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Riverway West School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1922

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Associated Dates: 1922

Heritage Value: Riverway West School was built on a slope just north of Riverway Road (Marine Drive). From 1922 until 1952, the school operated as a one-teacher school. In 1962, the original building was replaced with a larger structure but declining school enrolments in Burnaby during the 1970s brought about Riverway's closure in the early 1980s.

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Street Address: 4340 Marine Drive

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Shell Oil Company

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: ca. 1930-1993

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Kensington Avenue

Associated Dates: ca. 1930-1993

Heritage Value: After considering several sites in the Greater Vancouver area, the Shell Oil Company chose 70 acres in North Burnaby with frontage of one third of a mile on Burrard Inlet. Shell proposed to build a four-million dollar plant that would employ up to 2000 - providing some relief in the middle of Burnaby's economic crisis of the Depression years. The site became known as the Shellburn Refinery and was in operation until 1993.

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

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Stride Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1929

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Stride Avenue

Associated Dates: 1929

Heritage Value: The Stride Avenue School takes its name from the street which had been named after Eber Stride, Burnaby Councillor from 1894-1913. The school opened in 1929 as a two-classroom building although additions were made in 1949, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1969 and 1973.

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Street Address: 7014 Stride Avenue

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Edmonds Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: The historic growth of Edmonds as a neighbourhood was based on its strategic location on the early interurban line between Vancouver and New Westminster. Even by 1980 when a survey of the residential neighbourhoods was conducted, a full 25% of homes in the area predated 1930. The 1950s was a period of strong housing development, with both single-family and multi-family units being constructed. Although Burnaby's City Hall was moved from Kingsway and Edmonds in the early 1950s, Edmonds remained an important centre in the community.