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Duncan & Margaret McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon' New Haven Barn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark852
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Designed in a vernacular architectural style, the New Haven Barn is a large gambrel-roofed barn located on the Edwardian era McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon,' overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain and near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
- Associated Dates
- 1939
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Home of the Friendless, New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders, New Haven Correction Centre
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Home of the Friendless, New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders, New Haven Correction Centre
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Associated Dates
- 1939
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 12183
- Enactment Date
- 11/12/2006
- Description
- Designed in a vernacular architectural style, the New Haven Barn is a large gambrel-roofed barn located on the Edwardian era McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon,' overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain and near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
- Heritage Value
- The site is historically significant for its association with early social welfare and correctional reform. The estate was sold in 1926 to an inter-denominational religious organization called the Home of the Friendless, which used it as their B.C. headquarters. The organization was charged with several cases of abuse and neglect in 1937, after which a Royal Commission was formed that led to new legislation to regulate and license all private welfare institutions. 'Glen-Lyon' was sold to the provincial government, and was dedicated in 1939 by the Lt.-Gov. E.W. Hamber for use as the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders (later renamed the New Haven Correction Centre). The Borstal movement originated in England in the late nineteenth century, as an alternative to sending young offenders and runaways to prisons by providing reformatories that focused on discipline and vocational skill. This site’s role as the first North American institution devoted to the Borstal School philosophy was historic, and influenced corrections programs across Canada. The New Haven Barn is a significant feature from its development in 1939 as the Borstal School, designed by Chief Provincial Architect Henry Whittaker of the Department of Public Works, and is the only remaining structure of its kind in Burnaby.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of the New Haven Barn include its: - gambrel-roofed barn with roof vent with finial, sliding hay loft and access doors, small multi-pane windows, and lapped wooden siding
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Architect
- Henry Whittaker
- Function
- Primary Historic--Estate
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 003-004-661
- Boundaries
- 'Glen-Lyon' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4250 Marine Drive, Burnaby.
- Area
- 230873.18
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Names
- Whittaker, George
- New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders
- New Haven Correction Centre
- Borstal School
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
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Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory470
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
Barnet School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15225
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1937 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph students at Barnet School. Students are gathered together on the school grounds and are identified from left to right; back row: Algot Peters, June Marshall, Fred Peters and Frank McDonald; middle row: Hugh Carey, Edith Bedore, Cecilia McDonald, Louise Irwin, Ella Neimi, Irene La Favor;…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph students at Barnet School. Students are gathered together on the school grounds and are identified from left to right; back row: Algot Peters, June Marshall, Fred Peters and Frank McDonald; middle row: Hugh Carey, Edith Bedore, Cecilia McDonald, Louise Irwin, Ella Neimi, Irene La Favor; front row: Jimmy Bedore, Billy Woytowicz, Tommy Keys, Clyde La Favor, Dallas La Favor and Jack Kask.
- Names
- Barnet School
- Peters, Algot
- Marshall, June
- Peters, Fred
- McDonald, Frank
- Carey, Hugh
- Bedore, Edith
- McDonald, Cecilia
- Irwin, Louise
- Neimi, Ella
- La Favor, Louise
- Bedore, Jimmy
- Woytowicz, Billy
- Keys, Thomas "Tommy"
- La Favor, Clyde
- La Favor, Dallas
- Kask, John "Jack"
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.45
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1937 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Names of students taken from verso of photograph
- see page 234, Chapter Three in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Barnet School / Class 1936-1937 / BACK ROW: Algot Peters, June / Marshall, Fred Peters: Frank / McDonald"
Images
![Barnet School class, [between 1931 and 1932] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0048_001.jpg?width=280)
Barnet School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15228
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1931 and 1932] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph students at Barnet School. Students are gathered together on wooden bleechers on the school grounds and are identified from left to right; back row: Jack Hood; Fred Proteau, Bob Johnston, John Stelioff, Billy Warner and Neil Carey; third row from bottom: Lloyd Lendgren, Joan Rutherford,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph students at Barnet School. Students are gathered together on wooden bleechers on the school grounds and are identified from left to right; back row: Jack Hood; Fred Proteau, Bob Johnston, John Stelioff, Billy Warner and Neil Carey; third row from bottom: Lloyd Lendgren, Joan Rutherford, Kathleen Cole, Patricia Longley, Annie Strelioff, Marie Galbraith and Billy Rutherford; second row from bottom: Jean Wallace, Eva Grace Hood, Kerthq's cousin, Kerthq, Maureen Johnston, Marie Swanson, Eleanor Irwin; front row at bottom: John Taranoff, John Jacobsen, Lewis La Favor, Jack Rutherford, Andrew Strelioff and Sheldon Rowell.
