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Herbert, Charlotte, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1905 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a man, two girls, and a boy identified as Herbert Penrose Vidal, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill, Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis, and Alexander E. E. "Bill" Vidal. The children are in the stream and the man is sitting beside a campfire.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1905 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-035

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a man, two girls, and a boy identified as Herbert Penrose Vidal, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill, Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis, and Alexander E. E. "Bill" Vidal. The children are in the stream and the man is sitting beside a campfire.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Herbert Penrose

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Herbert Vidal / Charlotte / Dorothy / Alex / Near Philadelphia"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "near Philadelphia / Grandad / Mom / Aunt Dor / Uncle Bill"

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Herbert, Charlotte, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal, [between 1905 and 1910] thumbnail

Love and Whiting families picnicing under tent

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [c. 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Love family gathered together for a meal under a canvas tent in what may be Boundary Bay (Tsawwassen). The group is gathered around a long table that is in the middle of the tent. Annie Elizabeth (Love) Whiting is identified as the woman who is holding a young child in …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: Photograph is over exposed, washing out some of the detail

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Love family gathered together for a meal under a canvas tent in what may be Boundary Bay (Tsawwassen). The group is gathered around a long table that is in the middle of the tent. Annie Elizabeth (Love) Whiting is identified as the woman who is holding a young child in her lap, seated at the end of the table closest to the stove.The man with a mustache seated at the far end of the table could be Wallace "Flash" Whiting. A wood stove with pots and a kettle is visible in the foreground.

Subjects: Structures - Tents; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Love Family; Whiting, Annie Elizabeth Love; Whiting Family; Whiting, Wallace "Flash"

Accession Code: BV022.32.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [c. 1910]

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)

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Love and Whiting families picnicing under tent, [c. 1910] thumbnail

Men preparing food under wooden shelter

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men preparing food under a wooden shelter in the woods. Thomas Robert Love (right) is standing at wood plank table with an array of food layed out in front. Unidentified man (left) appears to be cooking over a fire and man (could be Jesse Love) is standing at the back of the she…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men preparing food under a wooden shelter in the woods. Thomas Robert Love (right) is standing at wood plank table with an array of food layed out in front. Unidentified man (left) appears to be cooking over a fire and man (could be Jesse Love) is standing at the back of the shelter. The men could be camping.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Love, Jesse, 1849-1928; Love, Thomas "Bob" Robert; Love Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.105

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

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)

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Men preparing food under wooden shelter, [191-] thumbnail

Rushing water and forest

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph view of rushing water and forest.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph view of rushing water and forest.

Subjects: Geographic Features; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways

Accession Code: BV022.32.99

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

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)

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Rushing water and forest, [191-] thumbnail

View of forest and waterway

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph view of forest with waterway running through the middle.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph view of forest with waterway running through the middle.

Subjects: Geographic Features; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways

Accession Code: BV022.32.98

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

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)

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View of forest and waterway, [191-] thumbnail

View of rapids and forest

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of view of rapids and thick forested area with tall trees along the shore of an unidentified body of water.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of view of rapids and thick forested area with tall trees along the shore of an unidentified body of water.

Subjects: Geographic Features; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways

Accession Code: BV022.32.97

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

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)

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View of rapids and forest, [191-] thumbnail

View of water and mountains

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large body of water with mountains in the distance.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large body of water with mountains in the distance.

Subjects: Geographic Features; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways; Geographic Features - Mountains

Accession Code: BV022.32.95

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

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)

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View of water and mountains, [191-] thumbnail

Waterfall with narrow bridge over top

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [c. 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a waterfall with a narrow bridge with railing over top and forested area at top of falls.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a waterfall with a narrow bridge with railing over top and forested area at top of falls.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Natural Waterways; Geographic Features - Waterfalls; Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features

Accession Code: BV022.32.34

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [c. 1910]

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)

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Waterfall with narrow bridge over top

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [c. 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a waterfall with a narrow bridge with railing over top and forested area at top of falls.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a waterfall with a narrow bridge with railing over top and forested area at top of falls.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Natural Waterways; Geographic Features; Geographic Features - Waterfalls; Structures - Bridges

Accession Code: BV022.32.35

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [c. 1910]

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)

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First Annual Banquet of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 1912

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: December 14, 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 18.1 cm mounted on cardboard 18.5 x 23.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large group of men seated at their tables in a banquet hall for the first annual banquet of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. At the table to the right side of the photograph, the row of gentlemen on the left side of the long table are seated with their chairs turned away fr…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 18.1 cm mounted on cardboard 18.5 x 23.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large group of men seated at their tables in a banquet hall for the first annual banquet of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. At the table to the right side of the photograph, the row of gentlemen on the left side of the long table are seated with their chairs turned away from the table for the photograph. An arrow drawn in pencil on the right side of the photograph is pointing to a man identified as James Douglas Smith (seated second from the front end of the table, on the side of the table nearer the photographer).

Subjects: Organizations; Organizations - Men's Societies and Clubs; Occupations - Engineers

Names: Canadian Society of Civil Engineers; Smith, James Douglas

Accession Code: HV974.23.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: December 14, 1912

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; An annotation on the back of the photo reading "J. D. Smith" may be referring to this man. Inscribed on the negative and printed on the bottom front of the photograph: "1st Annual Banquet / of the / Canadian Society of Civil Engineers / Dec 14th 1912."

