Map of South Western Part of British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8688
- 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…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- 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.
- 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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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 & Group 2 - Port Moody, Surrey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription7042
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1898-1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 plans : graphite and ink on paper and linen; various sizes mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a large board with four plans in New Westminster District mounted on one side and six plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan : black ink and graphite on paper ; 46.5 x 37.5 cm. Title reads: "Bon Accord Hatchery / Sec 6 B5N R1W". Signed by Albert J. Hill P.L.S. August 1…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 plans : graphite and ink on paper and linen; various sizes mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales vary (One chain equals 792 inches)
- Indexed number on tape on edge of board reads "73"
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a large board with four plans in New Westminster District mounted on one side and six plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan : black ink and graphite on paper ; 46.5 x 37.5 cm. Title reads: "Bon Accord Hatchery / Sec 6 B5N R1W". Signed by Albert J. Hill P.L.S. August 12, 1903. Plan covers land identified as Section 6, Section 7, Located along the south shore of the Fraser River in Port Mann (Geographic location: Surrey). 2. Plan : black ink and graphite on paper ; 36 x 31 cm. Title reads: "Survey of Portions of Sec. 20 B5N R2W". Plan is stamped in red ink: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer". Scale 4 chains = 1 inch. 3. Plan : black ink on linen ; 14 x 23 cm. Title reads:"Port Moody". Plan covers sections in Lot 191 (District Lot 191) bordered by Burrard Inlet to the west and Lot 235 and Lot 233 to the south. Streets identified include Water Street, Beauregard Street, Yonge Street, Clinton Street and Oxford Street. 4. Plan: graphite and ink on paper ; 43.5 x 64.5 cm. Title reads: "Sketch Plan Approved by Council [sic] / _[sic]1898". (No identifying geographic landmarks provided) Side B: 1. Plan : graphite on paper ; 53.5 x 31 cm. Title reads: "Plan of Lot 13, Gr. II, N.W. Dist". Sketch plan covers area along the Fraser River in District Lot 13, New Westminster District, Group 2. District Lot 13 is bordered by District Lot 14 (to the west) and Lot 12 (to the east). Natural geographic features within District Lot 13 are noted as "dense brush and fallen timber / sallal / rough spruce and cedar / swamp / fine alder / sallal / fine alder bottom land / fine brook". Scale: 3 chains = 1 inch (Geographic location: Surrey) 2. Plan : black ink on paper ; 50.5 x 34.5 cm. Title reads: "Indian Reserve / Opposite / New Westminster". Plan covers area on the south shore of the Fraser River in New Westminster District Group 2 in an area known as Brownsville. Lots are identified as District Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 18, 17 and 8 and Sections A and B. Two areas of land are noted as "Indian Reserve"; one 6.3 acre parcel and one 104.25 acre parcel, both within District Lot 1. Note on plan reads: "N.B. this plan shows reserves and adjacent properties as they are on the ground". (Geographic location: Surrey) 3. Plan : black and col. ink on paper ; 19.5 x 31.5 cm. Title reads: "Bon Accord Road". Plan shows elevation. "Average section 10 feet = 1 inch". Plan is stamped in red ink: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer and Provincial Land Surveyor, New Westminster, B.C." (Geographic location: Surrey) 4. Plan : black and col. ink on linen ; 16.5 x 25.5 cm. (no formal title) Plan covers area of Section 35, south of Yale Wagon Road and east of Quible Road. Plan is signed by "Albert J. Hill / B.C.L.S." (Geographic location: Surrey) 5. Plan: black and col. ink on linen ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm. (no formal title) Plan covers area between Yale Road and Townline Road in Surrey. Scale: 4 chains = 1 inch. Plan is signed by Albert J. Hill B.C.L.S. [190-] (Geographic location: Surrey) 6. Plan : graphite on paper ; 24 x 54 cm. (no formal title) Plan covers sectioned areas along Bon Accord Road. Sections are identified as " Sec. 8 / T.F. Patterson"; "Sec. 9 / Russell"; "Elliott_Burnett_Crean / Sec. 16"; "Dom. Govt. / Sec. 17". (Geographic location: Surrey, beneath the Port Mann bridge)
- Names
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.73
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1898-1910]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Note re plan 2B: The sight of Brownsville was also the former site of the Qayqayt First Nation and one of the main summer villages of the Kwantlen and ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples
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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 & Group 2 - Port Moody, Surrey , [1898-1910]
