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1892 Burnaby Centennial

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print ; 71 cm x 119 cm

Scope and Content: A birds eye view map of Burnaby, drawn by Mark Lewis, Parks staff, as a Parks-Maintenance Centennial Project for the 1892 - 1992 Burnaby Centennial. It features wildlife found in Burnaby and highlights civic buildings, parks and other prominent structures of the time. This is not a scale map.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print ; 71 cm x 119 cm

Material Details: "1892 BURNABY/ CENTENNIAL 1992" printed in a banner across the top of the map Burnaby Centennial logo is located in the lower right side. "ALL WILDLIFE SHOWN CAN STILL / BE FOUND IN THE BURNABY AREA" printed in lower right corner "DRAWN BY / MARK LEWIS / A PARKS-MAINTENANCE / CENTENNIAL PROJECT" printed in the very lower right corner.; The map is dark blue ink, there is no colour.

Scope and Content: A birds eye view map of Burnaby, drawn by Mark Lewis, Parks staff, as a Parks-Maintenance Centennial Project for the 1892 - 1992 Burnaby Centennial. It features wildlife found in Burnaby and highlights civic buildings, parks and other prominent structures of the time. This is not a scale map.

History: Drawn by Mark Lewis of the Parks-Maintenance Dept for the 1882 - 1992 Centennial of Burnaby. Mark always loved birds-eye maps, and showed this map to his supervisors while the work was still in progress. They suggested the map could be a Parks Maintenance Centennial Project. Mark agreed, and completed the map, including Burnaby landmarks and sketches of wildlife. Several copies of the map were given to schools so students could colour them.

Creator: Lewis, Mark

Accession Code: BV013.8.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1992]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 05-Jun-2013

Scale: 96

Notes: Transcribed title

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Agreement for sale of land between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love re District Lot 25

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Oct. 1893

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records + 1 plan : red and black ink on linen ; 16 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of an Agreement for Sale of Land dated October 6, 1893 between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love for District Lot 25, Group one, New Westminster District and a small hand drawn plan showing District Lot 25, Cumberland Road and location of building. Land Agreement was registered Febru…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love and Leonard land records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records + 1 plan : red and black ink on linen ; 16 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of an Agreement for Sale of Land dated October 6, 1893 between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love for District Lot 25, Group one, New Westminster District and a small hand drawn plan showing District Lot 25, Cumberland Road and location of building. Land Agreement was registered February 13, 1894.

Accession Code: BV992.26.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 6 Oct. 1893

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Document dated Oct 6 1893; "ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT" between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love; one page, folded on buff, legal-sized paper with pink borders; black print; handwritten in faded brown ink; for a parcel of land in the New Westminster District, all that portion of Lot 25, Group I, from a point on the Easterly side 20 chains from the South Easterly corner, then from the South Easterly corner, then northerly and parallel with the Cumberland Road for 10 chains and 52 links, then southerly 10 chains, then Easterly 14 chains and 52 links, total 14 acres and 52/100; for $1161 in 17 instalments at 6% interest; signed by Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong, witnessed by H.A. Eastman; two seals are missing, pink stains on paper; addition May 1900 signed by Jesse Love and H.A. Eastman; folds twice; when folded, panel showing is "AGREEMENT for Sale of Land." "on Cumberland road in Lot 25 Group I"; handwritten "H.A. Eastman" over printed "E.H. PORT & CO.", "REAL ESTATE BROKERS" "NEW WESTMINSTER BRITISH COLUMBIA"; back panel has blue stamping and pink additions, giving No. 546C, registered February 13, 1894, Charge Book Vol. 13, Folio 51, signed C.S. Corrigan? District Registrar; with hand-drawn plan on stained linen, pink ink with black additions, shows Cumberland Road and city limits.

Burnaby Park track

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: June 30, 1932

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : ink on waxed linen sheet ; 27 x 39 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a survey plan titled “Burnaby Park Track”.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: Subdivision and survey plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : ink on waxed linen sheet ; 27 x 39 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a survey plan titled “Burnaby Park Track”.

