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Burnaby Civic Employees Union Memorial Fountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark539
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- This memorial granite drinking fountain is a monument to Burnaby’s municipal employees who lost their lives in the First World War. It has been relocated from its original setting to a shaded arterial pathway within the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Associated Dates
- 1923
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1923
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 9807
- Enactment Date
- 23/11/1992
- Description
- This memorial granite drinking fountain is a monument to Burnaby’s municipal employees who lost their lives in the First World War. It has been relocated from its original setting to a shaded arterial pathway within the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Heritage Value
- The fountain is an early civic monument with superior massing and detail, constructed of local materials by local stonemason William Williamson. It was erected by the Burnaby Civic Employees Union (now CUPE Local 23) in 1923, on Burnaby’s original Municipal Hall grounds located at Kingsway and Edmonds Street, to honour their members who lost their lives in the First World War, commemorated by an engraved memorial at the top of the fountain. It signifies an important connection with the early strength and prominence of the civic labour union in Burnaby, as this was a memorial erected by the union members themselves, rather than by the civic government. Many war memorials were constructed across Canada after the end of the First World War, however, most are static, inviting passive contemplation. This memorial is unusual in its combination of functions; its use as a drinking fountain invites active participation. The memorial also includes a stone drinking bowl for dogs at the bottom left of the memorial, further illustrating the daily functional use of the fountain. The heritage value for this fountain also lies in its interpretive value within the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The fountain was moved to the Burnaby Village Museum in 1974.
- Defining Elements
- The character defining features of the Burnaby Civic Employees Union Memorial Fountain include its: - distinctive form with central water fountain - construction of rough-dressed local B.C. granite - engraved memorial at the top - carved emblematic maple leaf - drinking fountain function - dog drinking bowl
- Locality
- Deer Lake Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Builder
- William Williamson
- Function
- Primary Current--Monument
- Primary Historic--Monument
- Secondary Current--Museum
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. No. 011-030-356 Legal Description: Parcel 1, District Lot 79 and District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District, Reference Plan 77594
- Boundaries
- Burnaby Village Museum is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.
- Area
- 38,488.63
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Structure
- Landscape Feature
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Documentation
- Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
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Burnaby General Hospital's emergency ward
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45348
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Speaker Gordon Dowding, Chief of Medical Staff Dr. R.E. Harlos, Municipal Affairs Minister Jim Lorimer, Health Minister Dennis Cocke and Education Minister Eileen Dailly visiting Burnaby General Hospital's emergency ward to see just how badly facilities needed to be expanded.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-243
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Speaker Gordon Dowding, Chief of Medical Staff Dr. R.E. Harlos, Municipal Affairs Minister Jim Lorimer, Health Minister Dennis Cocke and Education Minister Eileen Dailly visiting Burnaby General Hospital's emergency ward to see just how badly facilities needed to be expanded.
- Names
- Burnaby General Hospital
- Dowding, Gordon
- Harlos, Dr. R.E.
- Lorimer, James G "Jim"
- Cocke, Dennis
- Dailly, Eileen
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Four provincial cabinet ministers Friday visited Burnaby general Hospital's emergency ward to see just how badly facilities need to be expanded. From left, Speaker Gordon Dowding, Chief of Medical Staff Dr. R.E. Harlos, Municipal Affairs Minister Jim Lorimer, Health Minister Dennis Cocke and Education Minister Eileen Dailly get first-hand look at stop-gap expansion, pending approval or otherwise of today's $95 million hospitals bylaw referendum. BGH emergency facilities are being expanded to handle 11 stretcher cases instead of present six."
- Geographic Access
- Kincaid Street
- Street Address
- 3935 Kincaid Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
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