Search Results | Heritage Burnaby

Material Details: "Columbian files 1971" written on verso in black pen. "V. EDMONDS AND MRS EDMONDS / […]eir name was given to the / Capital of Burnaby. / (Photo taken in 1868.)" on typewritten label on front of photograph.

Scope and Content: Portrait of married couple, he standing, she sitting, in front of some shrubbery.

History: Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.

Other Title Information: title based on note on front of photograph

Accession Code: BV018.19.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1868

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 24-04-2018

Images

Museum Oral Histories series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18810

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2005-2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 52 sound recordings (wav) + 61 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 video recording (mp4) + 1 sound recording (m4a) + 51 video recordings (mov)

Scope and Content: Series consists of oral history interviews conducted by staff of Burnaby Village Museum for various projects. Series has been arranged into subseries: 1) Growing Up in Burnaby subseries 2) Museum research interviews subseries 3) Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries 4) South Asian Canadian Interv…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 52 sound recordings (wav) + 61 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 video recording (mp4) + 1 sound recording (m4a) + 51 video recordings (mov)

Scope and Content: Series consists of oral history interviews conducted by staff of Burnaby Village Museum for various projects. Series has been arranged into subseries: 1) Growing Up in Burnaby subseries 2) Museum research interviews subseries 3) Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries 4) South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries 5) Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Accession Code: BV017.45; BV018.18.1; BV019.13.1; BV019.14.1; BV019.15.1; BV020.6; BV022.29; BV023.1; BV023.16; BV024.4

Date: [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2005-2023

Media Type: Sound Recording; Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of series; Further accruals expected

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : translated out of the original Greek ; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1894

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1867

Call Number: 225.52 AME

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV982.24.34

Call Number: 225.52 AME

Contributor: American Bible Society

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: American Bible Society

Publication Date: 1867

Physical Description: 316 p. ; 12 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper: "35" [written in pencil] "E.D. Street" [written in blue ink] Table of contents: "225 A512" [written in pencil] Back endpaper: "To Sheridan from his "Friend" In memory of a happy summer holiday ___ John May 15 - 1946" [written upside-down in blue ink]

Library Subject (LOC): Bible. New Testament; Christianity; Bible

The old mam'selle's secret

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2713

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Marlitt, E. (Eugenie), 1825-1887

Publication Date: 1868

Call Number: 835 MAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.63.15

Call Number: 835 MAR

Author: Marlitt, E. (Eugenie), 1825-1887

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: W. B. Conkey Company

Publication Date: 1868

Physical Description: 304 p.

Inscription: "Dec. 1904 / From A.B. / To Miss C Skyrme. / In Remembrance.", handwritten in brown ink on front endpaper

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--19th century

Object History: Book belonged to donor's mother.

Photograph and case

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3219

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1854 and 1870]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case

Material Details: Photograph case with convex glass front with ambrotype photograph of man in dress suit, from waist up. The subject's cheeks have been toned pink.The interior back of the case is lined with cream paper and printed with "MYRON SHEW, Dealer in Daguerreotype Materials No. 116 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA". Gold matting; "CHASE" stamped into matting, lower right; exterior of frame is covered in leather; interior is red-coloured velvet; both surfaces embossed with floral motif.

Accession Code: BV000.8.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1854 and 1870]

Media Type: Photograph

Images

Photograph and case, [between 1854 and 1870] thumbnail

The poems, sacred, passionate, and humorous, of Nathaniel Parker Willis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3452

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867

Edition: Complete ed., rev. and enl.

Publication Date: 1852

Call Number: 811.39 WIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV994.13.13

Call Number: 811.39 WIL

Edition: Complete ed., rev. and enl.

Author: Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Clark, Austin & Smith

Publication Date: 1852

Printer: Richard C. Valentine

Physical Description: viii, 352 p. : front. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: Front fly leaves: "/72 2.00" [writen in pencil] "Presented to Miss Sarah A. Munson By her friend Miss A.L. Petric" [wriiten in pencil] Back fly leaf: " t. --- E." [written in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): American poetry; Poets, American--19th century

Poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2419

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

Edition: 12th London ed.; Complete ed.

Publication Date: 1856

Call Number: 821 BAR 1856

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV976.251.13

Call Number: 821 BAR 1856

Edition: 12th London ed.; Complete ed.

Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell

Publication Date: 1856

Physical Description: vi, 520 p. : ill., front. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper: A printed label adhered to the endpaper, with blanks filled in with black ink, reads: "Victoria High School. Senior Division. Prize for General Proficiency Presented by "A friend of Education" Awarded to Miss Annis H. Hicks JPMcLeod, Principal. Victoria, June 1888"

Library Subject (LOC): English poetry

Notes: Full author name given as follows: Browning, Mrs. Elizabeth (Barrett) 1806-1861.; A version of this work, given in two volumes and published by Thomas R. Knox & Co, is available in the collection.

The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott with memoir and critical dissertation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1969

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Publication Date: 1857

Call Number: 821.08 SCO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV982.24.109

Call Number: 821.08 SCO

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Contributor: Gilfillan, George, 1813-1878

Place of Publication: Edinburgh

Publisher: James Nicol

Publication Date: 1857

Series: The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott

Printer: Ballantyne and Company

Physical Description: xxxv, [6], 391 p. ; 22 cm.

Inscription: "Vol. I only", pencilled on reverse of front endpaper "F.B. Street", pencilled on fly-leaf "25", pencilled on fly-leaf "149", crossed out, pencilled on fly-leaf "22", pencilled on reverse of p. 391 "ohm/5", pencilled on blank page in back

Library Subject (LOC): English poetry

Notes: "Edited by Rev. George Gilfillan"

Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3962

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm

Material Details: The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.

History: Mary (Richardson) Holmes was the first wife of William Holmes and Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes was the second wife of William Holmes of Huron County, Ontario . William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby in 1860.

Names: Holmes, Mary Richardson; Holmes, Charlotte McCullough

Accession Code: HV971.46.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: Portrait of William Holmes, HV971.46.1

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes, [between 1841 and 1860] thumbnail

Portrait of William Holmes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3961

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 50 x 39.5 cm (oval, sight) in frame 66 x 56 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of William Holmes.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 50 x 39.5 cm (oval, sight) in frame 66 x 56 cm

Material Details: The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of William Holmes.

History: William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.

Names: Holmes, William

Accession Code: HV971.46.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: Portrait of Jane Holmes, HV971.46.2

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Portrait of William Holmes, [between 1841 and 1860] thumbnail

Practical chemistry

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3026

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: MacAdam, Stevenson

Publication Date: 1866

Call Number: 540 MAC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.122.58

Call Number: 540 MAC

Author: MacAdam, Stevenson

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: W. & R. Chambers, Limited

Publication Date: 1866

Series: Chambers' Educational Course

Printer: W. & R. Chambers, Limited

Physical Description: v-x; 147 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.

Inscription: inside, "las Brown" (?); crossed-out "S 99"

Library Subject (LOC): Chemistry--Textbooks

Proverbial philosophy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3082

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

Publication Date: 1854

Call Number: 821.8 TUP

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.135.1

Call Number: 821.8 TUP

Author: Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Thomas Hatchard

Publication Date: 1854

Printer: Henry Vizetelly

Physical Description: x, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: Front fly leaf: "W152" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil] "L.L. Lourence" "V.L. Rowe" "1837" [written in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Proverbs

Reference letter for William Holmes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10405

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1858 and 1859]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and h…

2 images

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Material Details: Letter is fragile with torn and stained sections

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and his intention to emigrate to British Columbia. The letter is signed and certified on the verso by various officials including; "G.E. Cartier", Attourney General of Lower Canada; John A. Macdonald, Attourney General of Upper Canada; Sidney Smith, Post Master General; George Sherwood, Receiver General; John Rose, Soliciter General; Charles Alleyn, Provincial Secretary; P.M. VanKaughnet [sic], Commissioner of Crown Lands and A.T. Galt, Inspector General of Canada. The letter includes a wax Common Seal of the City of Toronto and is certified the 6th day of January 1859. Text on first page of letter reads: "The Bearer William Holmes Esq / late of Holmesville in the County of Huron has for some years been actively employed in Com- / mmercial pursuits in Upper / Canada, but now intends to emigrate to British Columbia / We have great pleasure in / certifying that Mr. Holmes is / a Gentleman of good standing / for character and capacity / and that his connectiions (are) [sic] / highly respectable; his brother / John Holmes Esq at present / holding the dignified and responsible / office of Warden (Equivalent to / Mayor) of the Municipal Council". letter continues on verso to read: "of the United Counties of Huron / and Bruce, which Counties he / also respresents in Parliament..." signatures of officials beneath. Written vertically down the left hand side of the verso is the following text "I certify that the Signature attached to / this document are the bona- / fide Signature of the parties / named & that they hold the / respective offices (within) mentioned / within. In testimony whereof I have / herunto set my hand and caused / the Common Seal of the City of Toronto / to be herunto affixed this 6th day of / January 1859" with signatures below "D.V. Mead / Mayor / A.M. Jones [sic] / Chamberlain".

