"Structures" found 32 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in bathing suit, running towards the camera on a dock at Deer Lake. An unidentified woman is swimming in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-850

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in bathing suit, running towards the camera on a dock at Deer Lake. An unidentified woman is swimming in the background.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Claude Hill Running on Dock, 1905 thumbnail

Collapse of Second Narrows Bridge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a picture of the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver, BC after its collapse in 1958.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Norah Code subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 345-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1997-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a picture of the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver, BC after its collapse in 1958.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.; Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper.

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Collapse of Second Narrows Bridge, 1958 thumbnail

E.B. Wetenhall and Kitty Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1902]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of E.B. Wetenhall leading a horse to water. Kitty Hill is the foreground and a wooden trestle bridge spans Deer Lake Brook in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1902]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of E.B. Wetenhall leading a horse to water. Kitty Hill is the foreground and a wooden trestle bridge spans Deer Lake Brook in the background.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Wetenhall, E.B.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Brook; Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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E.B. Wetenhall and Kitty Hill, [1902] thumbnail

Forth Bridge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows Forth Bridge in Scotland.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-143

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows Forth Bridge in Scotland.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Postcard verso reads: "The Forth Bridge from South Queens Ferry. One of the greatest engineering glories of the age; was constructed by Sir William Arrol. Is about 1 1/2 miles in length, and its highest point is 450 feet from base. It took seven years to build (1883-1890) and cost 3 1/2 million pounds. It is on the main railway route of the L and N E Railway / New Color-crayon / Process from original drawing by Andrew Allan"

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Interview with Judy Hagen by Eric Damer November 7, 2012 - Track 6

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1944-2012

Length: 0:12:18

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen's memories of taking dance lessons and being in Girl Guides. She tells a story of seeing the Second Narrows Bridge collapse in 1958.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen's memories of taking dance lessons and being in Girl Guides. She tells a story of seeing the Second Narrows Bridge collapse in 1958.

Date Range: 1944-2012

Photo Info: Judith "Judy" Robins (later Hagen) posing in a dance costume, 1949. Item no. 549-036.

Length: 0:12:18

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Structures - Bridges

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: November 7, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 7, 2012. Major theme discussed: the neighbourhood of Dover Street.

Biographical Notes: Judy Robins (later Hagen) was born in 1941 and grew up in South Burnaby. Her paternal grandfather, a master stone mason from Devon, moved to Vancouver in 1912 to find work before bringing over the rest of the family. He bought three lots in Burnaby and in 1918 moved his family to a small house on Dover Street (formerly Paul Street). Judy’s father, Jack, married, bought one of his father’s lots and built a new home for his family. Judy attended school and church nearby, took dance and piano lessons and participated actively in Girl Guides. After high school, she attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) and then Simon Fraser University (SFU), worked for a few years and then married in 1967 before moving to Courtaney, British Columbia.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:09:51

Interviewee Name: Hagen, Judith "Judy" Robins

Interview Location: Nanaimo Museum on Vancouver Island

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Track six of recording of interview with Judy Hagen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-011/MSS171-011_Track_6.mp3

Kitty on a footbridge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill crossing a footbridge, behind the family home. The house, known as Brookfield, can be seen in the background. It belonged to Claude Hill and his wife Annie, Kitty's parents. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-150

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill crossing a footbridge, behind the family home. The house, known as Brookfield, can be seen in the background. It belonged to Claude Hill and his wife Annie, Kitty's parents. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Second Narrows Bridge collapse

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after June 1958]

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver after its collapse in June, 1958. A child and dog are visible walking along a path in the foreground.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after June 1958]

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver after its collapse in June, 1958. A child and dog are visible walking along a path in the foreground.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Second Narrows Bridge collapse

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after June 1958]

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Second Narrows Bridge after its collapse in June, 1958. An unidentified man can be seen in the foreground of the photograph while another is visible at the bottom right.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after June 1958]

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Second Narrows Bridge after its collapse in June, 1958. An unidentified man can be seen in the foreground of the photograph while another is visible at the bottom right.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Sidney Roofing and Paper Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.5 cm, mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing on the dock at Sidney Roofing and Paper Company, located in South Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.5 cm, mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 091-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing on the dock at Sidney Roofing and Paper Company, located in South Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Names: Sidney Roofing and Paper Company Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Graphic Industries Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Bottom of photo has the "Sidney Products" logo and reads, "Sidney Roofing & Paper Co. Ltd."; Printed on back of cardboard "GIL: Graphic Industries Ltd. / Vancouver's Largest Commercial Photographers / 1201 Melville St., Vancouver 1, B.C. / Phone MUtual 1-4174 File No: 4263 2"; Annotation on back "Nov '57"

