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1958 Centennial Committee

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55590
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
John Shaw fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide (Munshaw) ; 7 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of forty-one Burnaby Centennial Committee members at the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain. John Shaw, Municipal Clerk, can be seen in the second row from the front, 6th from the left and Reverend Faulkner is seated in the front row, second from the left. The rest are unide…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
John Shaw fonds
Series
Civil Service series
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide (Munshaw) ; 7 x 7 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
485-065
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2005-15
2006-01
2007-18
Scope and Content
Photograph of forty-one Burnaby Centennial Committee members at the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain. John Shaw, Municipal Clerk, can be seen in the second row from the front, 6th from the left and Reverend Faulkner is seated in the front row, second from the left. The rest are unidentified.
Subjects
Occupations - City Clerks
Occupations - Clergy
Names
Shaw, John Horace "Jack"
Faulker, Rev.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on vero reads: "1958 Centennial Cmte. Burnaby Mtn"
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Centennial Way
Street Address
100 Centennial Way
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Bill Banks in front of his garage

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of W. M. (Bill) Banks standing in coveralls in front of his garage at Britton and Kingsway. Bill Banks was a mechanic with whom the Burnaby Fire Department had an agreement to maintain the fire truck and drive it to emergencies on an on-call basis. An unidentified man in a suit is standi…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm
Material Details
Photograph was likely taken out of an album as there is black paper residue on its recto
Scope and Content
Photograph of W. M. (Bill) Banks standing in coveralls in front of his garage at Britton and Kingsway. Bill Banks was a mechanic with whom the Burnaby Fire Department had an agreement to maintain the fire truck and drive it to emergencies on an on-call basis. An unidentified man in a suit is standing on the left, smoking.
Subjects
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Occupations - Mechanics
Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
Names
Banks, William "Bill"
Burnaby Garage
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Britton Street
Accession Code
BV999.55.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1925]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Bill Blakely

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64827
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1954 and 1956]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Planning Engineer, William (Bill) Blakely.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1954 and 1956]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1554
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Planning Engineer, William (Bill) Blakely.
Subjects
Occupations - Civic Workers
Occupations - Engineers
Names
Blakely, William "Bill"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "W. "Bill" Blakeley / Burnaby"
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Bill Blakely

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1954 and 1956]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Planning Engineer, William (Bill) Blakely.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1954 and 1956]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1555
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Planning Engineer, William (Bill) Blakely.
Subjects
Occupations - Civic Workers
Occupations - Engineers
Names
Blakely, William "Bill"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "Bill Blakely / Burnaby / planning engineer"
Images
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Brentwood School Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36066
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-024
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Hadwritten note on verso of photograph identifies the staff members by listing them: "Mr. Harris, Mr. Kaye, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McGregor (Nurse), Mrs. Hune, Mrs. Schawalder, Mrs. McCanty, Mrs. Kulla, Miss Gray, Mrs. Guggishberg, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. DeRidder, Mrs. Tweedy, Miss Johnstone, Miss Wadden, Mrs. Cook"
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Burnaby Garage

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bill Banks' garage at Britton and Kingsway, with a sign at the edge of the driveway (to the left) which reads, "BURNABY GARAGE." Bill Banks was a mechanic with whom the Burnaby Fire Department had an agreement to maintain the fire truck and drive it to emergencies on an on-call basis.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bill Banks' garage at Britton and Kingsway, with a sign at the edge of the driveway (to the left) which reads, "BURNABY GARAGE." Bill Banks was a mechanic with whom the Burnaby Fire Department had an agreement to maintain the fire truck and drive it to emergencies on an on-call basis.
Subjects
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Occupations - Mechanics
Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
Names
Burnaby Garage
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Britton Street
Accession Code
BV999.55.12
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1925]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Images
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Burnaby General Hospital Staff

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Davies family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
190-015
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1986-41
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Physicians
Names
Burnaby General Hospital
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kincaid Street
Street Address
3935 Kincaid Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Images
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Burnaby General Hospital Staff

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Davies family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
190-016
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1986-41
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Physicians
Names
Burnaby General Hospital
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kincaid Street
Street Address
3935 Kincaid Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Images
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Canadian Ophthalmic College

