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Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser M…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewees: Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy Location of Interview: Residence of Harry Toy Interview Date: September 25, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:01:13 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants’ Association and Harry's daughters, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy's memories of growing up in Burnaby. 00:00:00 – 00:23:53 Harry Toy shares biographical information about himself and his ancestors. Harry provides information about his migration to Canada and his life in Manitoba, attending school, working at the family restaurant and teaching high school. 00:23:53 – 00:41:16 Harry talks about moving his family to Burnaby and his experiences owning and operating the Canada Way Food Market. 00:41:17 – 00:54:19 Harry talks about his involvement with the Fraser Merchants Association (FMA) and provides some history about the organization. 00:54:20 – 1:22:44 Harry talks about running the Canada Way Food Market and the alterations that he made to the store over the years. Harry and his daughters comment as they look through photographs of Harry and his store and the Fraser Merchants Association. 1:22:45 – 2:01:14 Beverley and Christina talk about their early childhood in Manitoba and growing up in Burnaby. They recall what it was like growing up and working in the family owned store.

History: Interviewee biography: Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Migration; Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Grocers; Organizations; Organizations - Business Associations; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores

Names: Toy, Christina; Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"; Babey, Beverley; Canada Way Food Market; Fraser Merchants' Association

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4694 Canada Way

Accession Code: BV023.16.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Related Material: See also: BV023.25 - Harry Toy fonds

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

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Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy, [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

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Interview with Norman Dowad

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.

History: Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Education; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Migration; Sports; Sports - Football; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"; Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"; Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"; Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David; Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen; Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"; Rideout, Dr. John Anthony; Burnaby Central Secondary School; Douglas Road School; W. Dowad Limited

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue; Deer Lake

Street Address: 5533 Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV023.16.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

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Interview with Shirley Cohn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Shirley Cohn Location of Interviews: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Dates: April 14, 2023 and September 6, 2023 Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 67 min., 33 sec. Digital master recording (wav) of second interview (50 min., 36 sec.) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on September 6, 2023: 0:00 – 16:09 Shirley Cohn shares background information about her parents who immigrated to Detroit from Hungary in the 1930’s. Shirley recalls what it was like for her parents being Jewish during World War II and how many of their relations were killed in the Holocaust. Shirley talks about her Jewish Hungarian heritage, what it was like growing up in Detroit, the Jewish community in Detroit and the Jewish holidays and traditions that her family celebrated. Shirley recalls her high school and University education and experiences, starting her career in social work and how she met her future husband, Theodore “Ted” Cohn. 16:10 – 18:27 Shirley shares the story about her father in law, Dr. Daniel E. Cohn who was Harry Houdini’s doctor at the time of his death in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926. Shirley explains that she donated some of Dr. Daniel E. Cohn’s original documents pertaining to this event to the New York Public Library. 18:28 – 26:04 Shirley describes her experiences living and working in London Ontario while her husband was a professor at University of Western Ontario and Shirley worked as a social worker in family services. Shirley recalls experiences of anti-Semitism while living in London. Shirley talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977 after her husband took a job as a professor at Simon Fraser University. Shirley describes her experiences living in Burnaby, raising a family and working as a social worker at Burnaby General Hospital. 26:05 – 26:18 Shirley talks about her interests outside of work, her family’s involvement in the Burquest Jewish Community Association and being a member of Temple Shalom. Shirley conveys information about other Jewish synagogues in Greater Vancouver, describes Reform Judaism at Temple Shalom and some Jewish cultural practices that her family has been involved with. 26:19 – 33:12 Shirley describes her family’s experiences living in the Garden Village nieghbourhood in Burnaby, her involvement sharing Jewish cultural traditions at her children’s school and recalls her children’s experiences attending school in Burnaby. 33:13 – 40:46 Shirley conveys the career paths that her children took and talks about what she likes about living in Burnaby including; the walking and hiking trails, the cultural and art performances and her involvement in local politics. Shirley talks about her and her husband’s involvement in the SFU retirees association and the SFURA walking and hiking group. Shirley reflects on her husband’s academic career, experiences teaching at SFU and the role of the Hillel Jewish Students Association at the Simon Fraser University. Shirley talks about the difficulties of discussing political views about the State of Israel. Shirley describes some traditional Jewish foods, the roles that they play and a local bakery that carries Jewish bake goods. 40:47 – 50:36 Shirley describes her current daily life in Burnaby; working one day a week as a social worker, gardening, her involvement at Temple Shalom and the Jewish Community Centre and how she travels in Burnaby. Shirley recalls the changes that she’s encountered in Burnaby and in her career over the years, shares a story about her husband losing his thesis and describes what Burnaby was like while she was raising her family. Shirley shares what she thinks about the areas of development in Burnaby and conveys the importance of having parks and affordable housing. In closing, Shirley reflects on what is like to be a Jewish person living in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Shirley Tanner was born in Detroit in 1947. Her parents were both Jewish. Her mother fled Hungary as a refugee in 1939, while her father emigrated from there in 1934. Shirley attended public schools in Detroit, and then studied social work at the University of Michigan. After marriage, Shirley and Ted Cohn moved to Ontario where Ted had a faculty appointment at the University of Western Ontario in political science. Six years later they moved to Burnaby for Ted’s teaching position in political science at Simon Fraser University. While living in Burnaby, Shirley took care of a growing family while also practicing social work, mainly at Burnaby Hospital. The family enjoyed Burnaby’s libraries and parks. Shirley helped out at her children’s schools, became a Block Watch captain, and the family joined Burquest Jewish Community Association. The Cohns later became members of Temple Sholom Synagogue in Vancouver, while remaining in Burnaby. Beginning in 2009, Ted started an informal hiking group for retired Simon Fraser University staff. This group has been open to others, so now has a wide variety of members. Shirley has also helped lead hikes in the region. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Recreational Activities - Hiking; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Migration; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Religions - Judaism; Social Issues - Racism; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Cohn, Dr. Daniel E.; Cohn, Shirley; Cohn, Theodore H. "Ted"; Burquest; Hillel Jewish Students Association; Simon Fraser University; SFURA walking and hiking group; Simon Fraser University Retirees Association "SFURA"; Temple Shalom

