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Burnaby, Numbers: 24, 29, 39 and 40 reproduced with permission of Pat Burnaby and Meg Kennedy Shaw. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Burnaby, Robert, 1828-1878 Land of Promise Includes biographical references and index. ISBN 0-9692828-5-0 1.Burnaby, Robert

of Halkomelem speaking Central Coast Salish First Nations. The Saleelwat peoples whose permanent village site was at "Tetimexwten" (Belcarra) was one historic group that would have used the land and shoreline of Barnet to gather food and other resources. The life of aboriginal peoples here was organized around

at Edmonds, Lougheed and Brentwood, creating focus for commercial and residential redevelopment. In South Burnaby growth was accelerated by the introduction of SkyTrain in 1986. This new tax base has enabled the community to rapidly expand public services and acquire park land, illustrated by the creation

E D A T D E E R L A K E The region around Burnaby's Deer Lake was originally of interest to lower mainland entrepreneurs as an area to be logged off. Later on, its excellent soil and rolling land attracted agricultural settlers and market gardeners. Others saw its proximity to Vancouver