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Rules and regulations of the Burnaby Police Force
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6319
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV006.40.1
- Call Number
- 352.2 BUR
- Place of Publication
- S.l.
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 7 p., 14 cm.
- Inscription
- notions throughout booklet
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Police
service star
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.2.40
- Description
- Service star, RCMP; embroidered gold star on black background
- Object History
- R.C.M.P.; worn on brown jacket, represents five years of service.
Images
service star
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48184
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.2.45
- Description
- Service star; embroidered gold star on black background.
- Object History
- R.C.M.P., worn on red serge, represents five years of service
Images
service star insignia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48555
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.32.13
- Description
- Badge, cloth; brown with green embroidered star; British Columbia Gaol Service/British Columbia Corrections Service.
- Object History
- service star
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
Images
service star insignia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48556
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.32.14
- Description
- Badge, cloth; brown with green embroidered star; British Columbia Gaol Service/British Columbia Corrections Service.
- Object History
- service star
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
Images
shiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37086
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.528
- Description
- This is a prisoner made weapon, confiscated by guards at Oakalla prison. The weapon is made from a short, round wood dowel, with a sharpened nail projecting from one end.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
Images
shiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37087
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.529
- Description
- This is a prisoner made weapon, confiscated by guards at Oakalla prison. The weapon is made from a short, round wood dowel, with a sharpened nail projecting from one end.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
Images
shiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37088
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.530
- Description
- This is a prisoner made weapon confiscated by the guards at Oakalla prison. It is made from a car antenna with masking tape wound around one end to use as the handle.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
Images
shiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37089
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.531
- Description
- This is a prisoner made weapon confiscated by the guards at Oakalla prison. The blade is made from a short length of steel bar stock. It is sharpened at one end and has masking tape wrapped around the other end.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
Images
shiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37092
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.534
- Description
- This weapon is made from a short length of steel bar stock. It has been pointed and sharpened at one end. Two holes have been drilled at the other end.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
- Maker
- Unknown
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Oakalla Prison
Images
shiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37094
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.536
- Description
- This is a prisoner made weapon confiscated by the guards at Oakalla prison. A plastic pen casing has been forced over a nail. The ends of the pen have been melted to secure it to the nail.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
- Marks/Labels
- "PA_______", printed on the side of the pen casing.
- Maker
- Unknown
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Oakalla Prison
Images
shiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40175
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.545
- Description
- This is a prisoner made weapon that was confiscated by the guards at Oakalla prison. The shiv is made from the plastic handle of a tooth brush, dark grey in colour. The handle has a hole on end for hanging the toothbrush. A short metal blade has been heated and forced into the end of the plastic handle.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
- Marks/Labels
- "U.S.A." / "#411 G.U.M." / registered' symbol / "Velvet-Tip" / "by Butler", printed in gold on toothbrush handle
- Maker
- Unknown
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Oakalla Prison
Images
shoulder badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.42
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police shoulder bar for jacket. Cast in one piece in metal. Letters are connected by integral bars. Secured by mounting posts and cotter pin.
- Object History
- Jacket shoulder bars issued to Constable George Jeffery. George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery than worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Marks/Labels
- "B M P", letters on cross bars
Images
shoulder title
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46516
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.7.1
- Description
- Shoulder title with brass lettering. Worn by the Burnaby Municipal Police force; missing fastener.
- Object History
- Object purchased by BVM in 2004.
