"British Columbia -- History" found 6 records

Inscription: "A.B. Peebles" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "B. Peebles P.N.S. 1917" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "B. Peebles" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Miss B. Peebles New Westminster B.C." [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Allen Peebles Mary Peebles Brownie Peebles" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper] "H. Morey & Co Booksellers and Stationers New Westminster B.C." [stamped in red ink on back endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History; British Columbia--Description and travel

Notes: "For use in public schools" --t.p.; "History --by Maria Lawson" --t.p.; "Geography --by Rosalind Watson Young" --t.p.; Copy 1 of 3; Alternate version version call no. 971.1 LAW 1914

Dinner for Miss Creeden

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7356

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 388.46 BCH

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Moving Images

Call Number: 388.46 BCH

Contributor: British Columbia Electric Company

Place of Publication: [British Columbia, Canada]

Publisher: BC Hydro

Publication Date: 1947

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.

Library Subject (LOC): Natural gas industry; World War, 1914-1918--Mobilization; World War, 1939-1945--Mobilization; Street-railroads; Electric railroads; Transportation; British Columbia--History

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: Summary: Industrial film. A film about the growth of B.C. Electric from 1906 to 1946, built around the story of stenographer Flossie Creeden, the first female office employee of the company. Footage includes: Goldstream power plant; Vancouver natural gas facilities; BC Electric Railway lines in Fraser Valley; Stave Falls generator plant; Alouette Lake and Ruskin plants; 1939 royal visit; BCE employee's newsletter; A.E. Grauer family at home; office scenes; plans & construction at Bridge River project; BCE employee's service in World Wars I & II; BCE streetcar and trolley bus services; Credit notes: producer: Lew M. Parry; director: Lew M. Parry; photography: John Young; script: Cecil Maiden; sound: S.G. Wilson; narrator: A.E. Grauer; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.

The history of the northern interior of British Columbia, formerly New Caledonia (1660-1880)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3737

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Morice, A. G. (Adrien Gabriel), 1859-1938

Edition: 2nd ed.

Publication Date: 1904

Call Number: 971.1 MOR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV002.14.4

Call Number: 971.1 MOR

Edition: 2nd ed.

Author: Morice, A. G. (Adrien Gabriel), 1859-1938

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: William Briggs

Publication Date: 1904

Physical Description: xi, 349 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "P. Peebles" [handwritten in pencil on front fly-leaf]

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History

Names: Hudson's Bay Company

Notes: "Authorities quoted or consulted": p. 341-342.; Author's given name: Morice, A. G. (Adrien Gabriel), 1859-1938

Progress report

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7355

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1947

Call Number: 388.46 BCH VR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Moving Images

Call Number: 388.46 BCH VR

Contributor: British Columbia Electric Company

Place of Publication: [British Columbia, Canada]

Publisher: BC Hydro

Publication Date: c1947

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (13 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.

Library Subject (LOC): Natural gas industry; Local transit; Hydroelectric power plants; Electric railroads; Electric power-plants; Transportation; British Columbia--History

Subjects: Transportation

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: Summary: Promotional film. The BC Electric Railway Company's $50 million post-war expansion and modernization program, to be completed by 1950. Includes: expansion of transit services, including start of the switch from streetcars to trolley buses; water gas plant; explanation of the Bridge River project, with footage of construction (including La Joie Falls storage dam); Lower Mainland power sub-stations. Various Vancouver street scenes, especially Fraser Street and downtown; Credit note : sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.

The romance of British Columbia

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5028

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Anstey, Arthur

Publication Date: 1931

Call Number: 971.1 ROM

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV009.15.1

Call Number: 971.1 ROM

Author: Anstey, Arthur

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co. Limited

Publication Date: 1931

Series: Romance of Canada

Physical Description: viii, 216 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Doris A. Fotheringham 4504 Prince Albert St. Vancouver, BC." [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Ez 80" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "D.G.F." [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper] "1932" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper]