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Notes: "Anthea J. Bussey Editor" -- title page.; "Prepared for members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Burnaby Detachment, in honour of the Centennial of the RCMP May 23, 1873 - May 23, 1973"; Includes bibliographical references.

Documents

1979_0047_0002_001%20History%20of%20Policing%20in%20Bby

Burnaby Detachment : Annual Report, 1975

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary731

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1975

Call Number: 363.2 BUR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 363.2 BUR

Publisher: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Publication Date: 1975

Physical Description: 26 p. : ill

Library Subject (LOC): Police

Subjects: Occupations; Occupations - Police Officers; Public Services - Policing; Public Services

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Centennial 1873 - 1973

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6330

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1973

Call Number: 363.2 ROY

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 363.2 ROY

Place of Publication: [Ottawa?]

Publisher: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Publication Date: 1973

Physical Description: [48] p. : col. ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Police

Subjects: Occupations; Occupations - Police Officers; Public Services - Policing; Public Services; Celebrations; Celebrations - Centennials

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19608

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on …

1 image 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewees: "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:02:03 min Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph credit: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on where they were born and grew up (in Burnaby), names of their parents and provide details on their family history. They describe how their grandparents and other relatives continued to live in Punjab after their father and mother immigrated to Canada in the 1970’s, recall the reasons their parents decided to immigrate and details of their lives before and after arriving in Canada. 00:05:27 – 00:06:46 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe some of their experiences travelling through Vancouver airport and compare their experiences with their mother’s own experiences. Gurvinder and Harvinder describe the layout of the airport and how customs and immigration has changed over time. 00:06:47 – 00:09:21 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide details about their mother, Parveen Sihra. They share information regarding her education in India and how she was unable to get work related to her degree in biology after immigrating to Canada. They convey how she worked in the Burnaby City Hall cafeteria in the 1990’s and how she worked part time in order to take care of her children. They share how their parents were proud Canadians participating in events inside and outside the South Asian community and were both fluent in English but often spoke Punjabi at home. 00:09:22 – 00:16:06 Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their childhood experiences growing up in Burnaby. They talk about the sports that they were involved with including hockey and Taekwondo, family vacations spent travelling to India and their experiences attending Marlborough Elementary School and Moscrop Secondary School.They describe how they first became interested in watching wrestling and trying it out on their own in their family home. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their own experiences of discrimination while growing up and playing sports. 00:16:07 – 00:27:37 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect and recall events that lead them to their dream of becoming professional wrestlers. They talk about pivotal events including attending their first live wresting event at GM Place with their father in 1996, beginning their training in Calgary in 2004, travelling across the country to participate in minor wrestling events, wrestling in Rogers Arena in 2017 and 2020 and getting their first call to join WWE. They talk about the support that they’ve had along the way to getting them where they are today and comment on why they want to be wrestlers in the WWE. 00:27:38 – 00:29:25 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide background information on their various wrestling personas and names in the world of professional wrestling including the Singh Brothers and the Bollywood Boyz. 00:29:26 – 00:38:43 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their experiences wrestling in India and the support and expectations of family members in becoming successful. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall and reflect on the experience of being fired from the WWE when cutbacks were made during the COVID pandemic. 00:38:44 – 00:42:53 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe what a day in their lives looks like now. They talk about how they’re still very passionate and focused on their wrestling careers and describe their experiences of having support and enthusiasm from fans and their parents. They talk about travelling across the country to particpate in different wrestling events. 00:42:54 – 00:47:18 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their training regimen including exercise and diet and describe areas in Burnaby where they like to train in gyms and the outdoors. 00:47:19 – 00:49:49 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about neighbourhoods in Burnaby including Metrotown and Deer Lake and how they’ve seen them change over the years. 00:49:50 – 00:54:27 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their highest and lowest points in their wrestling careers, highlighting specific events. They talk about the physical stamina it takes for wrestling and compare their sport with the sport of Kabaddi (a contact team sport between two teams originating in India). 00:54:28 – 00:59:01 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect on what toughness means to them, and what keeps them motivated to do what they do. 00:59:02 – 01:01:31 Gurvinder and Harvinder impart their words of wisdom to younger kids in chasing their passions and dreams and talk about their favourite Bollywood films and actors.

History: Interviewees' biographies: The Bollywood Boyz are a Canadian professional wrestling tag team composed of brothers Gurvinder "Gurv" Sihra (born in 1984) and Harvinder "Harv" Sihra (born in 1987). The pair are best known for their time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where Gurvinder and Harvinder performed under the ring names Sunil Singh and Samir Singh. They were both born and raised in Burnaby by their parents Harjeet and Parveen Sihra and attended Moscrop Secondary School. Gurvinder graduated from Douglas College where he studied criminology and has worked in loss prevention and has a third degree black belt in Taekwondo. Harvinder attended Douglas College with studies in history and has worked as a model and an actor. Both Gurvinder and Harvinder Sihra are Sikhs. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Migration; Pandemics - COVID-19; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions - Sikhism; Social Issues; Social Issues - Discrimination; Social Issues - Racism; Sports; Sports - Martial Arts; Sports - Wrestling; Sports - Ice Hockey; Travel

Names: The Bollywood Boyz; Sihra, Guvinder "Gurv"; Sihra, Harvinder "Harv"; Sihra, Harjeet; Sihra, Parveen; World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"; Moscrop Secondary School; Marlborough Elementary School; Metrotown

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park

Accession Code: BV023.16.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Photographer: World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum

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Audio Tracks

Interview with

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0012_003.mp3

Flyers hockey team

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1915

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [196-?]

Collection/Fonds: Harry Royle fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.; 19 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 19 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a hockey team taken inside a skating rink. Fifteen men in white and green uniforms with a team logo that is shaped like "F" with wings on either side. A young man without a uniform is standing to the left, and a man in green "Flyers" jacket is standing to the right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Royle fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.; 19 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 19 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a hockey team taken inside a skating rink. Fifteen men in white and green uniforms with a team logo that is shaped like "F" with wings on either side. A young man without a uniform is standing to the left, and a man in green "Flyers" jacket is standing to the right.

Subjects: Sports - Team Sports; Sports - Ice Hockey

Accession Code: BV005.20.44

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [196-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 14/01/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ray Loewen with his son

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45941

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1975 and 1979]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ray Loewen at an ice rink during a hockey game with his son. They are both on the ice, and his son is dressed in a goalie uniform. His "McPherson" teammates are visible standing around them. Ray Loewen represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Edmonds from 1975 to 1979, and w…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1975 and 1979]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-835

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ray Loewen at an ice rink during a hockey game with his son. They are both on the ice, and his son is dressed in a goalie uniform. His "McPherson" teammates are visible standing around them. Ray Loewen represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Edmonds from 1975 to 1979, and was at one time listed as the seventeenth wealthiest person in Canada.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials; Sports - Ice Hockey; Sports - Team Sports; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Loewen, Raymond "Ray"; Social Credit Party of Canada

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ray Loewen with his son, [between 1975 and 1979] thumbnail

The RCMP Burnaby Baseball team

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1961

Collection/Fonds: Robert Stanley Vannerus fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Team photograph of the Burnaby Police Baseball Team. People are identified from left to right in back row: Retkau, Vannerus, Kathol, McRae, Mills, Underhill, Wescott, Coward and from left to right in the front Row: Schroeder, Barr, Flowers, Kennedy, Dedish, Anderson & Pybus and bat boy, Walter Pybu…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Stanley Vannerus fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Team photograph of the Burnaby Police Baseball Team. People are identified from left to right in back row: Retkau, Vannerus, Kathol, McRae, Mills, Underhill, Wescott, Coward and from left to right in the front Row: Schroeder, Barr, Flowers, Kennedy, Dedish, Anderson & Pybus and bat boy, Walter Pybus (12 years).

Subjects: Public Services - Policing; Sports - Baseball

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Accession Code: BV010.4.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1961

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "BACK ROW: PETKAU, VANNERUS, KATHOL, McRAE, MILLS, UNDERHILL, WESCOTT, COWARD. / FRONT ROW: SCHROEDER, BARR, FLOWERS, KENNEDY, DEDISH, ANDERSON & PYBUS.MER[sic] / BAT BOY: WALTER PYBUS - 12 YRS. / BURNABY DET. BASEBALL TEAM / 1961. / (WE NEVER WON A GAME!) ACTUAL RECORD 16 WINS 2 LOSSES."

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The RCMP Burnaby Baseball team, 1961 thumbnail

Oakalla district director's office post review

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16670

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1974]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of "Post Review" from Oakalla District Director's Office. The Post Review is divided into four sections; Section One: Organization Chart; Section Two: Current List of Posts; Section Three: Job Descriptions and Section Four: Floor Plan.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of "Post Review" from Oakalla District Director's Office. The Post Review is divided into four sections; Section One: Organization Chart; Section Two: Current List of Posts; Section Three: Job Descriptions and Section Four: Floor Plan.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional; Public Services - Policing

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Responsibility: Province of British Columbia

Accession Code: BV991.45.175

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1974]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title

Burnaby's Operation Identification

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45330

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976, published January 7, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch putting up a sign in preparation for Burnaby's Operation Identification, which was "the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada" when "47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment [joined] 47 Rotarians from the Burna…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976, published January 7, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-225

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch putting up a sign in preparation for Burnaby's Operation Identification, which was "the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada" when "47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment [joined] 47 Rotarians from the Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club and start door-to-door visits in 800 residences in South Burnaby. The teams [carried] electric engraving pens for marking all property susceptible to theft."

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Public Services - Policing

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Burnaby detachment of the RCMP has embarked on the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada. "Operation Identification" officially kicks off tonight when 47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment will join with 47 Rotarians from the Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club and start door-to-door visits in 800 residences in South Burnaby. The teams will be carrying electric engraving pens for marking all property susceptible to theft. Municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch are shown erecting one of the signs on Canada Way at 14th Avenue as "sidewalk superintendents" Sandra Finch and Corinne Williams look on."