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Sidney Roofing and Paper Company, November 1957 thumbnail

Trans Mountain Pipe Line loading dock

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Trans Mountain Pipe Line Westridge loading dock on Burrard Inlet. Houses are visible in the background, and railroad tracks along the edge of the inlet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 098-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Trans Mountain Pipe Line Westridge loading dock on Burrard Inlet. Houses are visible in the background, and railroad tracks along the edge of the inlet.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Inlets; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Names: Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Commercial Illustrators Industrial Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp and annotation on back of photograph reads, "TA. 8817 / Commerical Illustrators / Industrial Photographers / 601 Denman St., Vancouver 5, B.C. / File No. 9412-2"

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

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Trans Mountain Pipe Line loading dock, [1958] thumbnail

B.C. Electric Railway Franchise - Agreement

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription382

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1913

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual records and architectural drawings

Scope and Content: File contains records relating to agreements made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Railway Co., for rail line extensions. File also includes a blueprint plan of station structures for Vancouver Fraser Valley and Southern Railway Co. and a newspaper clipping.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1913

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual records and architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2075

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains records relating to agreements made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Railway Co., for rail line extensions. File also includes a blueprint plan of station structures for Vancouver Fraser Valley and Southern Railway Co. and a newspaper clipping.

Media Type: Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case. File includes original newspaper clipping.

Mills Burning at Barnet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1909

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the North Pacific Lumber Company, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1909

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Charles Lee subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 411-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-13

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the North Pacific Lumber Company, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Mills Burning at Barnet, May 6, 1909 thumbnail

Planning Department fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-2016

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 80 m of textual records and other material

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of those records created during the regular conduct of business by the Planning Department and its predecessor agencies according to their mandate of providing professional and technical advice to Council on the current and future uses of City land and resources.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-2016

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Physical Description: 80 m of textual records and other material

Description Level: Fonds

File Class: 71000 10 (add. 2020); 71000 20 (add. 2020); 71000 30 (add. 2020); 71000 40 (add. 2020)

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of those records created during the regular conduct of business by the Planning Department and its predecessor agencies according to their mandate of providing professional and technical advice to Council on the current and future uses of City land and resources.

