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Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory571
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1980
- Length
- 0:06:55
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vanco…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vancouver.
- Date Range
- 1942-1980
- Length
- 0:06:55
- Names
- Olofson, Axel
- GAK Fur Farm
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Lochdale Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track three of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_3.mp3North Arm Dairy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36475
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. A young child is sitting on one of the horses that is harnessed to the dairy wagon. The other horse has no rider, but a girl is holding on to the riens and sitting in the dairy wagon. A man is standing beside the horse with …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Thrussell family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 275-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. A young child is sitting on one of the horses that is harnessed to the dairy wagon. The other horse has no rider, but a girl is holding on to the riens and sitting in the dairy wagon. A man is standing beside the horse with the rider, holding his reins. Two cows are standing in front of the barn, along with a woman who is holding a child in her arms.
- Names
- North Arm Dairy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
Visit to Expo '67 and Montreal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85433
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1967
- Collection/Fonds
- George H.F. McLean fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 digital file ( 4 min., 38 sec ) : digital , col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of one silent colour film of the McLean family visiting Expo '67 in Montreal. The film shows rides, exhibits, buildings and the city of Montreal. Much of the footage of the exhibits, fair and city are taken from a train. The footage switches to the family at a beach followed by them e…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1967
- Collection/Fonds
- George H.F. McLean fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 digital file ( 4 min., 38 sec ) : digital , col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 567-001-18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-03
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of one silent colour film of the McLean family visiting Expo '67 in Montreal. The film shows rides, exhibits, buildings and the city of Montreal. Much of the footage of the exhibits, fair and city are taken from a train. The footage switches to the family at a beach followed by them enjoying a picnic at a park, riding a minature train and closes with Teresa riding a horse and petting farm animals at a zoo.
- Subjects
- Exhibtions - zoos
- Exhibitions - Fairs
- Recreational Activities - Horseback riding
- Animals - Cows
- Animals - Goats
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- McLean, George H.F.
- Notes
- Title based on content of film
- Films originated in an 8mm format and were digitized by George McLean before being donated to the CBA
Images
Video
Visit to Expo '67 and Montreal, 1967
Visit to Expo '67 and Montreal, 1967
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/567-001-18.m4vDad at Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38863
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4.5 x 7.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Claude Hill leading a cow along his property near Deer Lake, in the Burnaby Lake area. His daughter, Kitty, wrote the caption "Dad at Deer Lake" next to this photograph.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4.5 x 7.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-182
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Claude Hill leading a cow along his property near Deer Lake, in the Burnaby Lake area. His daughter, Kitty, wrote the caption "Dad at Deer Lake" next to this photograph.
- Subjects
- Animals - Cows
- Occupations - Farmers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Gordon Lubbock milking a cow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37256
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (Polaroid) ; 8 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Lubbock milking a cow.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (Polaroid) ; 8 x 8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-030
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Lubbock milking a cow.
- Subjects
- Animals - Cows
- Names
- Lubbock, Gordon
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Men and child with dead bear
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19306
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men and a child standing next to a carcass of a bear that it suspended from it's hind legs. The group are standing outside with a fence behind them. A blurred image of a dog is visible in front of the group. Henry Love is identified as one of the men in the photograph.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is over exposed, washing out some of the detail
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men and a child standing next to a carcass of a bear that it suspended from it's hind legs. The group are standing outside with a fence behind them. A blurred image of a dog is visible in front of the group. Henry Love is identified as one of the men in the photograph.
- Names
- Love, Henry
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.23
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Images
North Arm Dairy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36473
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. Half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn as the children mingle around them. The large barn is in the center, and the North Arm Dairy wagon is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Thrussell family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 275-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. Half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn as the children mingle around them. The large barn is in the center, and the North Arm Dairy wagon is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Animals - Cows
- Names
- North Arm Dairy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
North Arm Dairy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36474
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. The family is standing in front of the garage that houses the North Arm Diary wagon. The younger Frederick is standing with his arm across his brow, blocking the sun. His two sisters Ethel and Mary Anne are beside him. Eva i…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Thrussell family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 275-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. The family is standing in front of the garage that houses the North Arm Diary wagon. The younger Frederick is standing with his arm across his brow, blocking the sun. His two sisters Ethel and Mary Anne are beside him. Eva is standing beside her mother Harriett, who has baby Edith in her arms. The elder Frederick is standing front and center. Another man stands off to the right. In the distance, half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Animals - Cows
- Names
- North Arm Dairy
- Thrussell, Frederick T.
- Thrussell, Ethel
- Welsh, Mary Anne "Annie" Thrussell Phillips
- Thrussell, Eva
- Thrussell, Harriett Fenwick
- Cleghorn, Edith Thrussell
- Thrussell, Fredrick (1869-1909)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
R.W. McMurray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1907
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 6.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an older man wearing a vest standing in a field, holding a cow with horns by the neck. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "This picture was taken 1907 - at the old ranch. / My Dad. R.W. McMurray." This ranch is where the old Gilley Brothers had their extensive logging ope…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 6.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an older man wearing a vest standing in a field, holding a cow with horns by the neck. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "This picture was taken 1907 - at the old ranch. / My Dad. R.W. McMurray." This ranch is where the old Gilley Brothers had their extensive logging operations since R.W. McMurray purchased the old Gilley Ranch.
- Subjects
- Animals - Cows
- Names
- McMurray, R.W.
- Accession Code
- HV981.3.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1907
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 2016 technical exhibit