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Scope and Content: Photograph of four people, all unidentified, boating on Deer Lake. In the background, the grounds and water tower of the Fairacres estate belonging to Henry Ceperley are visible.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-625

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of four people, all unidentified, boating on Deer Lake. In the background, the grounds and water tower of the Fairacres estate belonging to Henry Ceperley are visible.

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

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Boating on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of three people in a boat on the shore of Deer Lake. All are unidentified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-626

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of three people in a boat on the shore of Deer Lake. All are unidentified.

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

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Kitty boating on Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39342

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 6.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill paddling a canoe on Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 6.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-661

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill paddling a canoe on Deer Lake.

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

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Kitty boating on Deer Lake, 1922 thumbnail

The Lagoon and the Kitty H

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34315

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 13 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the boat named the "Kitty H." at a location identified as "The Lagoon" at Yellow Point. Yellow Point was a regular vacation spot for the Hill and Peers families of Burnaby Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 13 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the boat named the "Kitty H." at a location identified as "The Lagoon" at Yellow Point. Yellow Point was a regular vacation spot for the Hill and Peers families of Burnaby Lake.

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

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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The Lagoon and the Kitty H, 1924 thumbnail

On Texas Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people on a raft in the middle of a lake identified as Texas Lake (near Hope). One of the people is standing, holding a pole or paddle while the other one is seated. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worke…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-116

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people on a raft in the middle of a lake identified as Texas Lake (near Hope). One of the people is standing, holding a pole or paddle while the other one is seated. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

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

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Sailing on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1938] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 2.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a sailboat on Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1938] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 2.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-555

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a sailboat on Deer Lake.

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

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

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Sailing on Deer Lake, [1938] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Circle Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51448

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Circle (Circlet) lake nestled among the mountains of the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island, BC. A young man is making his way down Mount Albert Edward, towards the lake. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau made by a small party of City of Courtenay official…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-053

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Circle (Circlet) lake nestled among the mountains of the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island, BC. A young man is making his way down Mount Albert Edward, towards the lake. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Recreational Activities - Hiking

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Tait, Preston L.

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount; Handwritten note on on facing page reads: "Th' outstretching lake, embosomed' mong the hills / The eye with wonder and amazement fills / Burns"; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 870

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Contemplation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 19, 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of George A. Grant sitting on the rock face of Mount Albert Edward and admiring Circle (Circlet) Lake. Two men are standing just behind him. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 19, 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-054

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of George A. Grant sitting on the rock face of Mount Albert Edward and admiring Circle (Circlet) Lake. Two men are standing just behind him. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Recreational Activities - Hiking

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount; Handwritten note on facing page reads: "We pause on the Mount Abert [sic] Edward climb to admire Circle Lake and the rest."; Stamp on verso of print reads: "Vancouver Drug Co. Ltd. AUG 19 1938 Nu-Gloss"

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Contemplation, August 19, 1938 thumbnail

Andy's first film

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85207

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1934

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 3 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized (DVD) film segment with footage identified as 'Reel 1' . Film footage flucuates between black and white and colour providing a look into activities of Andy Digney and his family while they resided in Brandon, Manitoba. Footage documents outdoor activities such as camping…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1934

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 3 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized (DVD) film segment with footage identified as 'Reel 1' . Film footage flucuates between black and white and colour providing a look into activities of Andy Digney and his family while they resided in Brandon, Manitoba. Footage documents outdoor activities such as camping,fishing, boating, golfing, swimming, picnicing and a parade in Banff, Alberta.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities - Fishing; Recreational Activities - Camping; Recreational Activities - Picnics; Recreational Activities - Golf; Geographic Features - Rivers; Events - Parades

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Video

Andy's first film, 1934

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Andy Digney Film

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1961]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 optical discs (approx. 2 hrs, 40 min) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a collection of 18 short films on DVD. These films were created by Andy Digney using his 8 mm camera and provide views of the Digney family gatherings, trips, vacations at home and abroad. They also provide glimpses of Burnaby parades, celebrations and the Digney Speedway. The 18 segments h…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1961]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 2 optical discs (approx. 2 hrs, 40 min) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a collection of 18 short films on DVD. These films were created by Andy Digney using his 8 mm camera and provide views of the Digney family gatherings, trips, vacations at home and abroad. They also provide glimpses of Burnaby parades, celebrations and the Digney Speedway. The 18 segments have all been described at item level.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities - Fishing; Recreational Activities - Camping; Recreational Activities - Picnics; Geographic Features - Rivers; Events - Parades

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; The original 8mm film footage was digitized and broken down into 18 segments, reflecting the original order. Items are described as 562-003-1 : 562-003-18

Boating at Yellow Point

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill rowing a boat with two women, both unidentified. One of the women is holding a fishing pole.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-608

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill rowing a boat with two women, both unidentified. One of the women is holding a fishing pole.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boating at Yellow Point, [1925] thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal and others in boats

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-075

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Charlotte Vidal and others in boats, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

Mr. Birchall's Cruiser

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39300

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat sailing on the water off the shore at Yellow Point.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-619

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat sailing on the water off the shore at Yellow Point.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Channels

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Fishing at Emory Creek

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34489

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women fishing at Emory Creek. The women are identified as E.D. and Mrs. D. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-196

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women fishing at Emory Creek. The women are identified as E.D. and Mrs. D. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Fishing; Geographic Features - Creeks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Four men fishing

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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 ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men fishing from a steep bank on shore of Pitt Lake. The shoreline bordering the water is rocky and forested.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men fishing from a steep bank on shore of Pitt Lake. The shoreline bordering the water is rocky and forested.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Fishing; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways

Accession Code: BV022.32.38

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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Deer Lake Gibraltar

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34312

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "Gibraltar" rock at mouth of Deer Lake Creek. This photograph was taken during the winter of 1924 and the lake is frozen over with ice. The surface of the lake is covered with marks made by ice skates. Deer Lake Creek is historically known as Deer Lake Brook.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "Gibraltar" rock at mouth of Deer Lake Creek. This photograph was taken during the winter of 1924 and the lake is frozen over with ice. The surface of the lake is covered with marks made by ice skates. Deer Lake Creek is historically known as Deer Lake Brook.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Rock Formations

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Brook

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Bob with Robert in a rowboat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39031

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7.8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers rowing a boat with his son, Robert, seated in front. On the beach in the background, a tent can be seen.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7.8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-350

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers rowing a boat with his son, Robert, seated in front. On the beach in the background, a tent can be seen.