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Summary, recording and transcript of second interview available on Heritage Burnaby

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Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Anushay Malik Interviewee: Surjeet Kaur Parmar Language of Interview: Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi Location of Interview: home of Surjeet Kaur Parmar in Burnaby Interview Date: December 6, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of tracks: (1:15:32) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and Canada, her personal experiences and her ancestors’ stories as South Asian immigrants, reflections on and personal experiences of racial discrimination as a South Asian immigrant, her places of residence, her employment background, her cultural practices and traditions including food, clothing and craft. The interview begins with introductions from interviewer Anushay Mailik. Surjeet Kaur Parmar imparts her own family’s migration story beginning with her very first elders that immigrated to Canada from India. A relative (unnamed) immigrated to Canada first and a few years later (around 1905) returned to India and brought back three cousins that included; Ginaya Singh (Ghania Singh Manhas) and Doman Singh . Mayo Singh (Ghania Singh’s younger brother) came in 1906 on his own to join them. Surjeet’s grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) also wanted to immigrate at this time, but he was too young and weak to manage such a long trip. Surjeet conveys that while living in British Columbia, Mayo and Ginaya Singh worked together at saw mills. With their knowledge and understanding of mill work they ended up owning and operating a mill in Paldi near Duncan on Vancouver Island. At this time, most of the men from Surjeet’s family region in Punjab were abroad and with no men living at home. Mayo Singh’s father (Bhulla Singh) looked after her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) and paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh Manhas) back in Punjab. When Mayo’s father died, Mayo Singh adopted her paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh) and brought him to Canada in 1926. Surjeet describes her ancestors’ immigration journey from India to Canada. They all travelled by ship and if someone ran out of money en route, they could work on the ship. Surjeet explains that both Mayo and Ginaya Singh are Surjeet’s grandfather’s first cousins and her father’s second cousins. Surjeet recollects her grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) saying “now that you’ve arrived there, take one cousin from each side with you”. Surjeet explains that the cousins were all from the same village in Punjab and her great grandfather wanted someone to go abroad, so he sent a few and had them bring more as the years went on. Surjeet says that she’s uncertain as to why they chose Canada rather than America but thinks that they did some form of research and determined that it was a good place to come to. Surjeet admits that she doesn’t know the name of her paternal grandfather or other elders since she never met them. Surjeet shares that it was a traditional practice to mark pots and pans with family names and imparts that she discovered her father’s name “Lashman Singh” written on the bottom of a glass. Surjeet expresses that she’s marked her own pots and pans with her name to identify which ones are hers when she gets together with family or does catering. Surjeet refers to a kohl bottle that she has and how she’d like to offer it to the museum. She explains how the kohl bottle is no longer in use but was used by her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) and daughter and her grandchildren. Surjeet describes a blanket that she made called a “phulkari”, now on display in a small museum in Coquitlam, a wedding shawl, that her daughter now owns and a silk sari with embroidery. Surjeet and Anushay discuss the possibility of donating the kohl bottle and the sari to the museum. Surjeet explains how the kohl is used and how her mother used to make kohl. She describes how you rub the kohl with your hands, put cardamom in it, one or two other ingredients and fill the kohl bottle up with water. Surjeet says that she used kohl as eyeliner when living in India. The interviewer asks Surjeet more about Ginaya Singh. Surjeet conveys that Ginaya Singh ended up leaving the mill on Vancouver Island and moved to Vancouver. After Ginaya Singh died from a heart attack (in 1953) his family moved from Vancouver to Burnaby. Surjeet recalls that following the death of Ginaya Singh’s youngest son, her family didn’t celebrate “Lohri” (a winter festival celebrating newborns and newly married people) for three years. She shares that she was very young at this time but remembers there being beautiful photographs of young children all dressed up and displayed in her family home. She expresses that dressing up for photos has changed over time and adds that suits didn’t really come into fashion until after the 1970s or 1980s. Surjeet conveys that her uncle named Kashmira Singh first worked at the mill in Paldi near Duncan then moved to Vancouver and opened up his own mill in North Vancouver. Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas arrived in 1953. Surjeet expresses that Kapoor Singh was educated and worked as a manager at the mill on Vancouver Island. Surjeet recollects meeting Mayo Singh, his wife and eldest son in 1952 when they travelled to India for a cousin’s wedding. Surjeet remembers that Mayo Singh’s family had a very large house in India. She describes the house as a very opulent two story house with indoor plumbing for a bathtub, a kitchen with a woodstove, coloured mirrors, bejeweled curtains, a motor room to park cars, a buffalo and more. Surjeet refers to Nand Singh, a younger brother of Mayo Singh, who travelled from India to San Franciso and spent a year wandering around before deciding to return to India. She describes him as living in Bombay with his wife Vishan Kaur and having a transport business. Nand had two kids that came to Canada. Surjeet recollects the tragic death of Ganda Singh (Ginaya Singh) who died of a heart attack on someone’s doorstep, they thought that he was drunk so didn’t open the door. Surjeet conveys that Mayo Singh’s wife, Mission Kaur (Saradani Bishan Kaur) died while visiting India (in 1952) and that some of Mayo’s sons were married in Canada and one in India. Surjeet expresses that it was hard for Mayo’s sons to have one of their parents die in India and one die in Canada (Mayo Singh died in B.C. in 1955). Surjeet describes the hospital that Mayo built in the village of Paldi. She mentions that there were festivals and functions that took place there, there were many nurses and doctors. She recalls there being a school where their land was. She recalls that if they got headaches they were treated with medicine and that it didn’t cost much, only a six pence. Surjeet talks about her arranged marriage to Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar. Surjeet explains that her father and brother immigrated to British Columbia first (1953) and after a few months they brought Surjeet and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas). She recollects that when she was in Grade 10 and around 17 years of age, her family made plans to travel to India to attend a family wedding. During this time, her father suggested that it would be a good