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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 2 - Surrey, Delta
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription7047
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1898-1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 plans : graphite and ink on paper and linen; various sizes mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a large board with four plans in New Westminster District mounted on one side and six plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan : black ink on paper with colour (no formal title). Plan covers area in New Westminster District, Group 2 situated along the south shore of the …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 plans : graphite and ink on paper and linen; various sizes mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales vary
- Indexed number on tape on edge of board reads "78"
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a large board with four plans in New Westminster District mounted on one side and six plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan : black ink on paper with colour (no formal title). Plan covers area in New Westminster District, Group 2 situated along the south shore of the Fraser River identified as "Indian Reserve / Turner 1868" situated in District Lot 1 between District Lot 2 identified as "Mohun's Line" and "Herring's Line" bordered by lots B and A. Includes note "see plan of subdivision of Lots 3 & 4 Gr. 2". (Geographic location: Surrey) 2. Plan : graphite on paper ; Title reads: "B5N R2W, Sec.26_Sec. 28 / Sec. 35_Sec.36". Plan covers a 60 acre parcel in Sec. 35 with Yale wagon road to the south. Scale: 6 chains = 1 inch (Geographic location: Surrey) 3. Plan : black ink on paper ; Title reads: "Survey for Proposed Highway in Indian Reserve Surrey". Plan covers area of land to the northwest of Lot 2 along the shore of the Fraser River and identfies route of proposed highway, proposed tramway as well at the Great Northern Railway and bridge. Scale: 2 chains = 1 inch 4. Plan : black ink on red lined graphing paper ; Title reads: "Sketch Plan Showing Section of Great Northern R. of W. at Point of Crossing of Proposed Ditch". Plan covers area of Lot 2 in New Westminster District, Group 2. (Surrey) Scale: 1 inch = 5 feet. (Geographic location: Surrey) Side B: 1. Plan : black ink on paper ; Title reads: "Plan of Subdivision of a Portion of Section 13, TP2, Surrey Municipality, New Westminster District, B.C.". Plan covers land bordered by Coast Meridian Road (to the east), Bose Road (to the south) and Pike Road (to the west). Surveyed for D.S. Bayners, Nov. 24, 1908. Scale: 5 chains= 1 inch 2. Plan : black ink on linen with colour ; Title reads: "Traverse of the Waterline in front of Lots 3 and 4, Group 2, New Westminster District with G.N. Railway Right of Way". Plan covers area along the southern shore of the Fraser River with a road crossing the Great Northern Railway and leading to a wharf. Scale: 100 feet = 1 inch (Geographic location: Surrey) 3. Plan : black ink on paper ; Title reads: "Survey of the South Boundary of Sec. 12, Township 2, New Westminster District". Plan covers area south of Bose Road and west of Coast Meridean Road and north of McClellen Road. Scale: 400 feet = 1 inch. Sec.12 (Geographic location: Surrey) 4. Plan : graphite on paper ; Title reads: "Plan of Subdivisioin of a part of S.E. 1/4 of Sec. 7, TP 8". Plan covers area of Section 7 in New Westminster District, Group 2, Township 8. Streets are identified running through lot including, Langley Ave., Robinson Ave, Melrose Ave., Hawthorne Ave., Broadway, Bond Ave., Mable Ave., Breene Ave. and McLelland Ave. and Clover Valley Road. Scale: 200 feet = 1 inch. Note in black ink reads: See Bd. 166 for blue print. (Geographic location: Surrey) 5. Plan : graphite on linen ; Title reads: "Sec.20, B5N R2W". Plan covers area north of Yale Road and is subdivided into parts identified as A, B, C, D, E, and unknown. (Geographic location: Surrey) 6. Plan : black ink and graphite on paper ; (no formal title) Plan covers lots surveyed along Ladner Road identified as A, B and Lots 13, 12 and 11. [Geographic location: Delta]
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.78
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1898-1910]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Note re plans 1A & 3A: The sight of Brownsville was also the former site of the Qayqayt First Nation and one of the main summer villages of the Kwantlen and ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples
- Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches)
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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 2 - Surrey, Delta , [1898-1910]
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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
Agreement for sale of land between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love re District Lot 25
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18788
- 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
- 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.
