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Scope and Content: Photograph of Bea and Ainsly Lubbock's last house, covered in snow. Ainsly is standing on the porch in his slippers. The numbered address reads 6410.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1987 and 1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. (polaroid) ; 7 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 342-040

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bea and Ainsly Lubbock's last house, covered in snow. Ainsly is standing on the porch in his slippers. The numbered address reads 6410.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Lubbock, Ainsly

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bea and Ainsly Lubbock's house, [between 1987 and 1992] thumbnail

Wally Westerman shovelling snow in front of his house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman shovelling snow in front of his house at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Material Details: `

Scope and Content: Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman shovelling snow in front of his house at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"

Geographic Access: Duthie Avenue

Street Address: 2171 Duthie Avenue

Accession Code: BV020.17.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [198-]

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Sperling-Broadway Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Walter aged 11/ May 21st 1928"

Images

Wally Westerman shovelling snow in front of his house, [198-] thumbnail

Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 7

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1936-1990

Length: 00:04:34

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.

Date Range: 1936-1990

Length: 00:04:34

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Archives; Buildings - Civic - Museums

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 21, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:43:35

Interviewee Name: Nixon, Al

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Al Nixon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_7.mp3

Edmonds House fire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91730

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 4 Dec. 1982]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 5 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs that document the damage caused by a fire at the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired (also known as Edmonds House). Three of these photographs were enlarged through the inter-negative process to 11'' x 14'' col. prints for a juried exhibition of British Columbian P…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 4 Dec. 1982]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 5 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-036

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs that document the damage caused by a fire at the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired (also known as Edmonds House). Three of these photographs were enlarged through the inter-negative process to 11'' x 14'' col. prints for a juried exhibition of British Columbian Photographers, put on by the Burnaby Photographic Society in 1988.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Civic - Community Centres

Names: Edmonds House

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Note in blue ink on ABC Photocolor envelope reads: "Print Full Frame"

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Edmonds House fire, [after 4 Dec. 1982] thumbnail

Campsite Collection

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4589

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1958 and 2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file : 33 photographs + textual records + other material

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs, an illustration, ephemera and histories about Burnaby Guiding Camps including Burnaby Chalet on Cypress Mountain, Galalina Camp at Camp Olave near Sechelt B.C., Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek and a few postcards of Camp Tsoona, Rosedale B.C. A collection of written…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file : 33 photographs + textual records + other material

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs, an illustration, ephemera and histories about Burnaby Guiding Camps including Burnaby Chalet on Cypress Mountain, Galalina Camp at Camp Olave near Sechelt B.C., Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek and a few postcards of Camp Tsoona, Rosedale B.C. A collection of written material provides historical background regarding the two storey cabin on Hollyburn Mountain. The cabin was purchased by Burnaby Girl Guides in 1964 and appropriately named Burnaby Chalet. A Chalet Committee was formed with representatives from each Division appointing a Chalet Manageress to handle reservations. This typical ski cabin can accomodate up to 40 people. The file also includes a "Campsite Log Book" for the Hollyburn Chalet with handwritten notes from 1981 and 1982, an embroidered triangular shaped badge "Burnaby Royal / Girl Guides / Hollyburn Chalet" and a dedication ceremony program for "Burnaby Guide Camp / June 8, 1958" (Wilson Creek).

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Recreational Activities - Camping; Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1958 and 2002]

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title

Children dressing up a Snowman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59203

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1982]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of children making a snowman.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1982]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1519

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of children making a snowman.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "White Christmas / PMT 110% / page 1 / Burnaby Today"

Images

Children dressing up a Snowman, [1982] thumbnail

Looking northwest from Roberts' property

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91852

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' yard at 5538 Dominion Street covered in snow. The tennis court has been converted into a fruit and vegetable garden and the supports of a row of raspberry canes and small fruit free are visible to the right. The photograph was taken from the Roberts' property, looking n…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-033

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' yard at 5538 Dominion Street covered in snow. The tennis court has been converted into a fruit and vegetable garden and the supports of a row of raspberry canes and small fruit free are visible to the right. The photograph was taken from the Roberts' property, looking northwest.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.33"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Tennis Court in the Snow / Dec 1980 (?)"; 5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971

Street Address: 3131 Douglas Road; 5118 Douglas Road; 5538 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

Looking northwest from Roberts' property, [1980] thumbnail

Snow Owl / Burnaby Lake Snow Pictures

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91702

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1970 and 2001]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists photographs of a snow-covered Burnaby Lake and a snowy owl perched on a large tree stump.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1970 and 2001]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-020

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists photographs of a snow-covered Burnaby Lake and a snowy owl perched on a large tree stump.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Plants - Trees; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from negative envelope

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Snow Owl / Burnaby Lake Snow Pictures, [between 1970 and 2001] thumbnail

B.C. Police display in Osoyoos museum

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1754

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1987 or 1988]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a mannequin, sitting in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office with handcuffs around his wrists (representing a convict). This was part of a museum display in Osoyoos (in the Okanagan Valley).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a mannequin, sitting in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office with handcuffs around his wrists (representing a convict). This was part of a museum display in Osoyoos (in the Okanagan Valley).

