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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
Images
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
Images
Farming in the rain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45325
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 13, 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three farmers wearing straw hats and plastic shawls working in the rain in an onion field on the Burnaby flats near Meadow Street (now named Meadow Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 13, 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-220
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three farmers wearing straw hats and plastic shawls working in the rain in an onion field on the Burnaby flats near Meadow Street (now named Meadow Avenue).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Farmers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping on verso of photograph reads: "WET WORK... Plastic sheets and broad straw hats protect field workers from the cool, wet elements at a farm on the Burnaby flats near Meadow Street this week. More seasonal weather, however, including rising temperatures and clearly [sic] skies, promises that life in the onion fields will be more tolerable, at least for the next little while."
- Geographic Access
- Meadow Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
Marine Drive bypass
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45661
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 18, 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of the Marine Drive bypass into Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 18, 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-555
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of the Marine Drive bypass into Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area