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Capitol Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35080
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[193-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 15.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a logging road on the north face of Capitol Hill. Burrard Inlet can be seen in the background. An annotation in the photograph register describes it as a "road cut to take timber on side hill for destitute family's heat and cooking."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[193-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Marjorie Coe subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 15.2 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
189-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1986-40
Scope and Content
Photograph of a logging road on the north face of Capitol Hill. Burrard Inlet can be seen in the background. An annotation in the photograph register describes it as a "road cut to take timber on side hill for destitute family's heat and cooking."
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Land Clearing
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Images
Less detail

The Green Timbers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34299
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 7.5 cm on page 23.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken looking down a tree-lined road, and is labelled "The Green Timbers". An automobile is parked along the side of the road. The Green Timbers was a famous roadway that went through Surrey and by the 1920s it was known as the only remaining stretch of virgin forest all the way from Ca…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 7.5 cm on page 23.5 x 17.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph taken looking down a tree-lined road, and is labelled "The Green Timbers". An automobile is parked along the side of the road. The Green Timbers was a famous roadway that went through Surrey and by the 1920s it was known as the only remaining stretch of virgin forest all the way from California to British Columbia. In more recent years, this area in Surrey has been declared an urban forest park.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail