Burrard-Westminster Boundary Railway Navigation Company (Vancouver to Mission)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription706
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and Council minutes regarding an application for electric railway from Vancouver through North Burnaby to Mission made by the Burrard Westminster Boundary Railway and Navigation Company.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2432
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and Council minutes regarding an application for electric railway from Vancouver through North Burnaby to Mission made by the Burrard Westminster Boundary Railway and Navigation Company.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- A map showing Vancouver - Mission is in map case.
Cancellation of street ends - DL 189 (East Vancouver Land Co.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription965
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence related to the proposed cancellation of street ends/road allowances in DL 189 made by the East Vancouver Land Company. File also includes 2 white linen plans: lot 218, NWD (1909) on Burrard Inlet and Lots around 1st Street and Water Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2738
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence related to the proposed cancellation of street ends/road allowances in DL 189 made by the East Vancouver Land Company. File also includes 2 white linen plans: lot 218, NWD (1909) on Burrard Inlet and Lots around 1st Street and Water Street.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
The City of Vancouver B.C.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66103
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1916 and 1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : b&w ink on paper ; 56 x 107 cm folded to 21 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a map of "[the] City of Vancouver B.C" drawn prior to amalgamation of Point Grey and South Vancouver with the City of Vancouver.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1916 and 1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 map : b&w ink on paper ; 56 x 107 cm folded to 21 x 12.5 cm
- Material Details
- Map has a blue construction paper cover
- Scale : 1 inch = 1000 feet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42707
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a map of "[the] City of Vancouver B.C" drawn prior to amalgamation of Point Grey and South Vancouver with the City of Vancouver.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Transcribed title
North Road - Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1918
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 folders textual records and graphic material and cartographic material.
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, reports, notices, Council minutes and other documents created as a result of the applications made by the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co. to do work on North Road, such as constructing crossings, bridges, and tunnels through the inter-munici…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1918
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 folders textual records and graphic material and cartographic material.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2570
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, reports, notices, Council minutes and other documents created as a result of the applications made by the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co. to do work on North Road, such as constructing crossings, bridges, and tunnels through the inter-municipal highway between Burnaby and Coquitlam.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- 3 blueprint plans of a proposed bridge and tunnel : M9-B-1-14; M9-B-1-15; and M9-B-3-14. 2 black and white photographs [not found as of May 8, 2003]
Waterworks system for DL 186 (Vancouver Heights)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription391
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File includes some hand drawn sketch plans, tenders, and agreements regarding waterworks in DL 186 (Vancouver Heights).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2084
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes some hand drawn sketch plans, tenders, and agreements regarding waterworks in DL 186 (Vancouver Heights).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- For related records see also file 6-3-4-8 and file 6-3-4-9. A plan showing a watermain for DL 186 : M9-A-6-1
Bancroft family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63795
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-44
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
- History
- Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- Bancroft, Rose
- Notes
- MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
Crossing - B.C. Electric Railway Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription657
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to crossings on B.C. Electric Railway lines at Cariboo, Hastings, Boundary, Gilley, Jubilee, McKay, and Patterson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2382
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to crossings on B.C. Electric Railway lines at Cariboo, Hastings, Boundary, Gilley, Jubilee, McKay, and Patterson.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway Westminster and Eburne Byrne Road Crossing at Station 355 : M9-A-6-5; Trapp Road Crossing at Station 425 : M9-A-6-6
Local improvements - DL 186
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription513
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, petitions, and financial statements arising from the Local Improvement plans for DL 186. File also includes ad for "Vancouver Heights subdivision of DL 186" with plan on back.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2220
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, petitions, and financial statements arising from the Local Improvement plans for DL 186. File also includes ad for "Vancouver Heights subdivision of DL 186" with plan on back.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Map of New Westminster District
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription24491
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of one canvas map entitled "1913 District of New Westminster" and depicting the area bordered on the east by Hope, west to the Georgia Strait, north to North Vancouver and south to the United States border.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Cartographic material
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 27497
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2006-09
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of one canvas map entitled "1913 District of New Westminster" and depicting the area bordered on the east by Hope, west to the Georgia Strait, north to North Vancouver and south to the United States border.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
Mary Forsyth fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription87823
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1893] (date of original) -2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records, graphic material and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of material created and collected by Mary Forsyth. Records include correspondence, photographs, a map, presentation notes, and reviews along with research for historical and biographical essays pertaining to pioneering families, organizations, and the geographical area of South Burn…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1893] (date of original) -2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records, graphic material and cartographic material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-27
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of material created and collected by Mary Forsyth. Records include correspondence, photographs, a map, presentation notes, and reviews along with research for historical and biographical essays pertaining to pioneering families, organizations, and the geographical area of South Burnaby. One of her major research projects consists of "A Walking Environment for South Burnaby," which also became a proposal to The Corporation of the District of Burnaby. Historical information and photographs pertaining to South Burnaby pioneer families and organizations were compiled from interviews with the intention of publishing a book.