Creator: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Accession Code: BV003.83.41

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: June 30, 1932

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Notes: Transcribed title; Note in pencil reads: ‘4222”

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Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany with bombing sites

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1938] (date of creation of map), annotations added [between 1943 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithographic print ; 51 x 77 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map entitled "Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany" with secondary title "Daily Telegraph WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition". Map was produced prior to the Second World War [pre-Munich International Boundary lines]. Map depicts approximately 47 N to 55 N and from 3E to 22E. The countr…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Series: Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithographic print ; 51 x 77 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map entitled "Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany" with secondary title "Daily Telegraph WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition". Map was produced prior to the Second World War [pre-Munich International Boundary lines]. Map depicts approximately 47 N to 55 N and from 3E to 22E. The country of Germany sits at the centre of the map bordered by Holland, Belgium and France to the west; Switzerland, Austria and Hungary to the south; Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary and Romania to the east and Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the north. Annotations in green ink on the map mark areas of Germany that were bombed during World War Two and were added by Royal Canadian Air Force First Officer Joseph (Joe) H. Corsbie during his service.

Creator: Geographia Limited

Publisher: Hutchinsons & Co. (Publishers Ltd.) LONDON & MELBORNE"

Parallel Title: WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Accession Code: BV020.31.35

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [before 1938] (date of creation of map), annotations added [between 1943 and 1945]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Label printed on verso of map reads: "Daily Telegraph / War Map No. 10 / GERMANY / (REVISED EDITION) / PRICE 1/-NET"; Copyright. "GEOGRAPHIA" LTD. 167 FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.4; Specially drawn for the Daily Telegraph by "Geographia" Ltd."; Scale: "Heights in English Feet / Scale of English Miles / Kilometres"

Dominion Bridge Company Limited - Burnaby Plant

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 29 Aug. 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : col. lithographic print ; 50.5 x 84 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title o…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : col. lithographic print ; 50.5 x 84 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:960]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title on plan reads "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED / "BURNABY PLANT" / Burnaby, B.C.". The site plan was surveyed by C. L. Schwaab Jr.

History: Dominion Bridge Company was a major enterprise in Burnaby operating from the 1930 until the mid 1970s. Dominion Bridge constructed steel structures ranging from portions of the Golden Gate and Lions Gate Bridges to holding tanks for pulp mills. Beginning in the mid-1970s, unused areas of the site were used for filming on a temporary basis and in 1987 the site was established as a dedicated studio production facility named Bridge Studios.

Creator: Schwabb, C.L. Jr.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Responsibility: Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Street Address: 2400 Boundary Road

Accession Code: BV015.10.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 29 Aug. 1957

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-28

Notes: Title based on contents of plan; Scale on plan reads "1 inch = 80 ft / By V. Pitkin"; Identfication information in bottom right corner of plan reads: "FACTORY MUTUAL ENGINEERING DIVISION / Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos. / Norwood, Mass. / SERIAl 47330 / Replacing 35238 / INDEX 3994"

Fire insurance plans - Greater Vancouver - Volume XVIII - Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927-1950

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 22 plans on 12 sheets : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XVIII / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927, revised in October 1940 and September 1950. Includes a two page key plan (G and H) and twenty associated plans numbered; 1801; 1802; 1803; 1804; 1805; 1806; 1807; 1808; 18…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 22 plans on 12 sheets : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Material Details: Scales between [1:600] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XVIII / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927, revised in October 1940 and September 1950. Includes a two page key plan (G and H) and twenty associated plans numbered; 1801; 1802; 1803; 1804; 1805; 1806; 1807; 1808; 1809; 1810; 1811; 1812; 1813; 1814; 1815; 1819; 1820; 1821; 1822 and 1832.