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19150
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interviews series 2) Jimmy Chow family photographs series 3) Property master photographs series 4) Property master records series
- History
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow (1913-1991) fled China to escape the Communist Revolution and to be reunited with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow (1906-1990) who’d immigrated to Canada many years earlier. Jimmy’s elder sister Shao-Lin Chow stayed behind in China. Jimmy’s father, Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Canada in 1921 at 14 years of age and was forced to pay the Chinese head tax of $500. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother first fled to Hong Kong before immigrating to Canada and arriving in Vancouver. Jimmy Chow’s birth name is Hipman Chow but when he arrived in Canada, his father indicated that he needed an English name and he was given the name “Jimmy” but retained his birth name “Hipman Chow”. Over the years, Jimmy has also used the name “James H. Chow” and is often credited by this name in the film industry. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec where his father had work in hotels and restaurants. While living in Asquith, Saskatchewan Jimmy attended school and began to learn English. In 1954, Jimmy and his parents returned to Vancouver, first living in the area of Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant where they purchased a house located on 15th Avenue east of Main Street. While living in Mount Pleasant, Jimmy attended both elementary and high school. While attending high school, Jimmy began working at the local grocery store where he worked for many years living at home and saving his money. In 1970 while attending Vancouver City College, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos. Two years later, they moved in together, married in 1981 and started a family. Jimmy and Donna first lived in North Burnaby before purchasing a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they raised their three children. Growing up in a traditional Chinese Canadian family, Jimmy was always one who went against the grain. Although his father wanted him to get a business degree, Jimmy had aspirations for a different career path. Through the referral of a friend, he entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver. While working at the CBC, Jimmy gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career in the film industry. Over a 45 year career, Jimmy worked on over 50 blockbuster movies, historical period films, science fiction films and fantasy films, where he honed in on his expertise as a set decorator, art director and property master. He built an international reputation through working with production companies, prop makers and antique sellers across the globe. As a property master in the film industry, Jimmy Chow has been responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: The BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, Once a Thief and many more. With Jimmy's many years of professional experience in the film industry, he has been a union member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians...) from July 1979, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 2018 and has worked as a guest lecturer in film production at Capilano University and Langara University. He was also a key contributor to the Burnaby Village Museum’s 2014 temporary exhibition Burnaby Makes Movies. Donna Polos was born in Vancouver in 1949 to parents Mayme "May" Helen Tillikana Polos (1931-1977) and Donald James Polos (1926-2017). Donna’s maternal grandparents, Elvi Tienhara and Toiva Tillikana immigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Chimiki Polos emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Kostopolus emigrated as an orphan from Sparta Greece at the age of 12 years. In 1908, he first immigrated to the United States where he was denied entry so immigrated to Canada, entering through Halifax at Pier 17. When immigrating, James changed his last name to "Polos". Jimmy Polos arrived in Halifax with only five dollars in his pocket. He lived in Halifax for many years before making his way to Vancouver where he established three restaurants and raised his family. James was the proprietor of three restaurants in Burnaby including; the Home Apple Pie Café (1941-1944) located on East Hastings near Princess Avenue; Jimmy’s Café (1945-1955) located on East Hastings near Hawks Avenue and another restaurant located near 10th Avenue and Alma Street. Donna grew up with her family in Vancouver, first living in the downtown eastside before moving to a home near Joyce Station. Donna attended elementary school and high school while growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. Donna moved out of her family home at 21 years of age and lived with roommates before moving in with Jimmy Chow in 1972. Donna attended Vancouver City College and the University of British Columbia where she obtained her teaching degree in 1974. Donna first taught at Gilmore Elementary School before being hired to teach at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. While raising their three children, Donna worked part time teaching in schools in Burnaby. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. This experience led her to experimenting with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. In 2008, Donna retired from teaching but continued her art career often working as an Artist in Residence at various schools and exhibiting her work. While living in Burnaby Donna has been politically active with a particular passion for heritage, housing and preserving the natural environment. Donna was instrumental in advocating and petitioning for the establishment of a tree bylaw in Burnaby which was eventually adopted by the City.
- Creator
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Polos, Donna
- Accession Code
- BV022.21
- BV023.11
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including Dis…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including District Lots in Burnaby along with various school sites and church plans; surveying records regarding North Road and a map of the Burnaby Municipality. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Subdivision and survey plans series 2) School and church plans series 3) Map series
- History
- Ronald G. Scobbie was born in Scotland. After graduating from high school, he worked in the mines of Scotland which led to a career as a land surveyor. Ron immigrated to Canada in 1965 and settled in North Vancouver. In 1967 he became a partner in the surveying company of Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie in New Westminster, eventually owning it under the title Scobbie and Associates between 1980 and 1995. Ron sold the business in 1995 and retired as a BC Land Surveyor in December 2003. Ron was an active member of the B.C. Land Surveyors Association and an avid collector of surveying equipment and maps and plans that document the history of surveying in British Columbia. Upon retirement, Ron donated many historical maps and plans to various repositories located in different geographical regions throughout B.C.
- Scobbie & Associates land surveying company dates back to 1890 when Albert J. Hill first established his practice as a land surveyor in New Westminster. The company went through a series of Surveyors (owners) between 1890 and 1995:
- Albert James Hill (A.J. Hill) [1890] to 1912
- Hill & Burnett 1911 to 1912
- Geoffrey K. Burnett 1912
- Burnett & McGugan 1912 to 1947
- Burnett, McGugan & Hunter 1947 to 1959
- Burnett, Hunter & Douglas 1959 to 1960
- Hunter, Douglas & Crockford 1960 to 1964
- Hunter, Crockford & Associates 1964 to 1965
- Hunter, Crockford & Aplin 1965 to 1967
- Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie 1967 to 1973
- Crockford, Scobbie & Associates 1973-1980
- Scobbie & Associates 1980 to 1995
- Responsibility
- Scobbie, Ronald G.
- Accession Code
- HV984.57
- BV003.83
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Related Material
- For other survey and subdivision plans created by land surveyors Albert J. Hill, Geoffery K. Burnett and Donald J. McGugan, see: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection - Survey and Subdivision plans series
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4648
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
- History
- The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Accession Code
- HV975.5
- BV985.5331
- BV017.7
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Related Material
- See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds