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Sir Wilfrid Laurier at New Westminster Exhibition Grounds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car bringing Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier to meet a group of people waiting at the New Westminster Exhibition grounds. Prime Minister Laurier is seated in the back seat of the car, on the right.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-092

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car bringing Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier to meet a group of people waiting at the New Westminster Exhibition grounds. Prime Minister Laurier is seated in the back seat of the car, on the right.

Subjects: Officials - Prime Ministers; Events - Visits of State

Names: Laurier, Wilfrid

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Canada Day Celebration at Burnaby Village Museum

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 1, 2003

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. composite ; 26 x 18 cm laser print

Scope and Content: Photograph is a composite of two images taken at the Canada Celebrations at the Burnaby Village Museum. Air cadets are marching with flag staffs as crowds stand by on either side in the first image and three women serve pieces of a large Canada Day cake in the second image.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. composite ; 26 x 18 cm laser print

Scope and Content: Photograph is a composite of two images taken at the Canada Celebrations at the Burnaby Village Museum. Air cadets are marching with flag staffs as crowds stand by on either side in the first image and three women serve pieces of a large Canada Day cake in the second image.

Subjects: Celebrations; Symbols - Flags; Events - Parades; Foods

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.35.2

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: July 1, 2003

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Low, Richard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "2003 Canada Day Celebration"

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Interview with Alekxos Sarter by Kathy Bossort October 16, 2015 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1980-2015

Length: 0:12:40

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s overview of her education and her career with City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services beginning in 1986. She tells a delightful story about Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the opening ceremony of the Variety Playground in …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s overview of her education and her career with City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services beginning in 1986. She tells a delightful story about Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the opening ceremony of the Variety Playground in Central Park.

Date Range: 1980-2015

Length: 0:12:40

Names: City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services; Central Park

Subjects: Education; Occupations; Events - Royal Visits

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 16, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Alekxos Sarter conducted by Kathy Bossort. Alekxos Sarter was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain from Alekxos Sarter’s perspective and experience as employee in the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The interview provides an excellent explanation of the history and function of kinds of park dedications used by the City of Burnaby; an overview of issues around including the Trans Mountain tank farm in the conservation area; and the background to the land use and ownership disagreement between the City of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, its resolution, and the subsequent development of SFU’s UniverCity. Alekxos Sarter talks about Richard Bolton, Burnaby’s Acting-Commissioner who was responsible for dedicating the first park on Burnaby Mountain in 1942, and the creation of a park named after him in UniverCity.

Biographical Notes: Alekxos Sarter was born in Vancouver in 1961, to Daine and Kasandra Sarter. She grew up in North Vancouver and since 1994 has lived on a sailboat in False Creek. After attending UBC where she studied landscape architecture, she was hired by the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services in 1986. Working first in parks design, Alekxos quickly moved into parks planning, her preferred career. As Research Officer she covers research, planning, public consultation, parks and facility inventory, parkland acquisition, among other duties.

Total Tracks: 9

Total Length: 2:20:47

Interviewee Name: Sarter, Alekxos T.

Interview Location: City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room

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

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Alekxos Sarter

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Interview with Rick Sporns by Kathy Bossort October 30, 2015 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1980-2015

Length: 0:06:29

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s thirty year career with the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, his education, and what has kept him interested in his work. Rick Sporns is currently Assistant Manager of Parks Design.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s thirty year career with the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, his education, and what has kept him interested in his work. Rick Sporns is currently Assistant Manager of Parks Design.

Date Range: 1980-2015

Length: 0:06:29

Names: City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services; Central Park

Subjects: Education; Occupations; Events - Royal Visits

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 30, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Rick Sporns conducted by Kathy Bossort. Rick Sporns was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Rick Sporn’s description of the history and design of Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden and the significance of the Centennial Pavilion area in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Rick Sporns also talks about his career with the City of Burnaby’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, management of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area, and the value of natural areas to Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Richard Sporns was born in 1957 in Daly Municipality, Manitoba, to Ulrich and Charlotte Sporns. The family moved to the Burquitlam Area of Burnaby in about 1965. Rick Sporns obtained his BSc degree in biology at SFU and a degree in landscape architecture at UBC. In 1985 he began his career in the City of Burnaby’s Park, Recreation and Cultural Services department where he currently is Assistant Manager - Parks Design. Rick was responsible for designing Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden, a legacy project proposed by Mark Stockdale to commemorate Burnaby’s 1992 Centennial. The rose garden opened to the public July 18, 1992.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 1:01:40

Interviewee Name: Sporns, Richard "Rick"

Interview Location: City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room

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

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Rick Sporns

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Old Lumberman's Arch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 6.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows people walking down a path in front of and through old Lumberman's arch in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 6.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows people walking down a path in front of and through old Lumberman's arch in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

Subjects: Structures - Arches

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV972.50.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Photographer: Dean, H.M.

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

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Old Lumberman's Arch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 10.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the old Lumberman's Arch by the beachside in Stanley Park, Vancouver. There are people gathered by the arch and standing and sitting on logs strewn on the beach.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 10.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the old Lumberman's Arch by the beachside in Stanley Park, Vancouver. There are people gathered by the arch and standing and sitting on logs strewn on the beach.

Subjects: Structures - Arches; Geographic Features - Beaches; Persons - Crowds

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV972.50.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Photographer: Dean, H.M.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Svend Robinson

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 1, 2003

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 26 x 19.5 cm laser print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Member of Parliament Svend Robinson handing out Canada Day flags at the Canada Day Celebration at the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 26 x 19.5 cm laser print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Member of Parliament Svend Robinson handing out Canada Day flags at the Canada Day Celebration at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials; Celebrations; Symbols - Flags

Names: Burnaby Village Museum; Robinson, Svend

Accession Code: BV004.35.4

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: July 1, 2003

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Low, Richard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Agatha Van Der Starre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of 71-year-old speed skater Agatha Van Der Starre, posing with a board that is displaying many of her medals.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2307

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of 71-year-old speed skater Agatha Van Der Starre, posing with a board that is displaying many of her medals.

Subjects: Persons - Athletes; Personal Symbols - Medals

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Agatha Van Der Starre admires some of the medals she's won throughout her long speedskating career. At 71, she's still going strong, having just set four records in the short track provincial championships in Burnaby last weekend."

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Beverly Nann

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Beverly Nann holding up her medal for her Order of British Columbia, which she received for setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liaison program that was then cancelled in 2001.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2571

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Beverly Nann holding up her medal for her Order of British Columbia, which she received for setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liaison program that was then cancelled in 2001.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Medals; Education

Names: Burnaby School Disctrict no. 41

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Beverley Nann regards the Lt. Governor's Award she's received for her work setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liason program with mixed emotions, now that the program has been cancelled."

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Burnaby Lakers and the Minto Cup

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lakers lacrosse player Ian Hawksbee hoisting the Minto Cup trophy over his head after a lacrosse game. Two of Hawksbee's teammates stand next to him, one smoking a cigar, and the crowd is visible in the stands behind them in an indoor arena.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1934

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lakers lacrosse player Ian Hawksbee hoisting the Minto Cup trophy over his head after a lacrosse game. Two of Hawksbee's teammates stand next to him, one smoking a cigar, and the crowd is visible in the stands behind them in an indoor arena.

Subjects: Persons - Athletes; Sports - Lacrosse; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Burnaby Lakers' Ian Hawksbee hoists the Minto Cup."

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Business challenge students

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man and five unidentified students. One student is holding a glass trophy.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2685

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man and five unidentified students. One student is holding a glass trophy.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Craig Conn and the Minto Cup

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lakers lacrosse player Craig Conn posing with the silver Minto Cup trophy.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1933

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lakers lacrosse player Craig Conn posing with the silver Minto Cup trophy.

Subjects: Persons - Athletes; Sports - Lacrosse; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Craig Conn, one of the leading scorers for the Burnaby Lakers, has his eye on reclaiming the Minto Cup as the four-team championship tournament kicked off on Thursday."

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Diane Nelson

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of curler Diane Nelson, posing with her bronze medal from the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1992

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of curler Diane Nelson, posing with her bronze medal from the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

Subjects: Persons - Athletes; Sports - Curling; Personal Symbols - Medals

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ray, Steve

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Curler Diane Nelson with her bronze metal from the Olympic games."

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Gloria Staudt with Burnaby Board of Trade trophy

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gloria Staudt, the chair of the Excellence in Business Awards Committee of the Burnaby Board of Trade, holding up a trophy of glass that depicts an orca.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2460

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gloria Staudt, the chair of the Excellence in Business Awards Committee of the Burnaby Board of Trade, holding up a trophy of glass that depicts an orca.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Organizations

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Gloria , the chair of the Excellence in Business Awards Committee of the Burnaby Board of Trade, admires the glass and wood trophy which will be presented to the winners."

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Bird watchers at Piper Pier

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of two bird watchers standing on Piper Pier in Burnaby Lake Regional Park. They are both looking into the distance with binoculars.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1757

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two bird watchers standing on Piper Pier in Burnaby Lake Regional Park. They are both looking into the distance with binoculars.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Structures - Piers and Wharfs; Recreational Activities

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Juliet and Martin Mohlmann say they come down to Piper Pier at Burnaby Lake Regional Park to watch birds about twice a month. But they won't be able to use the pier in the late summer, as the GVRD, the Burnaby Rotary Club and Terasen will be spending $115,000 to rebuild it."