History: The City of Burnaby Planning Department was established on October 9, 1956, when the City Council unanimously carried the motion to create a distinct department to deal with planning issues within the City and appointed Mr. William John Blakely as its head. This decision followed a report and recommendation made by the City’s Chief Administrative Officer which indicated that the role of the Planning Engineer and his staff had quickly expanded to become a separate division within the Engineering Department and that they were functioning as an independent unit in all but name. The proposed separation of the Engineering and Planning departments had been in the works since the early part of 1956 when staff changes and restructuring within the Engineering Department’s Planning Division illustrated the undermanned condition of the Planning Engineer’s office. As a result, Council asked the Chief Administrative Officer to undertake a study examining the feasibility of creating a distinct Planning Department. This report was delivered to Council on July 3, 1956, but was laid over until a Committee of the Council had the opportunity to study the functions of the Planning department to determine the necessity of the proposal. The Committee’s findings were in line with the initial report and the Planning Department was established with a staff of nine (the head Planning Engineer, an Administrative Planner, three Research Planning Assistants, a Draughtsman, a Subdivision Control Clerk, a department Clerk and a Clerk Stenographer). This new department was to offer advice and carry out the work intensive in matters such as zoning and rezoning applications, subdivision control, traffic and transportation planning, and general City planning schemes. Prior to the creation of the Planning Department, a number of bodies within the City had been responsible for fulfilling the functions carried out by this new unit. In the earliest years of the City, the members of Council were responsible for matters of planning and were assisted in their job by the City’s Engineer or any number of hired consultants (e.g. surveyors, cartographers). By 1906, however, the provincial laws surrounding the subdivision process had changed, and local governments were charged with the task of approving all private subdivision plans in their respective Municipalities. In Burnaby, the City Council passed a bylaw decreeing that all subdivision plans were to be submitted to Council for review and the City Engineer was responsible for ensuring compliance with the law. After the first Town Planning Bylaw in 1924 which restricted the type and size of construction that could occur in certain City areas, the Engineering and Building departments were to work together to oversee the enforcement of the Bylaw and the development of City plans. The scope and competence required to carry out this work grew as Burnaby’s population expanded, and in 1930 Council passed the Town Planning Commission Bylaw (No. 1028) that saw the creation of a permanent body – the Town Planning Commission – which was to serve as an advisory body to help direct the planning activities in the City while the actual work continued to be carried out by the Engineering Department. This body was comprised of the Reeve, the Chairman of the School Board, the Chairman of the Park Committee (later, the Board of Parks Commissioners), and six appointed citizens who served three-year terms. Council referred all matters of subdivisions, transportation planning, and rezoning to this Commission, which was later supported in its work by several other special or standing committees such as the Subdivision Committee, the Apartment Committee, the Transportation Committee or the Town Planning Board of Appeal. By 1953, it had become apparent that the advisory committees that were dedicated to these planning issues needed a permanent staff to carry out the work intensive, so a restructuring of the Engineering department resulted in a permanent Planning Engineer’s office being created. The Town Planning Commission continued in its advisory capacity even after the determination came in 1956 to create a separate Planning Department. When Bylaw No. 4473 was passed in 1963, the Town Planning Commission was disbanded in favour of a new Advisory Planning Commission that would turn over all routine matters such as subdivision and rezoning applications to the Planning Department but would offer advice and community input into the more complex planning schemes within the City and act as an intermediary in cases where Council and Planning staff were in disagreement. A new Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw (No. 7600) was adopted in 1980 which allowed for even greater community participation in the planning process. The Planning Department was initially responsible to report directly to Council, but in 1957, the administrative structure of Municipal staff changed with the introduction of the Burnaby Municipal Manager Bylaw (No. 3859) and from that point on, the head of the Planning Department held a direct reporting relationship to the Municipal Manager, who in turn was responsible for reporting the activities of the Department to the City Council. Over the years, the internal structure and the scope of responsibilities of the Department have changed during periods of staff reorganizations. Under the larger umbrella of the Planning and Building Department, Planning has come to be comprised of two divisions: the Current Planning Division and the Long Range Planning Division. The functions of the Current Planning Division include rezoning, subdivision, development plan areas, preliminary plan approvals, urban design, heritage planning, and urban trails and bicycle routes. The Long Range Planning Division is responsible for environmental planning concerns, transportation planning, housing, neighbourhood area planning, social planning and planning information services. In 2022, the Planning and Building Department was reorganized to better align functions with delivery of services. The Climate Action and Engery Division moved from Corporate Services to the Planning and Building Department, while Indigenous Relations and Facilities Management moved to Corporate Services and Lands and Facilities, respectively. The position of Director of Planning and Building was changed to General Manager, Planning and Development. The following individuals have served as Planning Engineer and/or Director of the Planning Department and/or General Manager, Planning and Development for the City of Burnaby: William John Blakely 1954-1956 (as Planning Engineer) 1956-1963 (as Head of the Department) Anthony P. Parr 1964-1993 Don G. Stenson 1993-2001 Jack S. Belhouse 2001-2006 Basil Luksun 2006-2012 Lou Pelletier 2012-2019 Edward Kozak 2019-present

Formats: Microforms exist for some records. See series descriptions.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Moving Images

Creator: City of Burnaby

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Application of Yorston Manufacturing Company for Acceptance of a Prefabricated Steel Chimney as a Structural Device

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42923

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39248

Meeting Date: 22-Jul-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39248

Meeting Date: 22-Jul-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 39248

22-Jul-1957 Meeting Minutes

Burnaby Substation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36541

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [September 1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to S…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [September 1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John DeForest subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 293-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-30

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to Sperling Avenue (built for this project and called Pole Line Road) and then south to this site at the corner of Griffiths and the old Central Park interurban line (later this section was called the Highland Park line). This substation was constructed to convert the alternating current being delivered from the Buntzen power plant to direct current for the operation of the tram cars operating on the Central Park interurban route. The new brick substation replaced the wood fed steam powered 1891 Powerhouse that operated south of this site, across the tracks until its closure on May 31,1905. It was demolised in the late 1920s. This brick substation originally known as the Burnaby Substation, eventually became known as the Newell Substation. The original brick building was replaced by a new structure in 1930, which was demolished in the 1960s in favour of the open field substation that continues to operate on the same site today at 7260 Griffiths Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Powerhouses

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Griffiths Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Capilano Dam

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Capilano Dam

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Claude Hill Running on Dock

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Collapse of Second Narrows Bridge

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E.B. Wetenhall and Kitty Hill

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Forth Bridge

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Interview with Judy Hagen by Eric Damer November 7, 2012 - Track 6

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Kitty on a footbridge

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Second Narrows Bridge collapse

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Second Narrows Bridge collapse

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Sidney Roofing and Paper Company

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Trans Mountain Pipe Line loading dock

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B.C. Electric Railway Franchise - Agreement

Mills Burning at Barnet

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Planning Department fonds

Application of Yorston Manufacturing Company for Acceptance of a Prefabricated Steel Chimney as a Structural Device

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Burnaby Substation

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