Creator: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Publisher: Plan Department of Fire Branch of British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: BV987.1.70

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1927-1950

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 11/17/2021

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Scale 1 inch = 50 feet; These plans were removed from a bound book with labels on cover page reading: "Plan No. 90 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / of / Vancouver VOLUME "8" / IN THE PROPERTY OF THE / British Columbia Insurance Underwriter's Association / Vancouver B.C. / AND IS LOANED / MELVILLE F. THOMSON CO. .../ Date May 26th, 1934"; / "Plan No. 74 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / VANCOUVER VOLUME "9"" / Plan No. 11 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / BURNABY VOLUMES 15-19" / "THIS PLAN IS THE PROPERTY OF / THE / BRITISH LAW INSURANCE COMPANY / LIMITED"; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view associated fire insurance plans

Fire insurance plans - Greater Vancouver - Volume XVII - Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927-1950

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XVII / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927, revised in October 1940 and September 1950. Includes a two page key plan (E and F) and two associated plans numbered 1729 and 1738 (located within District Lot 35).

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XVII / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927, revised in October 1940 and September 1950. Includes a two page key plan (E and F) and two associated plans numbered 1729 and 1738 (located within District Lot 35).

Creator: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Publisher: Plan Department of Fire Branch of British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: BV987.1.70

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1927-1950

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-17

Notes: Title based on contents of item; These plans were removed from a bound book with labels on cover page reading: "Plan No. 90 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / of / Vancouver VOLUME "8" / IN THE PROPERTY OF THE / British Columbia Insurance Underwriter's Association / Vancouver B.C. / AND IS LOANED / MELVILLE F. THOMSON CO. .../ Date May 26th, 1934"; / "Plan No. 74 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / VANCOUVER VOLUME "9"" / Plan No. 11 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / BURNABY VOLUMES 15-19" / "THIS PLAN IS THE PROPERTY OF / THE / BRITISH LAW INSURANCE COMPANY / LIMITED"; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view associated fire insurance plans XVIII

Fire insurance plans - Greater Vancouver - Volume XV - Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927-1940

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 11 plans on 8 sheets : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XV / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927 and revised October 1940. Volume XV includes a two page Key Plan (A and B) identifying associated plan numbers and district lots and nine numbered fire insurance plans identifi…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 11 plans on 8 sheets : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Material Details: Scales between [1:600] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XV / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927 and revised October 1940. Volume XV includes a two page Key Plan (A and B) identifying associated plan numbers and district lots and nine numbered fire insurance plans identified as; 1507; 1508 ; 1517; 1518; 1519; 1520;1521; 1531and 1532.

Creator: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Publisher: Plan Department of Fire Branch of British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: BV987.1.70

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1927-1940

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Notes: Title based on contents of item; These plans are contained within a bound book with labels on cover page reading: "Plan No. 90 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / of / Vancouver VOLUME "8" / IN THE PROPERTY OF THE / British Columbia Insurance Underwriter's Association / Vancouver B.C. / AND IS LOANED / MELVILLE F. THOMSON CO. .../ Date May 26th, 1934"; / "Plan No. 74 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / VANCOUVER VOLUME "9"" / Plan No. 11 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / BURNABY VOLUMES 15-19" / "THIS PLAN IS THE PROPERTY OF / THE / BRITISH LAW INSURANCE COMPANY / LIMITED"; Fire insurance plans cover various district lots in Burnaby including: District Lot 116,121, 186 and 187.; Sticker adhered to Key Plan B reads: "; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view fire insurance plans that are part of Volume XV

Highways map of British Columbia, Alberta and adjacent states

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithographic print ; both sides ; 89.5 x 58 cm, folded to 11.5 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Double sided road map published by Imperial Oil, Ltd. and featuring the main travelled highway routes of British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwestern-most states of the United States of America. The map is a colour lithograph. The main map is green, with the highways highlighted in red. The litho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of British Columbia and Canada series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithographic print ; both sides ; 89.5 x 58 cm, folded to 11.5 x 20 cm