History: William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Accession Code: BV997.50.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1858 and 1859]

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 06-May-2019

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Reference letter for William Holmes, [between 1858 and 1859] thumbnail

Richard Love

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9996

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1870]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Richard Love seated next to a decorative wooden desk. He is seated on a chair with a velvet and tassels and is wearing a large black suit coat, a white blouse with a tie at the collar, pants with long velvet chaps that go up to his knees and cover the tops of his shoes. He is…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love family photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Richard Love seated next to a decorative wooden desk. He is seated on a chair with a velvet and tassels and is wearing a large black suit coat, a white blouse with a tie at the collar, pants with long velvet chaps that go up to his knees and cover the tops of his shoes. He is holding a wooden cane between his legs and there is a top hat and a book on top of the desk and a back drop hanging from the wall behind him. Richard Love is the father of Jesse Love.

Names: Love, Richard

Accession Code: BV018.41.181

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [ca. 1870]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 4-Mar-2019

Scale: 100

Photographer: Dodson, Z.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy print accompanying; Stamp in black ink on verso of original photograph reads: "Z.DODSON, / Photographer / PROSPECT PLACE, / NEAR VICTORIA STREET / SWINDON."

Images

Sir John A. MacDonald

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1304

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [186-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on heavy card 16.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. MacDonald taken in a photographic studio.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on heavy card 16.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. MacDonald taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Officials - Prime Ministers

Names: MacDonald, John A.

Accession Code: BV998.44.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [186-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 02-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w photocopy accompanying

Images

South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19345

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2022

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of th…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)

Material Details: Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto separate audio tracks. Multiple tracks per interview were edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of the second year of the Burnaby Village Museum's South Asian Research project. Interviews were conducted with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar; Prem Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Gill; Sadhu Binning; MLA: Honourable Raj Chouhan; Surjeet Kaur Parmar and Maninder Arora.

Accession Code: BV022.29; BV023.1

Date: [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2022

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; Further accruals expected

Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6988

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1861]-[1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 plans : 3 plans : black ink on paper hand col. + 7 plans : black ink on paper + 4 plans : graphite on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and ten New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan /of / Lots 166A, 166 and 167 /, Gr.1, N.W.D. / Showing Misconstructed Roads in Gree…

2 images

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 plans : 3 plans : black ink on paper hand col. + 7 plans : black ink on paper + 4 plans : graphite on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm

Material Details: Scales [between 1:2376 and 1:7920]; Index number on edge of board reads: "19"

