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Dominion Bridge Company Limited - Burnaby Plant

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 29 Aug. 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : col. lithographic print ; 50.5 x 84 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title o…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : col. lithographic print ; 50.5 x 84 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:960]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title on plan reads "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED / "BURNABY PLANT" / Burnaby, B.C.". The site plan was surveyed by C. L. Schwaab Jr.

History: Dominion Bridge Company was a major enterprise in Burnaby operating from the 1930 until the mid 1970s. Dominion Bridge constructed steel structures ranging from portions of the Golden Gate and Lions Gate Bridges to holding tanks for pulp mills. Beginning in the mid-1970s, unused areas of the site were used for filming on a temporary basis and in 1987 the site was established as a dedicated studio production facility named Bridge Studios.

Creator: Schwabb, C.L. Jr.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Responsibility: Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Street Address: 2400 Boundary Road

Accession Code: BV015.10.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 29 Aug. 1957

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-28

Notes: Title based on contents of plan; Scale on plan reads "1 inch = 80 ft / By V. Pitkin"; Identfication information in bottom right corner of plan reads: "FACTORY MUTUAL ENGINEERING DIVISION / Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos. / Norwood, Mass. / SERIAl 47330 / Replacing 35238 / INDEX 3994"

1892 Burnaby Centennial

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print ; 71 cm x 119 cm

Scope and Content: A birds eye view map of Burnaby, drawn by Mark Lewis, Parks staff, as a Parks-Maintenance Centennial Project for the 1892 - 1992 Burnaby Centennial. It features wildlife found in Burnaby and highlights civic buildings, parks and other prominent structures of the time. This is not a scale map.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print ; 71 cm x 119 cm

Material Details: "1892 BURNABY/ CENTENNIAL 1992" printed in a banner across the top of the map Burnaby Centennial logo is located in the lower right side. "ALL WILDLIFE SHOWN CAN STILL / BE FOUND IN THE BURNABY AREA" printed in lower right corner "DRAWN BY / MARK LEWIS / A PARKS-MAINTENANCE / CENTENNIAL PROJECT" printed in the very lower right corner.; The map is dark blue ink, there is no colour.

Scope and Content: A birds eye view map of Burnaby, drawn by Mark Lewis, Parks staff, as a Parks-Maintenance Centennial Project for the 1892 - 1992 Burnaby Centennial. It features wildlife found in Burnaby and highlights civic buildings, parks and other prominent structures of the time. This is not a scale map.

History: Drawn by Mark Lewis of the Parks-Maintenance Dept for the 1882 - 1992 Centennial of Burnaby. Mark always loved birds-eye maps, and showed this map to his supervisors while the work was still in progress. They suggested the map could be a Parks Maintenance Centennial Project. Mark agreed, and completed the map, including Burnaby landmarks and sketches of wildlife. Several copies of the map were given to schools so students could colour them.

Creator: Lewis, Mark

Accession Code: BV013.8.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1992]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 05-Jun-2013

Scale: 96

Notes: Transcribed title

Images

1892 Burnaby Centennial, [1992] thumbnail

Bylaw Number: 3355 - Town Planning Bylaw 1948, Amendment Bylaw No 4, 1953

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Repository: Legislative Services

Bylaw Number: 3355

Final Adoption: 1953 Jun 29

Format: Bylaws - Repealed

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

1 document

Repository: Legislative Services

Bylaw Number: 3355

Final Adoption: 1953 Jun 29

Format: Bylaws - Repealed

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Bylaw 3355

Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1941-1988]

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 35 photographs + 1.5 cm textual records + 1 map + 1 book

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie during his service with the RCAF during World War II (1942-1945) along with photographs and docments relating to his personal and professional life (. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Joseph H.C. Co…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 35 photographs + 1.5 cm textual records + 1 map + 1 book

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie during his service with the RCAF during World War II (1942-1945) along with photographs and docments relating to his personal and professional life (. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series 2) Joseph H.C. Corsbie personal and professional records series