Material Details: Scale 1 inch = 20 miles; A.R. THOMSON / CHIEF CARTOGRAPHER

Scope and Content: Double sided road map published by Imperial Oil, Ltd. and featuring the main travelled highway routes of British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwestern-most states of the United States of America. The map is a colour lithograph. The main map is green, with the highways highlighted in red. The lithograph was created in Canada by Rolph Clark Stone Ltd in Toronto. The opposite side of the map features inset maps of the following: the Trans-Canada Highway, the highway between Prince Rupert and Prince George, the highway through the Canadian Rockies, and the highway through the Peace River District. Small city plan maps of highways through major cities, as well as advertisements for Imperial Oil products, are also found on the opposite side of the main map. This map is one of four produced by Imperial Oil that covered the most populated areas of Canada from coast to coast and paralleled Imperial Oil's distribution service.

Creator: Thomson, A.R.

Publisher: Imperial Oil Limited

Accession Code: HV977.37.187

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1930]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-10

Notes: Title based on content of map

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Highways map of British Columbia, Alberta and adjacent states, [1930]

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Indexed map of Greater Vancouver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map + 1 p. textual records : b&w lithographic print on 1 sheet ; 46 x 41 cm folded to 23 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a promotional brochure for Bekins Moving and Storage, with an indexed map of Greater Vancouver showing distances from the Bekins building located at Pender Street and Beatty Street on one side, and text and images advertising the company's services and facilities on the other side.…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map + 1 p. textual records : b&w lithographic print on 1 sheet ; 46 x 41 cm folded to 23 x 10 cm

Material Details: Scale not defined; Printing on two sides of sheet; Folded into eight sections

Scope and Content: Item consists of a promotional brochure for Bekins Moving and Storage, with an indexed map of Greater Vancouver showing distances from the Bekins building located at Pender Street and Beatty Street on one side, and text and images advertising the company's services and facilities on the other side. Cover of folded map reads "Indexed Map of Greater Vancouver / The Great Northwest for Opportunity / Compliments of / Bekins Moving and / Storage Co.".

Responsibility: Bekins Moving and Storage Company Limited

Accession Code: HV976.26.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Cartographic Material; Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of map

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Indexed map of Greater Vancouver, [193-]

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Map of Dominion of Canada

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1932]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ink on paper ; 50 x 88 cm on paper 58.5 x 96 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of "Map of the Dominion of Canada" produced by the Department of the Interior and the National Development Bureau in 1932. The map includes information about the railway lines in operation and under construction for the Canadian National Railways, Canadian Pacific Railways, and other …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of British Columbia and Canada series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ink on paper ; 50 x 88 cm on paper 58.5 x 96 cm

Material Details: Scale 100 miles = 1 inch

Scope and Content: Item consists of "Map of the Dominion of Canada" produced by the Department of the Interior and the National Development Bureau in 1932. The map includes information about the railway lines in operation and under construction for the Canadian National Railways, Canadian Pacific Railways, and other railways. The map also includes Steamship Routes with distances included.

Creator: Government of Canada - Department of the Interior

Accession Code: BV006.24.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1932]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Notes: Transcribed title

Map of proposed provincial exhibition site at Burnaby Lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1929 and 1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : photostat print ; 3 parts 45 x 33.7 cm totalling 45 x 101 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a tri-part folding map of a proposed Provincial Exhibition site located along the southern and western shore of Burnaby Lake. Exhibtion site on map identifies proposed locations for a golf course, pier, hydroplane landing ramp, sports ground, one-mile horse racing track and various…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : photostat print ; 3 parts 45 x 33.7 cm totalling 45 x 101 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:1800]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a tri-part folding map of a proposed Provincial Exhibition site located along the southern and western shore of Burnaby Lake. Exhibtion site on map identifies proposed locations for a golf course, pier, hydroplane landing ramp, sports ground, one-mile horse racing track and various buildings for mechanical, agricultural and botanical displays.