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and ten New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan /of / Lots 166A, 166 and 167 /, Gr.1, N.W.D. / Showing Misconstructed Roads in Green / 5 chs = 1 in.". (plan is drawn in black ink and hand coloured in red, green and orange ink). A section in the centre of the plan is coloured in red ink and identified as "C.S. Richmond" running from the North Arm of Fraser River to Wiggins Road and divided by "New Wiggins Rd. (as gazetted)" (coloured in orange ink) and two"Constructed Road(s)" (coloured in green ink). Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) 2. Plan of / Subdivision of / Lot 166 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 524". Plan is drawn in graphite and signed by "Surrig [sic] Welhams [sic] / P.L.S." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) 3. Plan of "Survey / of Highway / For / Burnaby Council / in / Lots 13 _14 / Group One / Scale 4 chs = 1 in." Signed by "Albert J. Hill, P.L.S." Caribou Street and Caribou Road run through the centre of the plan. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) 4. A Plan of Lots 166A, 166 and 167, Group One, New Westminster District (drawn in graphite). A section in the centre of the plan is identified as "C.S. Richmond" running from the North Arm of Fraser River and divided by "New Wiggins Rd. (as gazetted)" and two "Constructed Road(s)". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) Side B: 1. Small plan drawn in black ink (no title) identifying lots north of the "North Arm" of the Fraser River. Lots identified include: Lot 99, Lot 98, Lot 157, Lot 158, Lot 163, Lot 162, Lot 159, Lot 163, Lot 162, Lot 165, Lot 166A, Lot 155B, Lot 155A and Lot 159. "Scale 40 chains to one inch" . Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Small plan drawn in black ink (no title) identifying lots north of the North Arm of the Fraser River as "Lots 155, 155A, 155B, 155C, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166A and 167". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Small plan drawn in black ink (no title) which identifies "Lot 151 / Reserve/ for / Race Course"; "Reserve / 64 A / L. 152 G.1"; and other Lots: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39. The plan is signed "Surveyor G.Turn [sic] July / 61 / from Vol 40 R.L. notes [sic]" Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Small plan drawn in black in with faded red colouring on centre lot identified as "Lot 34" running north from "Vancouver Road" . Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Plan drawn in graphite and identified as "Lot 98, Gr.1," along with the intials "RB" [sic] (both are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of plan) The B.C.E.Railway is identified running through the plan along with Jubilee Road and Royal Oak Road. The plan is signed with the name "Wm. Murray" and the Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Plan drawn in graphite identified as "Port Lot 13, Gr.1" along with the intials "RB" [sic] (both are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of plan) Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 7.Plan drawn in black ink and identified as "Lot 98 G.1" along with the intials "RB" [sic] (both are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of plan). A "Road Reservation" is identified running north between "Electric Tramway" and connecting with "Royal Oak Road". Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 8. Plan drawn in black ink and divided into two sections, the upper plan is identified as "Portion / Lots 100 / area / 101, Gr.1" and the lower plan is identified as "Portion L. 3 G. 1" along with the intials "RB" [sic] (these identifiers are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of the plan). Portions of Lot 100 and Lot 101 are each divided into 6 sections and the Portion of Lot 3 plan is divided into 24 sections. The plan includes a note in black ink that reads: " Received from Wm Fromme [sic] / from Wm. Trapp / Nov. 28, 1895 / A. J. T...[sic]". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 9. Plan drawn in black ink (no title) identifying soil, buildings and geographic features in southern Burnaby. The plan is bordered by "New Westminster City" (Tenth Avenue and DL 172) to the south east and DL 173 to the south, DL 158 to the west and the B.C.E. Tramway to the north. Plan includes District Lots: 155A, 158, 159, 171, 160, 53 and 95 and identifies soil, marshland and ravines throughout. Plan identifies the following features: a "Team Road" running through Lots 158 and 159 along with "Fair Orchard Soil / Even Surface Throughout / No Ravines", "Gravel and Shingle" (bottom of Lot 158), "North Arm Road" crossing "Byrne Road" and connecting with "Power House Road" which runs north to connect with "Highland Park Station" and the B.C.E. Tramway, "Power Ho" in the northeast corner of DL 160, a "Brook" connected with a "Deep Ravine" running between DL 53, DL 95 and DL 160 along with "Good Soil" and "Fair Orchard Soil" identified nearby in DL 95. Scale is identified as "10 chs = 1 in." Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 10. Plan drawn in black ink (no title) with Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake at the centre. The plan is bordered by the following District Lots identified as: 117, 118 and 68 to the west, Lots 80, 79 and 85 to the southwest, Lots 11, 13, and 1 (City of New Westminster) to the south east, the North Road boundary to the east and Lots 8, 56, 57, 59, and 136 to the North. The lower right hand corner of the plan has a small inset which reads: "Burnaby Lake" and "Page 19 R.B. Notes". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby)

Creator: Hill, Albert James

Accession Code: HV977.93.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1861]-[1910]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scale: 72

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches); The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”; Some plans are stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and intialed: "RB" [sic]