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia composite ; 41 x 51.5 cm
Scope and Content
Composite photograph of graduates of the Canadian Ophthalmic College in Toronto, Ontario. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; C. Anderson, W.E. Owen, J.W. Abray, J.A. Epstein (a woman), H.W. Edgar, B.H. Ashbourne, A.G. MacHaf…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia composite ; 41 x 51.5 cm
Scope and Content
Composite photograph of graduates of the Canadian Ophthalmic College in Toronto, Ontario. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; C. Anderson, W.E. Owen, J.W. Abray, J.A. Epstein (a woman), H.W. Edgar, B.H. Ashbourne, A.G. MacHaffie. Second row; J. Munro, T.H. Dick, G.S. Pringle, W.G. Maybee "Principal" and below it "E. Bind Assist." (largest photograph); E. Boyaner, I.R. Higgins, D.B. Curtis. Third row; V.M. Young, F.G. Smith, W.L. Wells, E.W. Watt, W.D. Graham, A.R. Hopkins. Fourth row; O.T. Walker, E.E. Miller, R.A. Burke, J.E. Hamilton, H.A. Smith, H.L. McDiarmid; "Freeland".
Other Title Information
Title based on contents of photograph.
Subjects
Occupations
Occupations - Teachers
Accession Code
HV974.5.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1920]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
200
Scan Date
01-May-2019
Images
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Ed Brown and daughters with his truck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46007
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and his daughters on one of his trucks.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-009
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2008-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and his daughters on one of his trucks.
Subjects
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Transportation - Trucks
Names
E.S. Brown's Transfer Company
Brown, Ed
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Ed Brown and his daughters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46002
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and four of his daughters sitting in one of Ed's trucks (a GMC).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2008-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and four of his daughters sitting in one of Ed's trucks (a GMC).
Subjects
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Transportation - Trucks
Names
Brown, Ed
E.S. Brown's Transfer Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Royal Oak Avenue
Images
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Ed Brown and his daughters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46006
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and his daughters on one of his trucks.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2008-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and his daughters on one of his trucks.
Subjects
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Transportation - Trucks
Names
E.S. Brown's Transfer Company
Brown, Ed
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Ed Brown and his daughters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46008
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and his daughters on one of his trucks.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Physical Description
1 jpg. : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-010
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2008-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and his daughters on one of his trucks.
Subjects
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Transportation - Trucks
Names
E.S. Brown's Transfer Company
Brown, Ed
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Ed Brown beside his transfer truck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36573
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown standing beside his truck that is loaded with telephone poles.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ed Brown family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-38
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown standing beside his truck that is loaded with telephone poles.
Subjects
Transportation - Trucks
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Names
Brown, Ed
E.S. Brown's Transfer Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Royal Oak Avenue
Images
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Ed Brown sitting on his transfer truck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36574
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and Morton Kidd sitting on top of Ed's transfer truck that has been loaded with telephone poles.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ed Brown family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-38
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ed Brown and Morton Kidd sitting on top of Ed's transfer truck that has been loaded with telephone poles.
Subjects
Transportation - Trucks
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Names
Brown, Ed
Kidd, Morton
E.S. Brown's Transfer Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Geographic Access
Royal Oak Avenue
Images
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 7

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory497
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1939-1990
Length
00:09:08
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
Date Range
1939-1990
Photo Info
Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
Length
00:09:08
Subjects
Education
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
April 10, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
1:26:27
Interviewee Name
Kernaghan, Eileen
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Eileen Kernaghan

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Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 4

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1938-1990
Length
00:04:02
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s friendship and business partnership with CKNW broadcaster Jack Cullen; the entertainment people Sev Morin met; and a brief description of his early education at the Jesuit College in Edmonton
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s friendship and business partnership with CKNW broadcaster Jack Cullen; the entertainment people Sev Morin met; and a brief description of his early education at the Jesuit College in Edmonton
Date Range
1938-1990
Photo Info
Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
Length
00:04:02
Names
Gai Paree Supper Club
Subjects
Occupations - Entertainers
Education
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
April 4, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
Total Tracks
10
Total Length
00:56:44
Interviewee Name
Morin, Severin "Sev"
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
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Kitchen crew at Paradise Inn

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
June 1924
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the kitchen crew sitting and standing in three rows in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of eighteen men and one woman are mostly dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping th…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Material Details
Photograph pierced (most likely by tacks) on all four corners and has a large tear on the right side
Scope and Content
Photograph of the kitchen crew sitting and standing in three rows in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of eighteen men and one woman are mostly dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. The man seated second to the right in the front row, wearing a baker's uniform is Charles J. Caunt. All other individuals are unidentified.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Bakers
Occupations - Cooks
Names
Caunt, Charles J.
Accession Code
BV988.44.52
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
June 1924
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For another photograph of Mr. Caunt with the Kitchen crew at Paradise Inn, see BV988.27.1
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on note on verso of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: "Kitchen Crew at Paradise Inn/ Rainier National Park, Wash/ June 1924"
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 2535
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Kitchen staff at Paradise Inn

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
June 1924
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of cooks, pantrymen, bakers and fellow kitchen staff standing in a row in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of men are dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. Bak…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of cooks, pantrymen, bakers and fellow kitchen staff standing in a row in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of men are dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. Baker, Charles J. Caunt is standing on the far right. All other men are unidentified.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Bakers
Occupations - Cooks
Names
Caunt, Charles J.
Accession Code
BV988.27.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
June 1924
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
The baker's uniform in this accession, (BV988.27.2-.5) belonged to Mr. C. J. Caunt, depicted in the photograph.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 2538
Note in black ink on verso of photgraph reads: "Cooks, Pantrymen, Baker, Etc/ Pardise Inn, Rainier National Park, Wash/ June 1924/ 1 cook absent"
Second note in blue pen (written later) reads: "C. J. (Charlie) CAUNT on extreme right."
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McKay Market

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of McKay Market at 2624 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6555 McKay Avenue). Identified: (back) Ed Morash, driver of delivery truck (brother of Murial Morash Crosby); (in doorway) William Tate Wilson, store owner and later Reeve of Burnaby, 1943-44.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926 (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 ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-604
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of McKay Market at 2624 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6555 McKay Avenue). Identified: (back) Ed Morash, driver of delivery truck (brother of Murial Morash Crosby); (in doorway) William Tate Wilson, store owner and later Reeve of Burnaby, 1943-44.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores
Occupations - Truck Drivers
Occupations - Grocers
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Names
McKay Market
Morash, Ed
Wilson, William Tate
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
McKay Avenue
Street Address
6555 McKay Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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