Subjects: Exhibitions

Accession Code: BV017.2.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1929 and 1931]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Scale on map reads: "150 feet to 1 inch"; Overall measurements when fully opened: L: 98.0 cm x H: 45.3 cm ; Individual map parts: L: 32.7 cm x H: 45.0 cm; Commercially printed label on front of portfolio card reads "PLOWRIGHT PRINTING COMPANY / TELEPHONE N.W. 1942 / 39 McKENZIE STREET NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. / TO: [illegible writing in pencil]" in blue ink. Red typewritten text reads: "PHOTOSTAT OF BURNABY LAKE".

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Map of South Western Part of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1897

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ink on paper ; 68 x 88 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a "MAP OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF BRITISH COLUMBIA”. Map identifies geographic land districts of New Westminster District; Coast District; Lillooet District; Yale District, Kamloops Division, Yale Division and districts on Vancouver Island. Map also includes the northern portions…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of British Columbia and Canada series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ink on paper ; 68 x 88 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:633600]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a "MAP OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF BRITISH COLUMBIA”. Map identifies geographic land districts of New Westminster District; Coast District; Lillooet District; Yale District, Kamloops Division, Yale Division and districts on Vancouver Island. Map also includes the northern portions of the State of Washington below the 49th parallel.

Creator: Government of British Columbia - Department of Lands and Works

Publisher: The Colonist Litho Victoria B.C.

Responsibility: Martin, George Bohun

Accession Code: BV993.12.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1897

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-17

Notes: Transcribed title; Scale equals 1 inch to 10 miles; "Compiled and drawn by direction of the Honouable G.B. Martin, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, B.C."; Signed by Surveyor General "Tom Kains"

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Map of South Western Part of British Columbia, 1897

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Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blackline print with col. ; 83 x 53 cm on sheet 92 x 61 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of "Municipality of Burnaby" map outlining waterlines, telephone lines, lights and power lines, and street lights. A section of the upper left corner (borded by Boundary Road to the west; Queens Ave to the east; Burrard Inlet to the north and Parker Avenue to the south) of map is han…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blackline print with col. ; 83 x 53 cm on sheet 92 x 61 cm

Material Details: Scale 10 chains = 1 inch

Scope and Content: Item consists of "Municipality of Burnaby" map outlining waterlines, telephone lines, lights and power lines, and street lights. A section of the upper left corner (borded by Boundary Road to the west; Queens Ave to the east; Burrard Inlet to the north and Parker Avenue to the south) of map is hand coloured in red with "Queens Avenue" and "Parker Avenue" identified.

Creator: Coast Map and Blue Print Co.

Responsibility: Municipal Council of Burnaby

Accession Code: BV008.24.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1910 and 1930]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 2022-05-10

Notes: Transcribed title; "COMPILED EXPRESSLY FOR / THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF BURNABY/ BY/ THE COAST MAP AND BLUE PRINT CO/ EMPIRE BLDG VANCOUVER B.C."

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Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print on paper ; 59 x 43 cm

Scope and Content: Map of the Municipality of Burnaby compiled and published by City Map and White Print Co.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print on paper ; 59 x 43 cm

Scope and Content: Map of the Municipality of Burnaby compiled and published by City Map and White Print Co.

Creator: City Map and White Print Co.

Publisher: City Map and White Print Co.

Accession Code: HV976.158.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1936

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-04-06

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on content of map; Title on map reads: "MUNICIPALITY / OF / BURNABY / BRITISH COLUMBIA / Compiled and Published by / CITY MAP AND WHITE PRINT CO."; Stamp on map reads: "SFU LIBRARY / SEP 1974 / G. 3514 / B87 / 1936"; Stamp on map reads: "SFU LIBRARY / AUG 1973 / G. 3514 / B87 / 1936"; Cirular seal stamp on map reads: "The University of / Library / British Columbia"

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Municipality of Burnaby, 1936