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First Annual Banquet of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 1912, December 14, 1912 thumbnail

Boating on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people boating on Deer Lake, possibly members of the Hill family.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-784

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of people boating on Deer Lake, possibly members of the Hill family.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation at top of photograph reads, "1912"

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Boating on Deer Lake, 1912 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Government Docks, New Westminster

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-895

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Government Docks, New Westminster, 1910 thumbnail

Group fishing on a river bank

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied [2016]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of of people fishing on a rocky river bank. The group is a mixture of children and adults, both seated and standing. A large wood structure is visible behind the group. A docked boat is visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of of people fishing on a rocky river bank. The group is a mixture of children and adults, both seated and standing. A large wood structure is visible behind the group. A docked boat is visible in the background.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Fishing; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: BV016.43.50

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied [2016]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.; Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 2, grey cover "The Love House".; Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor

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Group fishing on a river bank, [191-] (date of original), copied [2016] thumbnail

Interview with Alekxos Sarter by Kathy Bossort October 16, 2015 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1960

Length: 0:21:54

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s historical overview of early public recreation, and intentions to set aside parkland, on Burnaby Mountain; Acting-Commissioner Richard Bolton’s signing of By Law 1772 that created Barnet Mountain Park in 1942; and her explanation about the fun…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s historical overview of early public recreation, and intentions to set aside parkland, on Burnaby Mountain; Acting-Commissioner Richard Bolton’s signing of By Law 1772 that created Barnet Mountain Park in 1942; and her explanation about the function and kinds of park dedications used in Burnaby.

Date Range: 1910-1960

Length: 0:21:54

Names: Bolton, Richard; Barnet Mountain Park; Burnaby Mountain Park

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Planning; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

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 three of interview with Alekxos Sarter

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Interview with Rick Sporns by Kathy Bossort October 30, 2015 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-2015

Length: 0:17:11

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s discussion of the value of natural areas to Burnaby, the city’s history of protecting green spaces, and the complementary role the Pavilion area plays in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. He talks about how the rose garden and “Playground of…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s discussion of the value of natural areas to Burnaby, the city’s history of protecting green spaces, and the complementary role the Pavilion area plays in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. He talks about how the rose garden and “Playground of the Gods” sculptures (Kamui Mintara) help Pavilion area visitors more fully appreciate the mountain setting. He also talks about the history of the construction of the Kamui Mintara sculptures.

Date Range: 1900-2015

Length: 0:17:11

Names: Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden; Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Kamui Mintara; Central Park

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Planning; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

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 four of interview with Rick Sporns

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Interview with Tony Fabian by Kathy Bossort October 29, 2015 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1860-1995

Length: 0:15:57

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s description of the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain, the creation of the Pavilion area in 1957, the history of proposals for how Burnaby Mountain could be used, the land transfer to SFU in 1963, and difficulty accessing the m…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s description of the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain, the creation of the Pavilion area in 1957, the history of proposals for how Burnaby Mountain could be used, the land transfer to SFU in 1963, and difficulty accessing the mountain for recreation prior to 1965. He also talks about the dispute between SFU and the City of Burnaby over land ownership and control.

Date Range: 1860-1995

Length: 0:15:57

Names: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Simon Fraser University

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 29, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Tony Fabian conducted by Kathy Bossort. Tony Fabian was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Tony Fabian’s part in park creation and protection of natural areas in Burnaby, particularly as a member of the Park and Recreation Commission in the 1970s; his childhood and how that contributed to his land ethic; and the history of the uses made of and setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Tony S. Fabian was born in 1934 in north Saskatchewan. At less than a year old Tony, along with his siblings, was removed from his family home and eventually placed with an immigrant farm family. As a child he worked on the farm and witnessed what he considered abusive treatment of the land and farm animals. When he was about 12 years old his adoptive family moved to the BC coast where he went on his own, working for a variety of farmers in Richmond and Delta. At 19 he contracted polio, quit farm work, and found work with the telephone company. In 1956 Tony married, and in 1957 he and his wife moved to a home on Hardwick Street in Burnaby where he still lives. Tony entered civic politics in the 1960s when he objected to development on Hardwick Park and became concerned about the destruction of Burnaby’s natural landscapes. He became a life long advocate for preserving natural areas and helped to create large parks in Burnaby on the foreshore of the Fraser River and on Burrard Inlet. He served as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission 1970-1975, is a long time volunteer with the Burnaby Lake Park Association, and continues to stay current on local and regional environmental issues. In 2008 Tony was presented with the City of Burnaby Environment Award for Community Stewardship.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:43:22

Interviewee Name: Fabian, Tony S.

Interview Location: Tony Fabian'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

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Tony Fabian

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-007/MSS196-007_Track_4.mp3

Kitty Hill and Florence Hart boating on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

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 Kitty Hill (turned away) and Florence Hart boating on Deer Lake. Written around the border of the photograph is the following: "You would look away just as I took this. Do you remember how cross I was about it?" The boathouse is most likely that belonging to Kitty's father, Claude H…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

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.: 477-090

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill (turned away) and Florence Hart boating on Deer Lake. Written around the border of the photograph is the following: "You would look away just as I took this. Do you remember how cross I was about it?" The boathouse is most likely that belonging to Kitty's father, Claude Hill, on Deer Lake.