- Names
- Barnet School
- Yasui, Harding
- Hood, Jack
- Proteau, Frederick "Freddy"
- Stride Avenue School
- Johnston, Bob
- Strelioff, John
- Strelioff, Annie
- Warner, William "Billy"
- Carey, Neil
- Lendgren, Lloyd
- Rutherford, Joan
- Cole, Kathleen
- Longley, Patricia
- Galbraith, Marie
- Rutherford, William "Billy"
- Wallace, Jean
- Hood, Grace
- Kerthq
- Johnston, Maureen
- Swanson, Marie
- Nelson, Eleanor Irwin
- Taranoff, John
- Jacobsen, John
- La Favor, Lewis
- Rutherford, Jack S.
- Strelioff, Andrew
- Sheldon, Rowell
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.48
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1931 and 1932] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Names of students taken from verso of photograph -see photograph BV019.32.47
- see page 234, Chapter Three in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Barnet School / Class 1931-1932 / BACK ROW: Harding Yasui, Jack Hood, Fred Proteau, Bob Johnston, John Strelioff, Billy Warner, Neil Carey / THIRD ROW: ..."
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![Barnet School class, [between 1931 and 1932] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0048_001.jpg)
![Port Moody school class, [1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0653_001.jpg?width=280)
Port Moody school class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20231
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of group of students at Port Moody school. Frank Stanley is identified standing in the back row, third from right. The students are posing together in four rows outside of school.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of group of students at Port Moody school. Frank Stanley is identified standing in the back row, third from right. The students are posing together in four rows outside of school.
- Names
- Stanley, Frank Conquest
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.653
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-29
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Frank 3rd from right / top row / 1935"
- Note in white ink on album page reads: "BACK ROW, 3RD FROM RIGHT - FRANK / SCHOOL PICTURE, - 1935 / PORT MOODY"
Images
![Port Moody school class, [1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0653_001.jpg)
Burnaby North High School grade 9 class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13691
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grade nine class of Burnaby North High School arranged in rows and standing in front of the entrance to the school. Walter "Wally" Westerman is identified on the far left, standing in the fourth row from the bottom.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Material Details
- `
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grade nine class of Burnaby North High School arranged in rows and standing in front of the entrance to the school. Walter "Wally" Westerman is identified on the far left, standing in the fourth row from the bottom.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Buildings - Schools
- Geographic Access
- Pandora Street
- Street Address
- 4375 Pandora Street
- Accession Code
- BV020.17.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1931
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights 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 age 14/1931 1st year high"
Images
Summer School classroom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1365
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Summer School classroom furnished with tables, chairs, bookshelves, a chalkboard and easels. The school is located in Victoria, British Columbia. Five women are seated at the left side and fourteen primary grade students are engaged on various art activities.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Summer School classroom furnished with tables, chairs, bookshelves, a chalkboard and easels. The school is located in Victoria, British Columbia. Five women are seated at the left side and fourteen primary grade students are engaged on various art activities.
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.55
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1938
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- McAllister, Kenneth "Ken"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "K. McALLISTER/ VICTORIA/ BC"
- Note in brown ink on verso of photograph reads: "1938/ Summer School"
Images
Municipal Hall during Royal Visit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37684
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1939 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the former Municipal Hall during the visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Located at Kingsway, just east of Edmonds Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1939 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-272
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the former Municipal Hall during the visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Located at Kingsway, just east of Edmonds Street.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Copy negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Fire Department at Fire Hall No. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35199
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire department trucks and firefighters, in front of fire hall No. 2. Note the old Burnaby Municipal Hall on the left.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-056
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire department trucks and firefighters, in front of fire hall No. 2. Note the old Burnaby Municipal Hall on the left.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - City Halls
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Buildings - Civic - Fire Halls
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7252 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![Burnaby South High School performance, [between 1920 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0059_0026_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby South High School performance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3880
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Group shot of the cast of a Burnaby South High School performance by students at a community hall. Student musicians are holding musical instruments and seated in front of the stage and five rows of student performers are dressed in costumes standing on the stage behind.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Group shot of the cast of a Burnaby South High School performance by students at a community hall. Student musicians are holding musical instruments and seated in front of the stage and five rows of student performers are dressed in costumes standing on the stage behind.
- Accession Code
- BV008.59.26
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-03-08
- Photographer
- Campbell Studios Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "CAMPBELL STUDIO / 569 Granville Street / VANCOUVER, - B.C. / Sey. 2830".
Images
![Burnaby South High School performance, [between 1920 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0059_0026_001.jpg)
![Douglas Road School students, [between 1938 and 1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/201700280032_001.jpg?width=280)
Douglas Road School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4235
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, elementary grade. This is possibly a combined class as there are two teachers in the photo and 51 students. The students are in four rows with a male teacher at either end of the third row. Glen Boal is at the left end of the third row standing next …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Material Details
- Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: 'Glen Boal / 3d Row far left beside teacher".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, elementary grade. This is possibly a combined class as there are two teachers in the photo and 51 students. The students are in four rows with a male teacher at either end of the third row. Glen Boal is at the left end of the third row standing next to a teacher.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV017.28.32
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1940]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Douglas Road School students, [between 1938 and 1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/201700280032_001.jpg)
Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1294
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake lying down on their beds and reading (in the dormitory during the night shift) at No. 1 Burnaby Fire Hall at Carleton Avenue and Eton Street. Fire boots (with fire resistant pants gathered over them) are visible at the side of Fred Blake's bed.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm print
- Material Details
- .
