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Agricultural Land Reserve Review - Burnaby Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15511
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10585
- Meeting Date
- 9-Jun-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 37
- Item No.
- 23
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10585
- Meeting Date
- 9-Jun-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 37
- Item No.
- 23
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Big Bend area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58309
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Big Bend area in Burnaby including manager's reports, correspondence and newspaper articles.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-106
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Big Bend area in Burnaby including manager's reports, correspondence and newspaper articles.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Consultant Services concerning Industrial Proposal in the Big Bend Area (Burnaby Business Park)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport12507
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8734
- Meeting Date
- 23-Oct-1989
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 68
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8734
- Meeting Date
- 23-Oct-1989
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 68
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Development Policy for BC Hydro Lands Agricultural Land Reserve Burnaby Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport13460
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9655
- Meeting Date
- 24-Oct-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 68
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9655
- Meeting Date
- 24-Oct-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 68
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Expanded Site 5151 and 5255 North Fraser Way Rezoning Reference #19-12 Big Bend Area Plan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport82802
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 93411
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-2020
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 93411
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-2020
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Floodplain management Policies Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport14055
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9010
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9010
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Landfill, Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport13340
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9725
- Meeting Date
- 12-Dec-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 77
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9725
- Meeting Date
- 12-Dec-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 77
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Letter from Lower Mainland Municipal Association which appeared on the Agenda for the 1984 March 26 Meeting of Council re: Dyking in Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport17129
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3200
- Meeting Date
- 26-Mar-1984
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3200
- Meeting Date
- 26-Mar-1984
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposed CD Industrial Development in the Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport12587
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8700
- Meeting Date
- 25-Sep-1989
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 60
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8700
- Meeting Date
- 25-Sep-1989
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 60
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposed Race Track Facility for the Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport12504
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12120
- Meeting Date
- 30-Oct-1989
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12120
- Meeting Date
- 30-Oct-1989
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposed Women's Correctional Centre, Burnaby Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport14506
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 11568
- Meeting Date
- 14-Sep-1987
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 55
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 11568
- Meeting Date
- 14-Sep-1987
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 55
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work Orders: #60-14-988 - bus stops; #60-20-988 - Hydrants; #60-22-988 - water service; #60-31-988 Sanitary Sewer; #60-33-988 - storm sewer; #60-40-988 design fees; #60-30-060 sanitary sewer Big Bend Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport14223
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9838
- Meeting Date
- 25-Jan-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 7
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9838
- Meeting Date
- 25-Jan-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 7
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work Orders: 60-30-060 Sanitary Sewer Facilities in Big Bend Area 60-14-106 Boundary Road at Marine Way Municipal Share/Signal Revision
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport14556
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 11508
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-1987
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 51
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 11508
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-1987
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 51
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work Orders: 60-32-062 - Storm Drainage Sundry Locations 60-32-063 - Storm Drainage Big Bend Area 60-14-087 - Left Turn Extension Boundary at Grandview
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15883
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10145
- Meeting Date
- 25-Nov-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 75
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10145
- Meeting Date
- 25-Nov-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 75
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Works Orders: 60-70-173 Big Bend Area 60-70-174 Stride Avenue Refuse and Disposal Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15653
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10446
- Meeting Date
- 1-Apr-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10446
- Meeting Date
- 1-Apr-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Big Bend Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark840
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- The Big Bend Neighbourhood in Burnaby maintained its status as an important agricultural area in the City in the years following 1955 and it also solidified its role as a prime industrial and commercial district. In 1972, the Big Bend Development Plan was adopted by Council and soon thereafter, approximately 620 acres of land were incorporated into the Agricultural Land Reserve. These lands have been set aside for agricultural and limited recreation purposes. By the 2000s, 160 acres of land were considered highly productive agricultural areas, and over 400 acres of land had been secured as parkland, including the Fraser Foreshore Park. The area also developed large commercial and industrial districts including those at Marine Way/Boundary, the Glenlyon Estates, Riverfront Business Park, Burnaby Business Park, and Glenwood Industrial Estates.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
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Riverside School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark711
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Associated Dates
- 1953-1983
- Heritage Value
- The south-east corner of Burnaby featured homes that were scattered in a rural setting. Previously, Riverway East and then Clinton Elementary School had served this neighbourhood, but a more central location was preferable to the School Board to limit bussing of students, so Riverside School was opened in 1953. There were 84 students registered in its first year, but by the late 1970s, enrolments across the City had declined and a number of schools, including Riverside, were closed.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
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Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
.
Edmond Leong grew up on Chinese farms at the
xWməθkwəyəm (Musqueam) reserve along with his
family and relatives. His father See Quin Leong
established Quin On farm in Burnaby’s Big Bend area
in 1966. Edmond took over his father’s farm in 1979
and named it Leong’s Nursery, where he continues
to work today
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV022.8.1
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
- Contributor
- City of Burnaby
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Physical Description
- 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese--British Columbia--History
- Pharmacy--Canada
- Pharmacy--United States
- Pharmaceutical museums
- Directories
- Object History
- Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
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Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
, Leong See Fun
and Hong Gay Tim (from
left) on farmland they
leased from xw
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eyem
(Musqueam First Nation)
Peoples in Vancouver.