- Marks/Labels
- "B.M.P.", metal lettering,
- Names
- Burnaby Municipal Police
Images
tear gas grenade
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34207
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.94
- Description
- Tear gas grenade
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site in October 1991
- Marks/Labels
- "240 Practise Grenade, Federal Laboratories Inc., Salts- burg, Pennsylvania"
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
Images
Vancouver Region - Final Regional Response and Committee Position and Recommendations to the Commissioner"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16692
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 12 Jan. 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a copy of a typewritten report titled "Vancouver Region - Final Regional Response and Committee Position and Recommendations to the Commissioner", January 12, 1981. Report is enclosed within a duotang and is divided with orange subject heading tabs: "OAKALLA DISTRICT", "DISTRICT DI…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a copy of a typewritten report titled "Vancouver Region - Final Regional Response and Committee Position and Recommendations to the Commissioner", January 12, 1981. Report is enclosed within a duotang and is divided with orange subject heading tabs: "OAKALLA DISTRICT", "DISTRICT DIRECTOR'S OFFICE", "CENTRAL CONTROL", "WESTGATE 'B'", "SOUTH WING", "EAST WING", "WEST WING", "HOSPITAL", "CENTRAL SERVICES", "LAKESIDE", "YOUTH DETENTION CENTRE", "BURNABY CCC", "MARPOLE CCC", "LYNDA WILLIAMS CCC" and "PORTEAU COVE".
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.241
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 12 Jan. 1981
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
The way it was : fifty years of RCMP memories : early twenties to early seventies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3856
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.23.62
- Call Number
- 971 SAU
- Author
- Saul, Don
- Contributor
- Hertzog, Ernie
- Spalding, Frank
- Willes, Ed
- Place of Publication
- [Victoria, B.C.]
- Publisher
- Victoria Division, RCMP Veterans Association
- Publication Date
- c1990
- Printer
- Hemlock Printers
- Physical Description
- 215 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Bookplate on front pastedown reads "Ted Brue" "from Anita + Don" [handwritten in blue ink] "Oct - 1991" [handwritten in blue ink on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Police
- Notes
- "Edited by Don Saul" -T.p. "Illustrations by Ernie Hertzog, Frank Spalding, Ed Willes" -T.p. "The way it was 50 years of RCMP memories" -cover
Westgate "B" manufactured articles in shops
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16663
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1984]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 15 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of copies of documents listing various fabricated articles and costs for articles manufactured in sheet metal and fibreglass shops at Oakalla Prison. Memorandum at front of duotang from the Province of British Columbia, O. Krahnbel, S.C.O. Westgate "B".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 15 p.
- Material Details
- Enclosed within yellow duotang cover
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of copies of documents listing various fabricated articles and costs for articles manufactured in sheet metal and fibreglass shops at Oakalla Prison. Memorandum at front of duotang from the Province of British Columbia, O. Krahnbel, S.C.O. Westgate "B".
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.174
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1984]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
zap
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36539
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.2.1
- Description
- Zap, also known as a blackjack. Short, black, rubber club.
- Object History
- Object was used at Oakalla Prison Farm and was obtained after the prison closed in 1991.
Images
Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14759
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 15 Oct. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (60 min., 53 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby" and is presented by Lisa Codd, Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. The zoom webinar is the fourth in a collection of seve…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (60 min., 53 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Material Details
- Presenter: Lisa Codd
- Host: Kate Petrusa
- Date of Presentation: October 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Total Number of tracks: 1
- Total Length of all tracks:60 min., 53 sec
- Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby" and is presented by Lisa Codd, Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. The zoom webinar is the fourth in a collection of seven "Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars that were presented and made available to the public between September 29 and October 27, 2020. The live webinar and recording was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. In this webinar, Lisa Codd talks about how in the early 20th century Burnaby was home to several correctional and detention institutions that sought to reform their residents, including the Oakalla Prison Farm, New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders, the United Church Home for Girls and Home of the Friendless. Lisa supports her presentation with contemporary and historical photographs and research. Lisa pauses throughout the presentation to take questions from webinar participants.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Public Services - Correctional
- Names
- Codd, Lisa
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- New Haven Correctional Centre
- Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre
- George, Richardson
- George, Eneas
- George, Alex
- George, Joseph
- Peltier, Leonard
- Home of the Friendless
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.29.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 15 Oct. 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Suncrest Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of video recording
- Video recording was edited for publication on Heritage Burnaby. Original mp4 video recording (BV020.29.4.1) is 73 min.
Images
Video
Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby, 15 Oct. 2020
Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby, 15 Oct. 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0029_0004_002.mp4