"Geographic Features" found 581 records

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.

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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 ; 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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Indian Arm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Indian Arm.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of Indian Arm.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Views

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Handwritten note on slide reads: "Indian Arm."

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Metro Vancouver from Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Metro Vancouver from Burnaby Mountain.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of Metro Vancouver from Burnaby Mountain.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Views

Media Type: Photograph

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Metro Vancouver from Burnaby Mountain, [1995] thumbnail

4042 Yale Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1961 or 1962] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph from above 4042 Yale Street looking northeast. Burrard Inlet and the northshore mountains are visible in the background. The photograph was taken during the winter of 1961 to 1962, and there is snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1961 or 1962] (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 ; 3.9 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-214

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph from above 4042 Yale Street looking northeast. Burrard Inlet and the northshore mountains are visible in the background. The photograph was taken during the winter of 1961 to 1962, and there is snow.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Yale Street

Street Address: 4042 Yale Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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4042 Yale Street, [1961 or 1962] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

7837 CA Way Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1992

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 48 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 5 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the residential buildings located at 7837 Canada Way. Buildings include a two-storey blue-shingled house, single-storey addition, and a guest house. File also contains photographs of the Capilano suspension bridge and Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in North Vancouver.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1992

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 48 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 5 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-061

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of the residential buildings located at 7837 Canada Way. Buildings include a two-storey blue-shingled house, single-storey addition, and a guest house. File also contains photographs of the Capilano suspension bridge and Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in North Vancouver.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential; Geographic Features - Parks; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 92-437-B; Sticky note adhered to 622-061-9 print reads: "7 / View of the building looking northeast across the site".; Sticky note adhered to 622-061-13 print reads: "6 / View of the original house and the single storey addition looking north west across the property".; Sticky note adhered to 622-061-17 print reads: "8 / View northeast across the property from the southeast corner".; Sticky note adhered to 622-061-21 print reads: "9 / View west from the property along the lane at the south side".; Sticky note adhered to 622-061-26 reads: "3 / The original house now part of the guest home and the view south along the east property line".; Sticky note adhered to 622-061-27 reads: "4 / View west along Canada Way [illegible] the subject".; Sticky note adhered to 622-061-28 reads: "5 / The most recent addition - the single storey L shaped structure at the west end of the guesthouse".; Sticky note adhere to 622-061-29 reads: "5A / The original house"."; Photographer identified as "D.E."

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 7837 Canada Way

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

9886 and 9940 Broadway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1995

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 70 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of Broadway, various residential houses and towers, and undeveloped properties at unidentified locations.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1995

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 70 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-116

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of Broadway, various residential houses and towers, and undeveloped properties at unidentified locations.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 95-069-B; Photographer identified as "K.H."

Geographic Access: Broadway

Street Address: 9886 Broadway; 9940 Broadway

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lyndhurst Area

Aftermath of a snowfall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the aftermath of a large snowfall. Photographs depict an unidentified person moving snow with a wheelbarrow; people shovelling out cars stuck on roads in the snow; and a crane and snow-covered park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3125

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the aftermath of a large snowfall. Photographs depict an unidentified person moving snow with a wheelbarrow; people shovelling out cars stuck on roads in the snow; and a crane and snow-covered park.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Parks; Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Collected by editorial for use in a February 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Aftermath of a snowfall, [1999] thumbnail

Alouette Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 21, 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia, mounted on cardboard ; 12.5 x 17 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of men, women, and children on the beach of Alouette Lake. The fourth woman from the left is identified as Charlotte Hill. The man to the right of her is identified as Minard Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 21, 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia, mounted on cardboard ; 12.5 x 17 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-175

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of men, women, and children on the beach of Alouette Lake. The fourth woman from the left is identified as Charlotte Hill. The man to the right of her is identified as Minard Hill.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in black pen on the cardboard reads: "Alouette Lake / June 21, 1925"; Accompanying newspaper clipping attached to album page is titled "Surveyors' Examinations"

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At the river's edge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boston Bar Creek on the Kettle Valley Railroad

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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 ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway bed running alongside a creek at the foot of a forested mountain. Power lines can be seen running in the foreground. The caption to the photograph reads: "Boston Bar Creek on the KVR."

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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 ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-158

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway bed running alongside a creek at the foot of a forested mountain. Power lines can be seen running in the foreground. The caption to the photograph reads: "Boston Bar Creek on the KVR."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Geographic Features - Valleys; Transportation - Rail

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Boston Bar Creek on the Kettle Valley Railroad, 1925 thumbnail

Boy Scout on rocky shore

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Aug. 1926

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Geographic Features - Islands; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Aug. 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 43

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Boy Scout on rocky shore, Aug. 1926 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 050-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby Lake Pilot Dredging Project

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1999 - September 1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 19 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs documenting the Burnaby Lake Pilot Dredging Project undertaken by the City of Burnaby between August 20 and September 16, 1999. Photographs depict silt-laded water in Still Creek prior to the dredging, mechanical dredging equipment on land and in use on the lake, and t…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1999 - September 1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 19 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-029

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs documenting the Burnaby Lake Pilot Dredging Project undertaken by the City of Burnaby between August 20 and September 16, 1999. Photographs depict silt-laded water in Still Creek prior to the dredging, mechanical dredging equipment on land and in use on the lake, and the adjacent water treatment facility. Also contained in the file are photographs of Deputy Director of Engineering, Lambert Chu, speaking at the dredging site and vials containing two water samples: one clear and one opaque with brown sediment.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Still Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby Lake Pilot Dredging Project, August 1999 - September 1999 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake Show / originals

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1962-1995

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1962-1995

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle, muskrat, Canadian goose, beaver, wood duck, bullrushes, yellow and white waterlilies, yellow iris, and loosestrife. Also included in the slideshow are photographs of the BC Wildlife rescue and fisherman working in the Brunette River.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Animals; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.; Chapman, Fred

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from sheets slides; Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby Lake Show / originals, 1962-1995 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake slide show

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 85 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a v…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 85 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a variety of scenic photographs of the Burnaby Lake shoreline with mountains and the Metrotown skyline in distance. Also included in file are photographs of people canoeing, kayaking, feeding geese, and participating in conservation activities including fencing trees and testing water levels. Photographs also depict the pipeline leading into Burnaby Lake, lake dredging equipment, and an oil slick.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Animals; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-002-1 : 618-002-9 originally housed in read: "Burnby Lake Slideshow"; Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-002-10 : 608-002-19 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Rejects (My Fav!)"; Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby Lake slide show, 1976-1999 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake wildlife

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1997

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 51 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake and its wildlife. Wildlife species depicted include: heron, geese, mallards and bufflehead mallards, fuzzy green bullfrogs, a red-tailed hawk, and barn owl. Also included in the file are photographs of Cariboo Dam and purple loosestrife.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1997

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 51 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 605-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake and its wildlife. Wildlife species depicted include: heron, geese, mallards and bufflehead mallards, fuzzy green bullfrogs, a red-tailed hawk, and barn owl. Also included in the file are photographs of Cariboo Dam and purple loosestrife.