShots album

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (118 photographs ; b&w and sepia) ; 18 x 29.5 cm

Scope and Content: Album contains photographs of Hazel Peterson and her family. Many appear to document a family trip to Alaska on a steam ship ca.1915.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: 1 album (118 photographs ; b&w and sepia) ; 18 x 29.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 504-047

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: Album contains photographs of Hazel Peterson and her family. Many appear to document a family trip to Alaska on a steam ship ca.1915.

Subjects: Travel; Transportation - Ships

Names: Peterson, Hazel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from cover of album

Excursions in northern British Columbia and Yukon Territory and along the North Pacific Coast : excursions C8 and C9; no.10

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Geological Survey of Canada; Canada. Department of Mines

Publication Date: 1913

Call Number: 557.1 GSC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV986.53.45

Call Number: 557.1 GSC

Author: Geological Survey of Canada; Canada. Department of Mines

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: Government Printing Bureau

Publication Date: 1913

Series: Guide book (Geological survey of Canada)

Physical Description: 179 p. : ill., maps (some folded) ; 20 cm.

Inscription: Stamped inside: "Kennco Library"

Library Subject (LOC): Geology--British Columbia; Geology--Yukon; British Columbia--Description and travel; Canada, Western--Description and travel; Yukon--Description and travel

Notes: "Excursions C8 and C9."; Six maps on folded leaves in pocket.; Includes bibliographies.

Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific Railway, the greatest transportation system in the world

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publication Date: 1914

Call Number: 917.1 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.148.3

Call Number: 917.1 CAN

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: [Canadian Pacific Railway]

Publication Date: 1914

Physical Description: 112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Inscription: "May 2nd 1914 _________ Frank ___ _ _ C.P.R." [handwritten in pencil on back cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Railroad travel--Canada--Guidebooks; Canada--Description and travel

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Notes: 11 p. of advertisements following p. 101

New Canadian geography : specially adapted for use in public and high schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1899

Call Number: 917.1 GAG

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.39.4

Call Number: 917.1 GAG

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Company, Limited

Publication Date: 1899

Series: W. J. Gage & Co.'s Educational Series

Physical Description: viii ; 227, 14 p. : ill., maps (some col.) : 20 cm.

Inscription: "Willie Fysh Petrolia. Oct 26th/11. Sask." [handwritten on front endpapers]

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--Description and travel; Canada; Travel

A history and geography of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Lawson, Maria, 1852-1945; Young, Rosalind Watson, 1874-1962

Publication Date: 1906

Call Number: 971.1 LAW Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV004.91.3

Call Number: 971.1 LAW Copy 1

Author: Lawson, Maria, 1852-1945; Young, Rosalind Watson, 1874-1962

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Company, Limited

Publication Date: 1906

Series: Gage's 20th century series

Physical Description: 148 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "A.B. Peebles" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "B. Peebles P.N.S. 1917" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "B. Peebles" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Miss B. Peebles New Westminster B.C." [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Allen Peebles Mary Peebles Brownie Peebles" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper] "H. Morey & Co Booksellers and Stationers New Westminster B.C." [stamped in red ink on back endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History; British Columbia--Description and travel

Notes: "For use in public schools" --t.p.; "History --by Maria Lawson" --t.p.; "Geography --by Rosalind Watson Young" --t.p.; Copy 1 of 3; Alternate version version call no. 971.1 LAW 1914

A history and geography of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Lawson, Maria, 1852-1945; Young, Rosalind Watson, 1874-1962

Publication Date: c1913

Call Number: 971.1 LAW 1914

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV018.11.24

Call Number: 971.1 LAW 1914

Author: Lawson, Maria, 1852-1945; Young, Rosalind Watson, 1874-1962

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Educational Book Co., Ltd.

Publication Date: c1913

Series: Dominion series.

Physical Description: 156 p.: ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Edna Barton Sir James Douglas School Victoria B.C." [handwritten on front pastedown and opposing page in pencil] Note enclosed regarding ownership of book "Edna Barton 1457 Homely St. Victoria B. C." [handwritten on page opposing back pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History; British Columbia--Description and travel

Notes: "History --by Maria Lawson" --t.p.; "Geography --by Rosalind Watson Young" --t.p.; "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia" --t.p.; 3 copies of alternate version published by W.J. Gage & Company, Limited ,1906

An official handbook of information relating to the Dominion of Canada

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1892

Call Number: 971 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.26.34

Call Number: 971 CAN

Contributor: Canada. Department of Agriculture

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: Canada. Department of Agriculture

Publication Date: 1892

Physical Description: iv, 94 p. : ill., coat of arms, map ; 21 cm.

Inscription: Numbers and equations written in pencil on front and back covers.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--Description and travel; Canada--Emigration and immigration

Notes: "Published with the approval of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Government of Canada (Department of Agriculture)" --t.p.

Asia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924

Publication Date: c1911

Call Number: 915 CAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV975.54.11

Call Number: 915 CAR

Author: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: American Book Company

Publication Date: c1911

Series: Carpenter's geographical reader

Physical Description: 384 p. : ill., col. maps ; 19 cm.

Inscription: "G. Parfitt." [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): Readers-- Geography; Asia--Description and travel; Geography--Textbooks

Notes: Author's given name and dates: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publication Date: 1896

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.26.35

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: [Canadian Pacific Railway]

Publication Date: 1896

Physical Description: 70 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Canada--Timetables; Canada--Description and travel

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Notes: "Corrected to November 2nd, 1896" --Title page.

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publication Date: 1891

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.26.137

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: [Canadian Pacific Railway]

Publication Date: 1891

Physical Description: 70 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Inscription: "H. Crasell Dougherty January 19th 1892 W. 20 J 21 F 22 Sun 24 Mon 25" [handwritten in pencil on p.3]

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Canada--Timetables; Canada--Description and travel

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Notes: "Corrected to October 19th, 1891" --Title page.

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Edition: Eastbound ed.

Publication Date: 1907

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.26.139

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Edition: Eastbound ed.

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: [Canadian Pacific Railway]

Publication Date: 1907

Physical Description: 100 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Inscription: "F. Bettschen 1261 Powell St. Mrs. Price 470 Hastings St. Mr Sanderson 323 4th Ave New Westminster" [handwritten in pencil on last page]

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Canada--Timetables; Canada--Description and travel

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Notes: "Corrected to July 16th, 1907" --Title page.

Chambers's geographical readers of the continents : America

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871; Chambers, William, 1800-1883

Publication Date: 1901

Call Number: 917 CHA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV983.76.21

Call Number: 917 CHA

Author: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871; Chambers, William, 1800-1883

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: W. & R. Chambers, Limited

Publication Date: 1901

Series: Geographical readers of the continents ; no. 4

Printer: W. & R. Chambers, Limited

Physical Description: 216 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): United States--Description and travel; United States--Maps

Geography notes for 3rd, 4th, and 5th classes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Henderson, George E.; Fraser, Geo. A.

Publication Date: 1903

Call Number: 910 HEN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.106.1

Call Number: 910 HEN

Author: Henderson, George E.; Fraser, Geo. A.

Place of Publication: Toronto, Ont.

Publisher: The Educational Publishing Company, Limited

Publication Date: 1903

Series: School helps series

Physical Description: 91 p. ; 17 cm.

Inscription: "Katie Milton / Nelson B.C." -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "$460, 40, 3680, 32 ac" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "Katie Milton / Nelson B.C." - handwritten in pencil on title page. "Thomson Stationery Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C." -- stamped on title page. "Katie Milton" -- handwritten in pencil on back cover verso. "Thomson Stationery Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C." -- stamped on endpaper (back).