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Douglas Road

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1897] (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 Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way), near Stanley Street. To the right is the Sprott family property, where a few wooden buildings are visible in the cleared area. Charles Sprott, head of the Sprott family, was an important Burnaby politician who was continuously elected t…
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 Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way), near Stanley Street. To the right is the Sprott family property, where a few wooden buildings are visible in the cleared area. Charles Sprott, head of the Sprott family, was an important Burnaby politician who was continuously elected to serve in the municiality as councillor from 1895 to 1903 and as Reeve from 1904 to 1905.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Land Clearing
Geographic Access
Douglas Road
Canada Way
Stanley Street
Accession Code
HV978.1.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1897] (date of original), copied 1978
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-25
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Plot of Royal Engineers' Surveys - North Road

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1890]
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 61 x 45 cm
Scope and Content
Survey plan of "Plot of Royal Engineers' Surveys," "North Road."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Series
Subdivision and survey plans series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 61 x 45 cm
Material Details
Scale 10 chains = 1 inch
Scope and Content
Survey plan of "Plot of Royal Engineers' Surveys," "North Road."
Geographic Access
North Road
Accession Code
BV003.83.34
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1890]
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
440
Scan Date
December 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of plan
Handwritten notes on verso read: "Envelope 369", and mathematical calculat- ions
Images
Less detail