Geographic Access: Canada Way; 14th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Burnaby's Operation Identification, 1976, published January 7, 1976 thumbnail

Burnaby Fire Department rescue truck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1606

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1976]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified fireman walking towards the open door of Burnaby Fire Department's Rescue 1 truck (1976 Ford C 600 Rescue unit). Seven other unidentified men are visible standing in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified fireman walking towards the open door of Burnaby Fire Department's Rescue 1 truck (1976 Ford C 600 Rescue unit). Seven other unidentified men are visible standing in the background.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Accession Code: BV002.10.4

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [after 1976]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the rescue truck taken from a different angle, see BV002.10.5

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Burnaby Fire Department rescue truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1976]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified firemen gathered beside Burnaby Fire Department's Rescue 1 truck (1976 Ford C 600 Rescue unit). The truck's side compartments are visible, housing fire extinguishers and other equipment. The truck appears to be parked at fire hall no. 1 at Sperling and Canada Way.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified firemen gathered beside Burnaby Fire Department's Rescue 1 truck (1976 Ford C 600 Rescue unit). The truck's side compartments are visible, housing fire extinguishers and other equipment. The truck appears to be parked at fire hall no. 1 at Sperling and Canada Way.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Sperling Avenue

Accession Code: BV002.10.5

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [after 1976]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the rescue truck taken from a different angle, see BV002.10.4

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Four Burnaby firemen

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1976]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified Burnaby firemen in Burnaby Fire Department jackets, standing in front of the cab of what looks to be Burnaby Fire Department's Rescue 1 truck (1976 Ford C 600 Rescue unit). One fireman appears to be holding a rope that is also attached to the truck, while another fir…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified Burnaby firemen in Burnaby Fire Department jackets, standing in front of the cab of what looks to be Burnaby Fire Department's Rescue 1 truck (1976 Ford C 600 Rescue unit). One fireman appears to be holding a rope that is also attached to the truck, while another fireman holds a loop of rope.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Accession Code: BV002.10.3

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [after 1976]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Four Burnaby firemen, [after 1976] thumbnail

Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory466

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1927-1990

Length: 00:04:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.

Date Range: 1927-1990

Length: 00:04:05

Names: Waddell, Gordon

Subjects: Public Services - Fire Protection; Buildings - Civic; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 21, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:43:35

Interviewee Name: Nixon, Al

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.

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Al Nixon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_3.mp3

Burnaby Waterworks

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39587

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950]

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men standing in front of a truck with a sign that reads; "Corporation of Burnaby Waterworks Dept." written on its side.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950]

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Series: Engineering General and Administration series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: CBA11

Access Restriction: Open access

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2004-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men standing in front of a truck with a sign that reads; "Corporation of Burnaby Waterworks Dept." written on its side.

Subjects: Public Services - Utilities; Occupations - Civic Workers; Public Services - Public Works

Names: Burnaby Waterworks

Media Type: Photograph

Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58812

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1965

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 Photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic portrait of Lou Auvache, Burnaby Fire Chief.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1965

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 Photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1273

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photographic portrait of Lou Auvache, Burnaby Fire Chief.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Auvache, Lewis; Burnaby Fire Department

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58813

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1961

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 Photograph : b&w ; 14 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Fire Deputy Chief Lou Auvache and an unidentified man holding up an object.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1961

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 Photograph : b&w ; 14 x 14.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1274

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Fire Deputy Chief Lou Auvache and an unidentified man holding up an object.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Auvache, Lewis; Burnaby Fire Department

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Timbrell, Don

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58814

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1965

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lou Auvache, Burnaby Fire Chief, with a woman and a young man. They are holding up a cheque from the Royal Bank of Canada.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1965

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1275

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lou Auvache, Burnaby Fire Chief, with a woman and a young man. They are holding up a cheque from the Royal Bank of Canada.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Auvache, Lewis; Burnaby Fire Department

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Timbrell, Don

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1965

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic portrait of Lou Auvache, Burnaby Fire Chief.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1965

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1276

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photographic portrait of Lou Auvache, Burnaby Fire Chief.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Auvache, Lewis; Burnaby Fire Department

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bud Morrison

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 28, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of A. (Bud) Morrison, one of three assistant chiefs fired and rehired in 1977 "during the height of the controversy over hiring outsider Thomas Narin as chief."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 28, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-715

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of A. (Bud) Morrison, one of three assistant chiefs fired and rehired in 1977 "during the height of the controversy over hiring outsider Thomas Narin as chief."

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Morrison, A. "Bud"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Quote taken from newspaper clipping housed in folder with photograph

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Bud Morrison, January 28, 1977 thumbnail

Burnaby mill fire

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby planner and chipper mill that caught on fire. Two firemen are visible in the foreground, silhouetted against the flames.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-353

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby planner and chipper mill that caught on fire. Two firemen are visible in the foreground, silhouetted against the flames.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BURNABY MILL BURNS ... Burnaby firefighters are silhouetted by flames ripping through a planer and chipper mill early this morning at 5744 Byrne Road. The fire was contained in the main building of the $500,000 mill. Damage has been estimated at $200,000. The cause of the fire is under investigation."

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Street Address: 5744 Byrne Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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