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police

Accession Code: BV004.23.40

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1987 or 1988]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Sept 87/ Osooy... [sic]"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "B.C. Police Display Osoyoos March 1988"

Images

B.C. Police display in Osoyoos museum

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1755

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: March 1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two mannequins in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office. One is sitting in a chair with handcuffs around his wrists (representing a convict). The other is wearing a British Columbia Police officer uniform and standing in the doorway with a cow hide slung across his arm. This…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two mannequins in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office. One is sitting in a chair with handcuffs around his wrists (representing a convict). The other is wearing a British Columbia Police officer uniform and standing in the doorway with a cow hide slung across his arm. This was part of a museum display in Osoyoos (in the Okanagan Valley).

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police

Accession Code: BV004.23.41

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: March 1988

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "B.C. Police Display Osoyoos March 1988"

Images

B.C. Police display in Osoyoos museum

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1756

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: March 1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a mannequin in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office. He is wearing a British Columbia Police officer uniform and sitting at a desk at a typewriter. This was part of a museum display in Osoyoos (in the Okanagan Valley).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a mannequin in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office. He is wearing a British Columbia Police officer uniform and sitting at a desk at a typewriter. This was part of a museum display in Osoyoos (in the Okanagan Valley).

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police

Accession Code: BV004.23.42

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: March 1988

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "B.C. Police Display Osoyoos March 1988"

Images

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4496

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:21 min)

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s best and worst memories of his childhood, and cultural differences in his community. Bob recalls participation in favourite activities as his best memories, and notes that children of the time were not restricted in their play. He talks of ma…

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:21 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s best and worst memories of his childhood, and cultural differences in his community. Bob recalls participation in favourite activities as his best memories, and notes that children of the time were not restricted in their play. He talks of making an enterprise of harvesting and selling cascara bark during WWII, when prices rose. Bob describes his worst memories, which are of fires, a flood, and bad fog, and how he was nearly killed as a passenger in a wagon whose horse bolted. He recalls that his family was a minority among the Ukrainian families in the neighborhood.

History: Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Natural Phenomena - Floods

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 4, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_004.mp3

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4474

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950-1959] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:06:28 min)

Scope and Content: Track 8: This portion of the recording pertains to socializing in Janet’s later teen years. She talks about dances at Lochdale Community Hall and Capitol Hill Community Hall, and informal gatherings in homes. She describes the attitudes and practices related to drinking and smoking at that time. Ja…

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:06:28 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Date of interview: May 10, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Scope and Content: Track 8: This portion of the recording pertains to socializing in Janet’s later teen years. She talks about dances at Lochdale Community Hall and Capitol Hill Community Hall, and informal gatherings in homes. She describes the attitudes and practices related to drinking and smoking at that time. Janet also talks about the transportation options for young people, her parents’ occupations, and her memories of the Fraser River flood.

History: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Floods

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet; Lochdale Community Hall; Capitol Hill Community Hall

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1950-1959] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 8, [1950-1959] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0001_008.mp3

Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory538

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1950-1990

Length: 00:06:16

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.

Date Range: 1950-1990

Photo Info: Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712

Length: 00:06:16

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Buildings - Civic; Buildings - Industrial; Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Lake City Area; Burnaby Mountain Area; Kingsway-Beresford Area; Douglas-Gilpin Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: April 4, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.

Total Tracks: 10

Total Length: 00:56:44

Interviewee Name: Morin, Severin "Sev"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Images

Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Sev Morin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%202.mp3

Burnaby Art Gallery

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37306

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Art Gallery and parking lot. This building was formerly the H. Ceperley family's Fairacres estate, built in 1911.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 349-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1997-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Art Gallery and parking lot. This building was formerly the H. Ceperley family's Fairacres estate, built in 1911.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Civic - Art Galleries

Names: Burnaby Art Gallery

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Houghtaling, Kim

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Parking Lot and Burnaby Art Gallery

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38368

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the parking lot and entrance to the Burnaby Art Gallery (formerly the Ceperley House) in Deer Lake park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 420-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2001-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the parking lot and entrance to the Burnaby Art Gallery (formerly the Ceperley House) in Deer Lake park.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Civic - Art Galleries

Names: Burnaby Art Gallery

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Parking Lot and Burnaby Art Gallery, [1980] thumbnail

A crowd looking at some unidentified sculptures

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59039

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd examining sculptures in an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1445

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd examining sculptures in an unidentified location.

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Buildings - Civic - Art Galleries; Arts - Sculptures

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto reads: "Crowd look at some of the sculptures"; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "page 3 / Burnaby / Today / 110%"

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A crowd looking at some unidentified sculptures, ca.1983 thumbnail

A man auctioning the "Rocketship" sculpture

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59040

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a person auctioning a sculpture identified as the "Rocketship" in an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1446

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a person auctioning a sculpture identified as the "Rocketship" in an unidentified location.

Subjects: Arts - Sculptures; Buildings - Civic - Art Galleries; Persons - Crowds

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto reads: "auctioning the "rocketship""; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "PMT / 82% / page 3 / Burnaby / Today"

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