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake lying down on their beds and reading (in the dormitory during the night shift) at No. 1 Burnaby Fire Hall at Carleton Avenue and Eton Street. Fire boots (with fire resistant pants gathered over them) are visible at the side of Fred Blake's bed.
- Geographic Access
- Carleton Avenue
- Eton Street
- Accession Code
- BV998.31.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Night shift at No.1 Hall/ Carleton Ave. and Eton St. (L) Albert Killer (R) Fred Blake 1939"
- Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"
Images
![Fireman sitting on the tailgate of a fire truck, [1939] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550045.jpg?width=280)
Fireman sitting on the tailgate of a fire truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1496
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified fireman sitting on the tailgate of (what appears to be) a 1939 Ford fire truck, parked in front of a fire hall. Note the neatly folded fire hose stored at the back of the truck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph was likely taken out of an album as there is black paper residue on its recto
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified fireman sitting on the tailgate of (what appears to be) a 1939 Ford fire truck, parked in front of a fire hall. Note the neatly folded fire hose stored at the back of the truck.
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.45
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1939]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Fireman sitting on the tailgate of a fire truck, [1939] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550045.jpg)
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory465
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:08
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the location of the North Burnaby Fire Department fire hall and the location of the six fire halls subsequently built for the combined north and south department. He also talks about Fred Blake, Lewis Auvache and Henry Chapman, early member…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the location of the North Burnaby Fire Department fire hall and the location of the six fire halls subsequently built for the combined north and south department. He also talks about Fred Blake, Lewis Auvache and Henry Chapman, early members of the department who were also interested in the department's history.
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:08
- 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
- 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 two of interview with Al Nixon
Track two of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_2.mp3Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory466
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1927-1990
- Length
- 00:04:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.
- Date Range
- 1927-1990
- Length
- 00:04:05
- Names
- Waddell, Gordon
- 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
- 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 three of interview with Al Nixon
Track three of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_3.mp3
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36217
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Burnaby. A large group of spectators stand on either side of the street watching as the two royals pass by the Municipal Hall in a motorcade. Men and women are waving, many with hats in their raised hands and the Burnaby Municipal Hall…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 235-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-26
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Burnaby. A large group of spectators stand on either side of the street watching as the two royals pass by the Municipal Hall in a motorcade. Men and women are waving, many with hats in their raised hands and the Burnaby Municipal Hall has been adorned with Union Jacks and decorations.
- Names
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lorimy, G.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 col. copy negative accompanying
- Note on verso of print reads: ..."Mr. + Mrs. R. Bolton and daughter Mary in audience, Hugh M. Fraser Commissioner also in audience"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Kingsway 1939
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55591
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large crowd gathered outside the Municipal Hall on Kingsway. This photograph was taken during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939. A large group of spectators stand on either side of the street and the Burnaby Municipal Hall has been adorned with Union Jacks and…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Civil Service series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-066
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large crowd gathered outside the Municipal Hall on Kingsway. This photograph was taken during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939. A large group of spectators stand on either side of the street and the Burnaby Municipal Hall has been adorned with Union Jacks and decorations. The woman standing in the foreground, to the right has been identified as Gladys Almond.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "Gladys Almond / Kingsway - 1935"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![Lewis Auvache at Firehall No. 2, [1937] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-078.jpg?width=280)
Lewis Auvache at Firehall No. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37490
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1937] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lewis Auvache seated in a fire truck at Firehall No. 2 located at 1942 Kingsway and Hall Avenue (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Kingsway). There is snow.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1937] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-078
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lewis Auvache seated in a fire truck at Firehall No. 2 located at 1942 Kingsway and Hall Avenue (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Kingsway). There is snow.
- Names
- Auvache, Lewis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![Lewis Auvache at Firehall No. 2, [1937] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-078.jpg)
North Burnaby Public Library Construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36784
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of North Burnaby Public Library under construction at Hastings Street near Gilmore Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-141
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of North Burnaby Public Library under construction at Hastings Street near Gilmore Avenue.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Libraries
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4147 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Store used to house North Burnaby Library
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36135
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm, mounted on board 15 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the store at 4147 Hastings Street that was used to house the North Burnaby Library from 1935 to 1939. Men and women are seen climbing onto a large bus that has been parked in front of the store.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm, mounted on board 15 x 27.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 225-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-22
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the store at 4147 Hastings Street that was used to house the North Burnaby Library from 1935 to 1939. Men and women are seen climbing onto a large bus that has been parked in front of the store.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4147 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