opportunity to take Surjeet with them to find her a husband in India to marry. After meeting and marrying Nadeem Parmar in India, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England. Surjeet recollects that in order to immigrate to Canada, each family member had to pass a medical exam and how difficult it was. Her two sisters, mother and brother all had to take the test in Delhi. Surjeet recalls living in England with Nadeem. While living in England, Nadeem worked during the day and studied engineering at college in the evening. Surjeet expresses that she liked living in England and was sad to leave. While living there, they enjoyed a close knit Punjabi community and they all lived in the same area. Surjeet states later in her interview that living in Canada was different from living in England. In England, family and friends lived closer together whereas in Canada places were further apart. Surjeet says that while living in England she could walk to do her shopping. While living in England, after her children were a bit older, she worked as a seamstress in a shirt factory for a few years before coming to Canada. Surjeet imparts that her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) died of a heart attack in 1970 and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) died in 1998. Her father and her family first lived in North Vancouver and then her parents bought a house on Eton Street in Burnaby, near the Ocean. After her father died, her brother and mother bought a house and moved to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in Burnaby. In 1973, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children immigrated to Canada and moved in with her brother and mother. Surjeet includes that her paternal aunt (Koshali Kaur Manhas) and cousins also moved to Burnaby and that her aunt and some of her cousins were sponsored by her son who came earlier. Surjeet recalls that after arriving in Canada she got work sewing in a factory located on Water Street in Gastown. Surjeet recollects travelling to her job by bus. Surjeet shares that she brought saris and quilted blankets “rijai”, not household items, in her suitcase when she came to Canada from England. Surjeet explains that the “rijai” (quilted blankets) were made from cotton from her home village in India. The blankets were made by women and then brought back to her to quilt on her sewing machine. Surjeet recalls that when she returned to Canada (in 1973 with her husband and children) they first lived with her mother and brother on Capitol Hill in Burnaby before moving to a house on Fell Avenue and then to their current home in 1982. In 1981, she worked at “Canadian Window Covering” factory making window coverings. The factory was located in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Surjeet recalls how the factory became unionized and of how she left the factory and found union work at the Labatt’s brewery (Winery and Distillery Workers Local 300). Surjeet describes the work that she did while working at Labatt’s brewery which was located next to the Royal Columbian Hospital in Burnaby. Around 1995, when the Labatt’s factory closed down in Burnaby, she got union work as a bottle sorter for BDL Brewers Distributor Limited, where bottles were gathered for distribution at Braid Station. Surjeet left this job in 2000. Surjeet talks about traditional foods like bindi, sabji, aam and karela and where she’s shopped to find traditional ingredients for South Asian cuisine. She recollects how at first she could only find traditional ingredients at stores in Gastown, Chinatown and on Main Street in Vancouver but now they are more readily available at major grocery stores. Surjeet expresses that traditional spices and dry goods have been hard to find, apart from stores like, Famous Foods and Patels when it was located on Commercial Drive. Surjeet talks about using ingredients such as green pea flour and Besan flour to make pakoras and kahdri. Surjeet states that many immigrants didn’t wear their traditional clothing until she came later. She expresses that many South Asian immigrants didn’t wear their clothes “because there were no rights, we had to try to become like them”. Surjeet conveys that even though some were able to purchase property (she provides an example of family members in Duncan who faced discrimination by the owner/seller of a piece of property they were purchasing) that they had very little rights and they were all living in fear. She expresses that she herself didn’t experience this but in the beginning when people settled here (in B.C.) that it was very difficult. Surjeet says that when she goes to the Gurdwara and to work, she wears a sari and conveys that while working at the factory, she was encouraged to wear a sari, it was accepted then. She brought printed saris to work and her co workers said that they’d wear them to parties. Surjeet reflects on her own experiences of racism and discrimination and expresses that her generation “has learned how to stand up in front, then they got scared of saying anything”. “The people who came here first were afraid because they were alone, they had to settle down here and make a home from scratch, but the ones who came after had everything already built and made”. She explains how they helped one another when they came (to British Columbia). She describes how the Gurdwara was located on 2nd Street and all of the ships went there (new immigrants?), people would gather, get water, help one another and there would be a place for all people. Surjeet shares a personal experience of helping members of her husband’s family to immigrate to Canada. She tells of the complications of some being left behind in India and that some came to Canada as refugees that she and her husband sponsored. Surjeet expresses their struggles with raising a family, working and trying to pay for their own house while also trying to assist and support family members. Surjeet describes in detail how her husband Nadeem went back to India after his mother died to help his father, sister and her family immigrate. She explains that the immigration process took about four years and his father had to apply as a refugee. Nadeem’s sister came with her children but had to return to India so Surjeet and her family had to look after Nadeem’s sister’s child/children. Surjeet expresses that during this time she continued to work at Canadian Window Coverings, working an afternoon shift and sometimes taking her son with her. She expresses that this as a very hectic time, working the whole day, making food for everyone, grocery shopping, looking after a her sister in law’s younger child at night and getting no rest. Surjeet describes the time when she was working and her children were attending the local school. She expresses the challenges of working long days and often arriving home after her children. She recollects a time when there was a snow storm and how she was worried about her children making it home and being alone while she was at work, there were no cell phones in those days but they had phone numbers of her brother and sister. Surjeet tells of how they tried to help the rest of the Nadeem’s family immigrate including his brother who was a soccer player in India. They were able to buy a house for the whole family to live but expresses after several months Nadeem’s brother decided to stay in India. Surjeet expresses the complications and frustrations of trying to bring all family members to Canada.

History: Interviewee biography: Surjeet Kaur Parmar was born in Punjab, India in 1942 to parents Lashman Singh Manhas (1913-1970) and Budhan Kaur Manhas (1906-1998). Surjeet’s ancestors, Ghania Singh Manhas, Doman Singh and Mayo Singh immigrated to British Columbia in 1905 and 1906. The group got work in saw mills and soon began owning and operating their own saw mills, first in Chilliwack and Rosedale districts and later in 1920 on Vancouver Island near Duncan (Paldi) (known as the Mayo Lumber Company). In 1927, Surjeet’s paternal uncle, Kashmir Singh Manhas left Paldi, Punjab at the age of 18 years with Mayo Singh Manhas and after months of travel they arrived at Paldi on Vancouver Island. In 1953, Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas and her two brothers immigrated to Canada and soon after brought her and her mother, Budhan Kaur Manhas. After immigrating, her father began working at “Kashmir Lumber Company” in North Vancouver which was owned by his brother Kashmira Singh Manhas. Surjeet, her parents and two brothers first made their home in North Vancouver and the 1960s they moved to 3824 Eton Street in Burnaby. In 1959, Surjeet and her family returned to India for her brother’s wedding. During this time a marriage was arranged for Surjeet to marry Nadeem Parmar and they were married in 1960. Following their marriage, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England where they began raising their two children. While living in England, Surjeet worked as seamstress at a factory. In 1973, following the death of Surjeet’s father who died in 1970, Surjeet and Nadeem decided to immigrate to British Columbia. For the first few years, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children lived with her mother and brother in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Burnaby before purchasing their own home on Fell Avenue. While living in Burnaby Surjeet has worked as a seamstress for Canadian Window Covering, Labatt's Brewery and BDL Brewers Distributor Limited which she left in 2000. In 1982, Surjeet and her family moved into a new home that they had built on Woodsworth Street where they still live today. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Saw Mills; Clothing; Crafts; Employment; Migration; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Occupations - Labourers; Occupations - Millworkers; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Parmar, Surjeet Kaur; Parmar, Kalwant Singh "Nadeem"; Manhas, Ghania Singh; Singh, Mayo; Manhas, Kashmir Singh; Manhas, Sher Singh; Manhas, Budhan Kaur; Manhas, Lashman Singh

Accession Code: BV022.29.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022

Media Type: Sound Recording

Related Material: See also BV022.29.1 - interview with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription of interview translated to English from Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi to English created by Rajdeep; Transciption available on Heritage Burnaby; Spelling of "Ginaya Singh" found as "Ghania Singh Manhas" in obituary and death certificate

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Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022

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Fire insurance key plan - Greater Vancouver - Volume XIX - Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan on 1 sheet : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page fire insurance key plan titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XIX / Municipality / of Burnaby / Key Plan" surveyed May 1927. Key plan from compilation, "Insurance Plans of Greater Vancouver Plan No. 11, Volumes 15 to 19 Burnaby".

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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 on 1 sheet : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:6000]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page fire insurance key plan titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XIX / Municipality / of Burnaby / Key Plan" surveyed May 1927. Key plan from compilation, "Insurance Plans of Greater Vancouver Plan No. 11, Volumes 15 to 19 Burnaby".

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

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-17

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Scale 500 feet = 1 inch; 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"; Does not include the corresponding key plan page or associated plans numbered 1901 to 1914; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view associated fire insurance plans

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Fire insurance key plan - Greater Vancouver - Volume XVI - Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 plans on 2 sheets: col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a two page fire insurance key plan titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XVI / Municipality / of Burnaby / Key Plan" surveyed May 1927. Volume XVI includes a two page Key Plan (C and D). .

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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: 2 plans on 2 sheets: col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a two page fire insurance key plan titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XVI / Municipality / of Burnaby / Key Plan" surveyed May 1927. Volume XVI includes a two page Key Plan (C and D). .