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Okanagan Fishing Guide

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ink on paper handcol. ; 24 x 35 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of map titled "Okanagan Fishing Guide / Showing / Major Roads / and the / Best Fish Lakes". Hand drawn map compiled and drawn by W.C. Rueber, Kelowna B.C. of Okanagan Lake area. Advertisement at bottom of page indicates that it may have been produced by "OK USED FURNITURE STORE / 239 …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of British Columbia and Canada series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ink on paper handcol. ; 24 x 35 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of map titled "Okanagan Fishing Guide / Showing / Major Roads / and the / Best Fish Lakes". Hand drawn map compiled and drawn by W.C. Rueber, Kelowna B.C. of Okanagan Lake area. Advertisement at bottom of page indicates that it may have been produced by "OK USED FURNITURE STORE / 239 BERNARD AVE., KELOWNA, B.C....". The map was copyrighted in Canada on July 20, 1948, No. 79416.

Creator: Rueber, W.C.

Publisher: OK Used Furniture Store

Accession Code: BV006.24.116

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1948

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-11-23

Notes: Transcribed title; Staining on map with creases from being folded and handcoloured markings with blue pencil

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Part of the New Westminster District shewing the Proposed New Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1891 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print with col. ; 59 x 96 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Part of the New Westminster District shewing the Proposed New Municipality of Burnaby". The map shows boundaries of a proposed new municipality of Burnaby including all land outside of the "old" City of Vancouver between Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River and west of …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print with col. ; 59 x 96 cm

Material Details: Scale approx. [1:31,680]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Part of the New Westminster District shewing the Proposed New Municipality of Burnaby". The map shows boundaries of a proposed new municipality of Burnaby including all land outside of the "old" City of Vancouver between Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River and west of North Road. Map also shows the boundaries of the District Lots. Signed by Garden, Hermon and Burwell Provincial Land Surveyors, Vancouver, June 5, 1891. Blueline print is hand-coloured highlighting Burnaby.

Creator: Garden, Hermon and Burwell

Accession Code: BV994.29.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1891 (date of original)

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 2022-05-10

Notes: Transcribed title

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Part of the New Westminster District shewing the Proposed New Municipality of Burnaby, 1891 (date of original) thumbnail

Planning Map of Chinese Market Gardens on Marine Drive

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.

History: Survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, which is primarily the area farmed by Chinese and Chinese-Canadian market gardeners around Marine Drive between Royal Oak and Mandeville (present-day Nelson). Two Chinese/Chinese Canadian land owners can be seen on the map: N.G. Wah Sing (or Ng Wah Sing) and Yee Law (or Herbert Law).

Subjects: Agriculture - Crops; Agriculture - Farms; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"; Chinese Market Gardens

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV017.40.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 11/19/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of copy scan of map; Herbert Yee Law was donor's father and this map may have originally been his copy of the city planning/engineering documents.

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Planning Map of Chinese Market Gardens on Marine Drive, [between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication) thumbnail

Plan of Survey Lot A of Block 1 District Lot 42

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: June 1957

Collection/Fonds: Seaforth School fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueline print ; 42.5 x 47 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a survey plan of Lot A, of Block 1, District Lot 42, Group 1, New Westminster District. According to Explanatory Plan 5421 Burnaby, B.C. Seaforth School and grounds are noted on plan on the corner of Piper Avenue and Government Street.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Seaforth School fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueline print ; 42.5 x 47 cm

Material Details: Scale: 1 inch = 50 feet

Scope and Content: Item consists of a survey plan of Lot A, of Block 1, District Lot 42, Group 1, New Westminster District. According to Explanatory Plan 5421 Burnaby, B.C. Seaforth School and grounds are noted on plan on the corner of Piper Avenue and Government Street.

Creator: Burnett, David H.

Names: Seaforth School

Accession Code: BV987.2.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: June 1957

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-07

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Title reads: "PLAN OF SURVEY / LOT "A", OF BLOCK 1 / DISTRICT LOT 42, 'GROUP 1 , / NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT / ACCORDING TO EXPLANATORY PLAN 5421 / BURNABY, B.C."