- History
- Mary Gertrude (Bolton) Forsyth was born at her parents' home in Burnaby on March 5, 1923, and was the daughter of Richard Bolton and Gertrude (nee Hern). Mary's father, Richard, immigrated to Canada from Sunderland, England, in 1911. He lived with his brother George in New Westminster prior to purchasing property in South Burnaby in 1916 and built a bungalow located at 859 Marine Drive. Richard Bolton was employed as the municipal treasurer for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and, in 1919, he returned to Sunderland with three months leave of absence to marry Mary Gertrude Hern, daughter of Captain and Mrs. John Hern. Mary grew up with her parents and sister Nancy in the house that her father built on Marine Drive. She married Lloyd Forsyth in 1946 and they had two children, Diane and Robert. Mary and her husband raised their family in Burnaby and built a house at 855 Marine Drive, on the lot originally purchased by her father, and moved later to a house located at 6457 Marine Drive. In 1964, after her children were grown, Mary completed her teaching degree at Simon Fraser University and went on to teach kindergarten at Nelson Elementary School. While a teacher within the Burnaby School District, Mary was instrumental in adopting ballet as part of the school curriculum. Mary was an active member of the Burnaby Historical Society, participating and leading local events and seminars. She was inspired by the idea of the 'Housewives Holiday', originally initiated by the Vancouver "Y’ S". In February 1960, she was integral in forming a committee in South Burnaby, working alongside Ruth Turner, Faye Treagh, and Dorothy Turnbull. The "Housewives Holiday" committee (a branch of the Clinton-Glenwood Recreation Association) planned several events at Bonsor Hall for Burnaby housewives from October 6 to December 8, 1960. After her retirement from teaching, Mary returned to Simon Fraser University to do further studies and, in 1983, she wrote an essay for an Environmental Education course, titled "A Walking Environment for South Burnaby". The essay was conducted as a feasibility study to provide a walking environment in her community and included a formal essay, a media book, a map, and a slide presentation which was presented to a variety of local community groups. In 1984, Mary was the recipient of the North Fraser Harbour Commission Award to further her work on this project. In October 1986, her essay was adapted as a proposal to The Corporation of the District of Burnaby for a walking and cycling trail system for South Burnaby. Her proposal was taken into consideration by council and was later adopted by the Parks and Recreation Commission. Mary was very much interested in the history of South Burnaby and spent time between 1990 to 2004 conducting research through the Burnaby Historical Society, The City of Burnaby Archives, and several pioneering families who agreed to share their family records and be interviewed. Mary compiled her research into short historical and biographical essays by geographical area, family name, and organization. Mary (Bolton) Forsyth lived her whole life in South Burnaby and was an active and committed member of her community. She died on November 10, 2010.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- Forsyth, Mary
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 572, MSS185
Survey - Roberts Road and Power House Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription8038
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Scope and Content
- One white linen plan with Vancouver Road to the north and North Arm Road to the south.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 10993
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- One white linen plan with Vancouver Road to the north and North Arm Road to the south.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Located in map case.