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

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 11/17/2021

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item "GREATER VANCOUVER / VOLUME XVI / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / KEY PLAN" does not include associated numbered plans (1601 to 1651); 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"

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Indexed guide map of the City of Vancouver and suburbs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map + textual record : col. lithographic print on paper ; 51.5 x 71 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fold out map entitled "Indexed Guide Map of Vancouver and Suburbs" with index. Map includes concentric circles raditating out from Vancouver City Hall on corner of Hastings Street and Main Street; electric railways are indicated by heavy red lines in centres of streets. Includes …

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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 + textual record : col. lithographic print on paper ; 51.5 x 71 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:47520]; Index on 4 pages within cardstock cover with advertisements on verso

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fold out map entitled "Indexed Guide Map of Vancouver and Suburbs" with index. Map includes concentric circles raditating out from Vancouver City Hall on corner of Hastings Street and Main Street; electric railways are indicated by heavy red lines in centres of streets. Includes old and new street names. Index includes a District Lot Index and Street Index.

Creator: Vancouver Map and Blue Print Company

Publisher: Vancouver Map and Blue Print Company

Accession Code: HV975.61.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1920]

Media Type: Cartographic Material; Textual Record

Publisher Series: 6th edition revised June 1920

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-10

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Cover of booklet reads: "INDEXED / Guide Map / of the CITY of / VANCOUVER / and / SUBURBS / Compiled and Published by / The Vancouver Map & Blue Print Co. / ...."INTERNATIONAL / BOOK SHOP / Cor. Columbia and Hastings Sts._Vancouver, B.C.".

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Map of Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : lithographic print, b&w ; 83 x 56 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map of the Municipality of Burnaby compiled and published by Dominion Blueprint & Map Company.

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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 : lithographic print, b&w ; 83 x 56 cm

Material Details: Scale : 1:24,000 inches

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map of the Municipality of Burnaby compiled and published by Dominion Blueprint & Map Company.

Creator: Dominion Map and Blueprint Co.

Publisher: Blue Printers, Map Publishers and Draughtsmen

Accession Code: HV976.11.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1921

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 340

Scan Date: 22 Dec. 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Cardstock map cover reads: "Map / of the / Municipality of / Burnaby / Published by / Dominion Map & Blue Print Co. / Arts and Crafts Bldg /576 Seymour St., Vancouver, B.C. / Blue Printers, Map Publishers and Draughtsmen / Phone Sey 4670 / Price, 50 c."; Title on map reads: "Burnaby / Municipality."

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Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1909]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w lithographic print on linen, b&w ; 40 x 43.5 cm

Scope and Content: Map of the Municipality of Burnaby issued by Mahon, McFarland and Mahon (Real Estate, Insurance and Loans, Vancouver B.C.). A handrawn red line runs south of Burnaby Lake and between North Road and Boundary Road.

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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 lithographic print on linen, b&w ; 40 x 43.5 cm

Scope and Content: Map of the Municipality of Burnaby issued by Mahon, McFarland and Mahon (Real Estate, Insurance and Loans, Vancouver B.C.). A handrawn red line runs south of Burnaby Lake and between North Road and Boundary Road.

Creator: Mahon, McFarland & Mahon

Publisher: The Angel Engraving Co.

Accession Code: HV976.158.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca. 1909]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 420

Scan Date: Dec. 22, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on content of map; Title on map reads: "Map / of The / Municipality / of / BURNABY / ISSUED BY / Mahon, McFarland & Mahon"; Map contains the initals "F.R.G." [sic]; Circular insignia in left corner reads: "THE ANGEL ENGRAVING CO."

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLA…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scales [1:1200] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN.". Key Plan "B" covers plans: 1505; 1506; 1512 to 1516; 1540 to 1544; 1550 to 1557 and District Lots: 129 to 132; 135 to 138; 205 to 208 and 215 to 218. Key Plan "A" covers plans: 1501 to 1504; 1507 to 1511; 1517 to 1525; 1531 to 1539; 1545 to 1550 and District Lots: 116 to 127 and 186 to 189. Plan "1806" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lot 153. Plan "1807" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 99,149 and 152.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood); Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Sperling-Broadway Area; Lochdale Area; Parkcrest-Aubrey Area; Westridge Area; Willingdon Heights Area; Capitol Hill Area; Maywood Area; Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; Scales are measured 1 inch = 100 feet and 1 inch = 500 feet; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans

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Municipality of Burnaby- Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1520" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 121 and 187. Plann "1521" is part of …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1520" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 121 and 187. Plann "1521" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 121 and 187. Key plan "H" reads: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY" and covers plans: 1813 to 1822; 1824 to 1832; 1839; 1840; 1853 to 1865 and District Lots: 28; 30; 53; 90 to 93; 95 to 97; 155a; 155b; 155c; 159; 160; 171 to 173. Plan "1801" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lot 153.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood); Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area; Kingsway-Beresford Area; Windsor Area; Big Bend Area; Clinton-Glenwood Area; Burnaby Heights Area; Edmonds Area; Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVI and Volume XVII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITE…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:1200] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN." / KEY PLAN". Plans covered in this "Key Plan" are numbered 1601 to 1626, 1632 and 1651 covering District Lots: 15; 31; 100 to 102; 114; 141 to 144; 147 and 148; 209 to 214. Plan "E" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1701 to 1705; 1711 to 1715; 1723 to 1727; 1729 to 1733; 1737 to 1742 and District Lots: 68 to 74; 80 to 84; 32 to 35 and 38 to 39. Plan marked "F" is a key plan titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY and covers plans: 1706 to 1710; 1716 to 1722; 1734 and 1735; 1743 to 1752 and District Lots: 42 to 44; 59; 75 to 80; 83 to 87; 89 to 93 and 130. Plan "1729" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots 34 and 35.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood); Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area; Lyndhurst Area; Lake City Area; Cascade-Schou Area; Garden Village Area; Douglas-Gilpin Area; Oakalla Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVIII and Volume XIX