Members of the Hong and
Leong families later estab-
lished farms in Burnaby’s
Big Bend area, circa 1951.
BV017.36.5. COURTESY OF THE HONG
FAMILY.
茹金垣
（右二）
和三位商
业伙伴共同向麦金托什
家
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
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A Family Farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14268
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:13:57 min)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part one in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part one is titled “A Family Farm”. The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:13:57 min)
- Material Details
- Podcasts hosts: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Persons from recorded extracts: Denise Fong; Josephine Chow Music: prod. riddiman Podcast Date: October 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:13:57 min Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part one in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part one is titled “A Family Farm”. The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Faculty and while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. In this series the students connect their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. 00:00-02:21 The podcast opens with Wei Yan Yeong and Rose Wu introducing themselves and their topic- the Chinese Canadian experience in Burnaby and the people who have made important contributions to the city’s development. “A Family Farm” talks about Chinese-owned businesses which are family run. “The family-oriented nature of Chinese-owned businesses also extend to many of the early (and current) Chinese-owned farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. When Chinese men first began farming in BC in the 1860s, a lot of them worked as labourers because they weren’t allowed to own land. After World War II many of these farmers were allowed to purchase lots, thanks to the Veterans Land Grant. These grants allowed returning veterans to purchase small parcels of land with government loans. Eventually, these men would start families on the farm, and many Chinese-owned farms became family-operated businesses where every member, male, female, child, and extended relatives were enlisted to work the grounds. And it was hard work, often from dawn to dusk, 6-7 days a week.” 02:23 – 07:50 This portion includes excerpts from Oral History interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) of Hop On Farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. The interview was conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Josephine recalls growing up on the family farm with her six siblings. She tells of how the family pulled together money to purchase twelve acres along Marine Drive in 1951, her family’s background, daily life on the farm , responsibilities on the farm for her and her siblings and of how her mother had to balance working on the farm and providing for a family of ten to twelve people. 07:51 – 08:10 In this portion, hosts comment and reflect on their own experiences. “While it’s likely that a lot of this was done out of necessity and not being able to afford additional paid labourers, having grown up in Chinese households ourselves, we can definitely understand the rationale for these family-operated businesses and how it connects back to the Chinese understanding of family and kinship.” 08:11 – 09:06 In this portion, Rose and Wei provide information on the roots of the Chinese character for family “jia” in mandarin or “gah” in Cantonese. They explain that the term family is composed of two parts: the upper element is like a roof, symbolizing shelter, and the bottom part represents a pig which symbolizes food, whereby the Chinese character for family represents that of a farm. They provide a quote from the writings of Francois de Martin-Donos “In ancient China, the farm is an enterprise, a shelter that insures one food and work. The farm is a place to rely on, but in return, needs to be maintained, including a set of responsibilities. In other words, “family” is the insurance of a stable life.” 09:07 – 10:27 In this portion, the hosts speak about how traditional Chinese thought is heavily influenced by the teachings of Confucius and Confucius philosophy. They explain how Confucius emphasized five sets of human relationships that form the basis for society: ruler and minister, husband and wife, parents and child, sibling and sibling, friend and friend. Of these five, three are familial relationships also known as Filial piety – the respect and care for one’s familial superiors (such as parents, elders, and ancestors). They speak of how this is one of Confucianism’s main teachings and in this respect caring for family members is seen as a moral obligation. In China housing arrangements are in the form of siheyuan”s — a type of residence that featured a courtyard surrounded on all four sides with buildings. These traditionally housed one large extended family if they were wealthy enough. 10:28 – 13:08 In this portion, hosts provide further information on Josephine Chow’s family experience working and living on the “Hop On” family farm through the decades. An excerpt from the interview with Josephine Chow conducted by Denise Fong is included. In this excerpt, Josephine reflects on her past experiences on the farm and her present day experiences of her siblings running the farm. 13:09 -13:56 Final summary, credits and acknowledgements.
- History
- Podcast hosts, Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture - Farms
- Agriculture
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Names
- Fong, Denise
- Responsibility
- Wu, Rose
- Yeong, Wei Yan
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Related Material
- BV020.28.4; BV020.28.5
- Notes
- Title based contents of sound recording
- See also Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020 - BV020.6.1
- Compilation of Research Resources used by authors Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong include:
- Why is family important in China? https://medium.com/@francois_dmd/why-is-family-so-important-in-china-1617b13a67
- Burnaby Village Museum - Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong Feb. 7, 2020. BV020.6.1 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording12337
- Covered Roots: The History of Vancouver's Chinese Farms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WHS2Uf3JU
- Burnaby Village Museum Shares Chinese-Canadian Farming History This Summer https://westcoastfood.ca/burnaby-village-museum-shares-chinese-canadian-farming-history-this-summer/
- Chinese Market Gardeners in the City of Burnaby BC Continue to Practice Urban Agriculture https://cityfarmer.info/chinese-market-gardeners-in-the-city-of-burnaby-bc-continue-to-practice-urban-agriculture/
- Chinese Market Gardening in BC https://www.bcfoodhistory.ca/chinese-market-gardening-bc/
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A Family Farm, 2020