Images

Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
, [1861]-[1910] thumbnail

Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby, Port Moody

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6995

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1862-1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 plans : 6 plans : black ink on paper ; 57 x 36.5 cm or smaller + 1 plan : black ink and grahite on paper ; 46.5 x 49 cm + 1 plan : blueprint on paper ; 15.5 x 19.5 cm + cm + 1 plan : graphite on paper ; 25 x 17 cm ; mounted on both sides of board 76 x 102 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and five New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 87 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 4 chs…

3 images

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 plans : 6 plans : black ink on paper ; 57 x 36.5 cm or smaller + 1 plan : black ink and grahite on paper ; 46.5 x 49 cm + 1 plan : blueprint on paper ; 15.5 x 19.5 cm + cm + 1 plan : graphite on paper ; 25 x 17 cm ; mounted on both sides of board 76 x 102 cm

Material Details: Scales [between 1:792 and 1:3600]; Index number on edge of board reads: "26"

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and five New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 87 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 4 chs = 1 in". Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and intialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon). Names two of the subdivisons of District Lot 87 are identified as, "L.E. Sprott" and "John Ledger". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. "Plan of Subdivision / of / Portions of / Lot 136, 131 and Lots 44 and 78 Gr.1 / New Westminster District / Scale 300 ft = 1 inch". Annotation above title reads: "No. 901 / Deposited in Land Registry Office / New Westminster / Aug. 19th 1905 / Charles S. Keith D. Reg." Annotations and signatures at bottom of plan read: "I, William Nelson Draper, / W.H.R. Collister / Charles E. Perkins / E.B. Morgan / make / Surveys / correct / representation / upon / the / Land Registry Act / (sgd) W.N. Draper, P.L.S.". Plan includes a handwritten title: "Lots 136, 131, 44 & 78" and is initialed: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. "Survey / of / a Portion / of / Lot 95, Gr.1 / Scale 1 ch = 1in." Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and is initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint plan of "Lot 396. Group One." with Scale : 3 chs = 1 in. A two acre portion of District Lot 396 is filled in with red ink." Plan is signed by "Albert J. Hill / B.C.L.S." (Geographic location: Port Moody) Side B: 1. Plan titled "District Lot 92 / Burnaby / Municipality / for sale by / Mahon / McFarland & / Mahon Ltd. / Vancouver, B.C. / Scale : 4 chains to one inch". District Lot 92 is subdivided into 161 lots and identifies roads: Norwich Road, Pole Line Road, Oakland Road, Stanley Road, Burford Road, Dalhousie Road, Brantford Road, Colborne Road, Roberts Road, Vancouver & Westminster Road, B.C. Electric Railway, Gilley Stn. and Burnaby (Power House). The bottom of the plan reads: "G.S. Dawson, P.LS. Vancouver, B.C." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 29 / Group 1 / New Westminster District / Scale 2 chs = 1 in". Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Small handrawn plan (no title) identifying "Lot 84 / Hydes, Claim" at the centre surrounded by lots and features identified as: "Lot 85", "Lot 93", "Lot 94", "Lot 32", "Lot 82", "Lot 83", "Lot 79", "swamp" and a "Small Lake" (Burnaby Lake). Identifying marks in the right corner of the plan read: "Page 13 / Surveyed by G. Turner / May 62". Plan also includes surveyor's bearing measurements and trails to "Small Lake" (Burnaby Lake). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Untitled plan showing District Lots west of North Road and north of Burnaby Lake including: Lots 2, 4, 6, 8, 15, 10, 56, 148, 57, 58, 40. and Lots 3, 5, 7 east of North Road (Coquitlam). Lots in Burnaby are identifed for timber including: "Heavily Timbered" (Lot 57), " "Some Fir and Cedar" (Lot 40), "Splendid Fir and Cedar" (Lot 143), "Heavy Fir etc" (Lots 143 and 148), " "Fine Cedar" (Lot 15), "Rough Light Timber" (Lot 56). Other features identified at the lower portion of the plan include "Burnaby Lake" and "Brunette River". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Untitled plan drawn in graphite showing sections of District Lot 85 south of Burnaby Lake and north of Hazsard Road. Plan is signed: "Albert J. Hill / B.C.L.S." and dated "12/26/08". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby)

Creator: Hill, Albert James; Draper, William Nelson

Publisher: Mahon, McFarland & Mahon Ltd

Accession Code: HV977.93.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1862-1908]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scale: 72

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches); The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”