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 plans on 2 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of two pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1832" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 98 and 28. Plan "K" is part of a key …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 plans on 2 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:1200] to [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of two pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1832" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 98 and 28. Plan "K" is part of a key plan "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / Surveyed VOLUME XIX May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. British Columbia Ins. Underwriters Association / FIRE BRANCH / KEY PLAN", "Scale 500 FT = 1 INCH / FOR REPORT SEE VOL. XV" covering plans: 1901 to 1914 and District Lots: 161; 164 to 167; 155c; 155; 172 and 173.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area; Marlborough Area; Second Street Area; Big Bend Area; Sussex-Nelson Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV, Volume XVI, Volume XVII, Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans 1623 to 1651 and District Lots: 1 and 2; 4; 6; 8; 10 to 14; 25; 27; 40; 56 to 58; 88 and 89. Plan "1738" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 34 and 35. Key plan "G" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1801 to 1813; 1823; 1824; 1833 to 1838; 1841 to 1853 and District Lots: 32; 93; 94; 97 to 99; 149; 150; 152; 155 to 159; 161 to 164.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood); Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood); East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood); Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood); Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area; Marlborough Area; Maywood Area; Windsor Area; Big Bend Area; Garden Village Area; Willingdon Heights Area; West Central Valley Area; Cariboo-Armstrong Area; Lyndhurst Area; Cameron Area; Lake City Area; Edmonds Area; Second Street Area; Sperling-Broadway Area; Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Sketch map of the Province of British Columbia showing mining divisions

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18946

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1907

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithographic print on paper ; 52 x 59 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Sketch map of the Province of / British Columbia / Showing Mining Divisions"; "Department of Mines, / Victoria, 1907". Map includes wagon roads and trails and geographic disticts.

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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 on paper ; 52 x 59 cm

Material Details: Scale not determinable

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Sketch map of the Province of / British Columbia / Showing Mining Divisions"; "Department of Mines, / Victoria, 1907". Map includes wagon roads and trails and geographic disticts.

Responsibility: Government of British Columbia - Department of Mines and Resources

Accession Code: HV977.37.172

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1907

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Stamp on verso of map reads: "Compliments of Vancouver Tourist Bureau"

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 & Group 2 - Burnaby, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Mission and Map of Port Simpson Harbour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription7080

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 plans : 3 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 4 plans : black ink and graphite on linen + 2 plans : graphite on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of a large board with five plans in New Westminster District, Group 1 mounted on one side and three plans in New Westminster District, Group 1 and a map of Port Simpson Harbour mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan: blueprint on paper ; 30 x 20 cm. Title reads: "Plan of / Subdi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 plans : 3 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 4 plans : black ink and graphite on linen + 2 plans : graphite on paper 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 "111"

Scope and Content: File consists of a large board with five plans in New Westminster District, Group 1 mounted on one side and three plans in New Westminster District, Group 1 and a map of Port Simpson Harbour mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan: blueprint on paper ; 30 x 20 cm. Title reads: "Plan of / Subdivision of Part of D.L.172.GR.I.N.W.D." Scale: 200 feet = 1inch. dated, Feb.22, 1908, signed by land surveyor "Noel Humphreys" (Geographic location: District Lot 172, Burnaby) 2. Plan : graphite and blue crayon on paper ; 21.5 x 22 cm. Title in blue crayon reads: "N.E.1/4 & NW 1/4 Sec.25 / Tp 18". Scale: 10 chains=1 inch (Geographic location: Mission) 3. Plan : graphite on paper ; 31.5 x 16 cm. Title in blue crayon reads: "Lot 350_ Gr.1" with initials "RB". Scale : 3 chains = 1 inch. (Geographic location: Port Moody) 4. Plan ; graphite on linen ; 40 x 54 cm. Title in blue crayon reads: "Lot 190_Gr.1" with initials "RB". Plan covers area in Lot 190 including streets identified as; McInness Street, First Street, Second Street, Third Street, Fourth Street running through District Lot. (Geographic location: Port Moody) 5. Plan: blueprint on paper ; 50.5 x 57.5 cm. Title reads: "Plan of / T.F. Sinclair's Quarry Site. / SituateOnPittRiver.Sec.122T.P.40. / East of Coast Mer." Scale: 5 chains = 1inch. dated June 30 1908 [sic] Plan covers site of T.F. Sinclair's quarry in Section 22 of Township 40 on the shore of Pitt River. (Geographic location: Coquitlam ) Side B: 1. Map : blueprint on paper ; 50 x 38 cm. Scale: 40 chains - 1 inch. Title reads: "Map of Land on / Port Simpson Harbor". Scale : 40 chains = 1 inch Map covers subdivided land on the North Coast of British Columbia on the Tsimpsean Pennisula bordered by water identified as "Work Channel" to the west, "Port Simpson Harbour" to the east and land identified as "Indian Reserve" [Lax Kw'alaams] to the south. Names of property owners are identified in subdivided sections and area of land along the shore of "Work Channel" is identified as "Goverment Reserve". Blueprint includes inset "Key Map" with location of Port Simpson Harbour and Tsimpean Pennisula on the North Coast of British Columbia. 2. Plan : graphite on linen ; 24.5 x 46 cm. Title reads: "Portion of Lot 470 / Group 1" Scale : 2 chains = 1 inch. Plan covers a subdivided portion of District Lot 470, New Westminster District, Group 1 with streets identified as; "Pleasant Street", "Metta Street" and "Clarence Street". (Geographic location: Port Moody) 3. Plan : black ink on linen ; 40 x 30.5 cm. Title reads: "Plan / of / A Portion of the Foreshore / of / Lot 201 GR.2 / N.W.D. / Showing / Mill-Site". Scale : 100 feet = 1 inch. Plan is stamped in red ink: "Albert J. Hill, M.A., / Civil Engineer / And / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". Survey notes in black ink read: "Surveyed Oct 9th 1908 for Messrs. / Roe & Abernathy and plan (duplicate / of this one) sent Oct. 8th / G.K. Burnett". (Geographic location : Port Moody) 4. Plan : black and red ink on line ; 63 x 29.5 cm. Title reads: "Port Moody / Butchard's Property". Scale : 200 feet = 1 inch. Plan covers subdivided lot into 16 parcels numbered I to XVI along the north shore of Burrard Inlet in Port Moody. Streets are identified as; George Street, Bruce Street, Norval Street, Nora Street, Elm Street, Pine Street, Orr Street and Orchard Street. Roads are identified as; West Road and East Road. (Geographic location : Port Moody)