History: Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie was born in 1913 in Peace River (Doe River) to parents Joseph Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie and Winnifred Ann Mapleton Corsbie. As an adult Joe trained and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator between 1942 and 1945. In 1945, while serving with the RCAF during World War II, Joe was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After World War II, Joe returned to Peace River where he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly serving as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLA for one term between 1945 and 1948. In April 1948, Joe Corsbie married Margaret Carr in the Metropolitan United Church in Victoria followed by a reception held at the B.C. Legislature buildings. On their wedding day, the couple were honoured with a hand painted congratulatory certificate signed by members of the B.C. Legislature. In late, 1948, Joe lost the election and moved with his wife Margaret to Black Creek, B.C. to manage a co-op store. In 1949, the couple welcome their first child who they named Margaret after her mother. In 1950, Joe, Margaret and their daughter moved to a home on Charles Street in Burnaby and Joe began working as the General Manager of the Gulf and Fraser Fishermen’s Credit Union. In 1951, Joe and Margaret welcomed their second child, named Josesph after his father and in 1952, Joe, Margaret and family moved to 84 Springer Avenue, Burnaby where they lived until 1989. Between 1959 and 1976, Joe worked as a General Manager for the CU & C Health Services Society (later became Pacific Blue Cross). While working there, he focused on organizing both extended healthcare benefits and dental coverage for employee groups. In 1964, Joe Corsbie was elected to Burnaby Municipal Council and served one term between 1964 and 1968. Joe also served on the Burnaby Parks Commission (after 1968); served on the Board of Directors for Heritage Village, worked for a short period as a temporary curator for Heritage Village, represented the United Church in organizing and building St. Michael’s Care Centre and served on the Board of Director's. Joe Corsbie died in 1992 and his wife Margaret Corsbie died in 2004.

Creator: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"

Accession Code: BV020.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1941-1988]

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Arrangement: Arrangement of fonds is based on the original arrangement by donor.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of greater Vancouver including adjacent municipalities

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1950]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 maps and 1 p. of textual records on 1 sheet : lithographic prints, col. ; 55.5 x 75 cm + 2 dials and 25 x 72 cm + directory on sheet 55.5 x 75 cm, folded to 28.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a sectional map and street directory titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and adjacent Municipalities" with a map on one side titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and Suburbs" including Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby and includes street car and bus lines, railways,…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 maps and 1 p. of textual records on 1 sheet : lithographic prints, col. ; 55.5 x 75 cm + 2 dials and 25 x 72 cm + directory on sheet 55.5 x 75 cm, folded to 28.5 x 12.5 cm

Material Details: Scales 1:42240, 1:144823; 2 alphabetic dials on narrow strips of paper attached to map by grommets

Scope and Content: Item is a sectional map and street directory titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and adjacent Municipalities" with a map on one side titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and Suburbs" including Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby and includes street car and bus lines, railways, hospitals, parks, block nos. and street indexes with two alphabetic dials, one for Vancouver, the other for New Westminster. The other side of the map includes a map of "Fraser Valley" along with a directory of Vancouver street car and bus routes, business blocks, public buildings, hospitals, bathing beaches, locations of Vancouver fire halls and Vancouver city schools.

Creator: Dominion Map and Blueprint Co.

Publisher: Sectional Map and Street Directory Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV000.3.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca. 1950]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 380

Scan Date: 22-Dec-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of map

Images

Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of greater Vancouver including adjacent municipalities, [ca. 1950] thumbnail

Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission records

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1971-1996]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records ; 1 map ; 1 pin

Scope and Content: File consists of three letters, one envelope, a booklet, a map, a pin and a business card. The first letter found in the envelope from the Department of the Municipal Clerk is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her appointment to the Advisory Planning Commission in 1993. The second letter date…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1971-1996]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett political papers series

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records ; 1 map ; 1 pin

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-010

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of three letters, one envelope, a booklet, a map, a pin and a business card. The first letter found in the envelope from the Department of the Municipal Clerk is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her appointment to the Advisory Planning Commission in 1993. The second letter dated March 17, 1995 is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her reappointment to the Advisory Planning Commission. The booklet is of the Burnaby Procedure Bylaw 1971 (bylaw number 6023 to regulate the proceedings of the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the District of Burnaby). The map is a street map of the Burnaby Planning & Building Department from 1992. The second letter is typewritten by Hazel Simnett to Mayor W. Copeland in 1996 regarding her resignation from the Advisory Planning Commission. The pin reads: "Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission". The business card is of Donald G. Stenson, Director Planning and Building of the Burnaby Planning and Building Department.