Creator: Hill, Albert James

Subjects: First Nations reserves - British Columbia; Indigenous peoples - Indian Territory

Accession Code: HV977.93.111

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-26

Notes: Title based on contents of file

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 & Group 2 - Maple Ridge, Surrey, ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription7051

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

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 five plans in New Westminster District (Group 1 & Group 2) mounted on one side and five plans in New Westminster District (Group 2) mounted on the other side. Side A: 1.Plan : black ink on paper ; 48.5 x 33 cm. Title reads: "Plan of / The Subdivision of / The /…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

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 "82"

Scope and Content: File consists of a large board with five plans in New Westminster District (Group 1 & Group 2) mounted on one side and five plans in New Westminster District (Group 2) mounted on the other side. Side A: 1.Plan : black ink on paper ; 48.5 x 33 cm. Title reads: "Plan of / The Subdivision of / The / S.E. 1/4 of S.W.1/4 / Sec.35, TP. 2 / N.W.DIST." Scale 200 feet = 1 inch Stamp in red ink on plan reads: "Albert J. Hill, M.A., / Civil Engineer / And / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Annotation in blue crayon reads "RB_also Board 81" (Geographic location: Surrey) 2. Plan : black ink on linen ; 40 x 32 cm. Title reads: "Subdivision / of / N.W. 1/4 of Section 19, Group 2 (crossed out to read "Township 2) / New Westminster District , B.C." Sudivision includes lots in Section 19 to the east of Mud Bay Road. Stamp in red ink on plan reads: "Albert J. Hill, M.A., / Civil Engineer / And / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Scale: 5 Chains = 1 Inch (Geographic location: Surrey) 3. Plan : graphite on paper ; 37.5 x 21.5 cm. Title reads:"Portion of Lot 51, Group 2, New Westminster District". Scale: 500 feet = 1 inch. (Geographic location: Surrey) 4. Plan : graphite on paper ; 24 x 17 cm. Title reads: "Lot 401, G1" Includes area identified as "Brickyard" Scale: 3 chains = 1 inch. Annotation in blue crayon reads: "Lot 401 GR. 1_RB" (Geographic location: Maple Ridge) 5. Plan : ink on paper ; 58.5 x 36.5 cm. Title reads: "Sketch plan / of / Cloverdale and Vicinity / from Nicomekl River / to McLellan Road". Plan identifies lot owners and land marks as; Robinson, Cloverdale Hotel and station, I.B. Fisher, D.W. McKenzie, A. Milton, T. Shannon, Johnson, O. Gummitt, F. Shannon, Murphy, D. McKenzie, J. Armstrong, W. Bell, R. Ludlow, J. Appel. Includes directional and natural flow of water in ditches and collecting basin. Annotation in blue pencil reads: "Sec. 5 Twp". (Geographic locaiton: Surrey) Side B: 1. Plan : black ink on linen ; 24 x 33 cm. Title reads: "Prop Outfall from River Road" (in blue crayon with initials RB). Plan refers to the proposed outfall of water from River Road to Fraser River and running through Lots 1, 2, B & A. Plan includes route of the proposed bridge approach on the south shore of the Fraser River. (Geographic location: Surrey) 2. Plan : black ink on linen ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm. Title reads: "Plan / of Proposed Outfall / from / River Road / to / Fraser River" Annotation in blue crayon reads: "Prop outfall from River Rd." and is initialed "RB". Scale: 132 feet = 1 inch. (Geographic location: Surrey) 3. Plan : black ink on paper ; 45 x 56 cm. Title reads: "Plan of South Half Sec.18, TP1 / Surrey Municipality". Plan includes subdivision of lots in Section 18, Township 1, bordered by Semiamu Bay [sic] (Semiahmoo Bay) to the west. (Geographic location: Surrey) 4. Plan : black ink on paper ; 45 x 30 cm. Title reads: "Plan of the / Subdivision of the / S.E. 1/4 Sec. 2, TP.7. / N.W.D." Subdivided lots north of the International Boundary are identified with names: "Rodgers, Fish & Hayward and Reid" Scale 5 chains = 1 inch. Stamp in blue ink reads: "I, ALBERT J. HILL / a British Columbia Land Surveyor, certify..." Signed by "Albert J. HIll. B.C.L.S." (Geographic location: Surrey) 5. Plan : black ink on linen ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm. Title reads: "ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Ind. Res" (in blue crayon). Plan refers to an area of land on the south shore of the Fraser River in District Lot 1, identified as "ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Indian Reserve" in Group 2, New Westminster District. Scale: I inch = 4 chains (Geographic location: Surrey)

Creator: Hill, Albert James

Subjects: First Nations reserves - British Columbia; Indigenous peoples - Indian Territory

Names: ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Accession Code: HV977.93.82

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-26

Notes: Title based on contents of file

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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…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

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)

Subjects: First Nations reserves - British Columbia; Indigenous peoples - Indian Territory

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 2 - Surrey and Map of Surrey Municipality

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription7063

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 5 plans : blueprints on paper ; various sizes mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of a large board with two plans in New Westminster District (Group 2) mounted on one side and three plans in New Westminster District (Group 2) mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan : blueprint on paper ; 75.5 x 64.5 cm. Title reads: "South Westminster / Plan/ of Subdivision of…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 5 plans : blueprints on paper ; 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 94"

Scope and Content: File consists of a large board with two plans in New Westminster District (Group 2) mounted on one side and three plans in New Westminster District (Group 2) mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan : blueprint on paper ; 75.5 x 64.5 cm. Title reads: "South Westminster / Plan/ of Subdivision of / Lot 440, G2, E1/2Sec36, NE1/4Sec25, N1/2ofSE1/4Sec25, T4.NW1/4S31,T2.". Subdivision plan covers subdivided property in Lot 440 and Section 36, Section 25 in New Westminster, Group 2, Township 4 (Delta) and Section 31 in Township 2 (Surrey). Includes inset map noting property in "South Westminster". Map is bordered by Burrard Inlet to the north and Mud Bay to the south. (Geographic locations: North Delta and Surrey) 2. Plan : blueprint on paper ; 22.5 x 59.5 cm. Title reads: "Plan / Shewing part of / Section 10 Block 5 North R.I.W. / New Westminster District / Lying North of B.C.S.Railway". Scale: 2 chains = 1 inch. Signed by A.S. Colton, District Land Surveyor. March 1, 1900. Plan covers property in Section 10, Block 5 North in New Westminster District, Group 2, along the south shore of the Fraser River with the Great Northern Railway running through. (Geographic location: Surrey) Side B: 1. Map : blueprint on paper ; 69 x 53 cm. Title reads: "Map / of / Surrey Municipality". Scale: 5 chains = 1 inch. Creator and surveyor of map is identified as "Albert J. Hill, M.A., Civil Engineer / And / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". Map identifies property divisions including lots with names of property owners, Sections, Townships, Wards, waterways, major roads, railways and the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve on the shore of "Semiahmoo Bay" and an indian reserve (I.R.) located in Lot 1 along the south shore of the Fraser River. 2. Plan : blueprint on paper ; 21 x 40.5 cm. Title reads: "Plan / of / Sudivision of / Section 32, / Block 5 North Range 1 West, / District of New Westminster, B.C.". Scale: 4 chains = 1 inch. Sudivision plan is signed by Albert J. Hill, B.C. Land Surveyor. Plan covers Section 32, subdivided into 28 parcels. Section 32 is bordered by Section 29 (north), Section 33, Johnston Road (east), Section 34, Township 2, Town Line Road (south) and Section 31 (west). (Geographic location: Surrey) 3. Plan : blueprint on paper ; 49.5 x 37 cm. Title reads: "Traverse of the Waterline / in front of / Lots 3 and 4 Group 2 / N.W.D. / with G.N. Railway Rt of Way". Scale: 100 feet = 1 inch. Annotation on board below plan reads: "also see Boards 87 & 93 & 110". Location south of the Fraser River with old wharf identified and Great Northern Railway running east to west along the river. (Geographic location: Surrey)

Subjects: First Nations reserves - British Columbia; Indigenous peoples - Indian Territory

Names: Great Northern Railway

Accession Code: HV977.93.94

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-26

Notes: Title based on contents of file

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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 …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

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]

Subjects: First Nations reserves - British Columbia; Indigenous peoples - Indian Territory

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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Interview with Shirley Cohn

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Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar

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Fire insurance key plan - Greater Vancouver - Volume XIX - Municipality of Burnaby

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Fire insurance key plan - Greater Vancouver - Volume XVI - Municipality of Burnaby

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Indexed guide map of the City of Vancouver and suburbs

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Map of Municipality of Burnaby

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Municipality of Burnaby

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Municipality of Burnaby- Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVI and Volume XVII

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVIII and Volume XIX

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV, Volume XVI, Volume XVII, Volume XVIII

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Sketch map of the Province of British Columbia showing mining divisions

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 & Group 2 - Burnaby, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Mission and Map of Port Simpson Harbour

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 & Group 2 - Maple Ridge, Surrey, ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 & Group 2 - Port Moody, Surrey

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 2 - Surrey and Map of Surrey Municipality

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 2 - Surrey, Delta

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