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Boat resting along the shore at Yellow Point

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small boat resting along the shore. A caption in the album indicates that the boat belonged to Minard Gerald Hill, who was the son of Burnaby Pioneer, Bernard Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-699

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small boat resting along the shore. A caption in the album indicates that the boat belonged to Minard Gerald Hill, who was the son of Burnaby Pioneer, Bernard Hill.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boat resting along the shore at Yellow Point, 1915 thumbnail

Bob with Robert in a rowboat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39031

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7.8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers rowing a boat with his son, Robert, seated in front. On the beach in the background, a tent can be seen.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7.8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-350

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers rowing a boat with his son, Robert, seated in front. On the beach in the background, a tent can be seen.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Peers Family; Peers, Robert C.K.; Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bob with Robert in a rowboat, [1930] thumbnail

Boy with a paddle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 11.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boy using paddle while sitting on a board. This may be one of the sons of Alice and George A. Grant: William (Bill), George, Heriot (Harry), or Alastair.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 11.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-332

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boy using paddle while sitting on a board. This may be one of the sons of Alice and George A. Grant: William (Bill), George, Heriot (Harry), or Alastair.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boy with a paddle, [191-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake flooding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35571

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph taken the year of the big flood. Burnaby Lake rose and inundated Sperling Avenue, forcing people to canoe or boat along the avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-429

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph taken the year of the big flood. Burnaby Lake rose and inundated Sperling Avenue, forcing people to canoe or boat along the avenue.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Natural Phenomena - Floods

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby Lake flooding, 1932 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, sitting in a boat and holding a sun umbrella.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-101

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, sitting in a boat and holding a sun umbrella.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mom"

Images

Charlotte Vidal, [between 1915 and 1925] thumbnail

Claude, Bob, Robert and children at Yellow Point

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39290

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of (l to r): Claude Hill, Bob Peers holding his son Robert Peers and two unidentified children, standing with boat at Yellow Point.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-609

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of (l to r): Claude Hill, Bob Peers holding his son Robert Peers and two unidentified children, standing with boat at Yellow Point.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Peers, Robert C.K.; Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Claude, Bob, Robert and children at Yellow Point, [1929] thumbnail

Claude Hill on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1906

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 16.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill sitting in a rowboat on Deer Lake. The photograph was taken looking southwest across Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1906

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 16.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-840

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill sitting in a rowboat on Deer Lake. The photograph was taken looking southwest across Deer Lake.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cooksley, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Claude Hill on Deer Lake, 1906 thumbnail

Couple canoeing

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man paddling with a woman in his canoe near the shoreline.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-650

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man paddling with a woman in his canoe near the shoreline.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Couple canoeing, [between 1910 and 1925] thumbnail

Dick McLure at Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dick McLure, staff and a coach at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Club, cleaning a rower's scull on the dock of the Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion. The lake and mountains are visible behind him.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2598

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dick McLure, staff and a coach at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Club, cleaning a rower's scull on the dock of the Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion. The lake and mountains are visible behind him.

Subjects: Sports; Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Dick McLure cleans a rower's scull at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Club, where he's been preparing boats and coaching rowers for more than 20 years."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Dick McLure at Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion, [2002] thumbnail

Finboard

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the Finboard, a recreational water vehicle invented by Thomas Tomosy. The photographs show a close up of the Finboard and Tomosy demonstrating on Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1644

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the Finboard, a recreational water vehicle invented by Thomas Tomosy. The photographs show a close up of the Finboard and Tomosy demonstrating on Deer Lake.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Occupations - Entrepreneurs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1644-1: "Thomas Tomosy explains how his Finboard, which he invented and built, works, after taking it for a trial run on Deer Lake. By bobbing up and down to oscillate a pair of large fins at the back of the board, Tomosy is able to propel himself forward much like a whale or dolphin."; Caption from metadata for 535-1644-2: "Thomas Tomosy demonstrates the Finboard he invented and built, at Deer Lake beach. By bobbing up and down to oscillate a pair of large fins at the back of the board, Tomosy is able to propel himself forward much like a whale or dolphin."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

The "Frolic" at Yellow Point

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 10.6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boats converging on the water. One boat, named the "Frolic" holds two people while another rowboat is carrying five people, all unidentified. The third boat appears unoccupied.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 10.6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-697

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boats converging on the water. One boat, named the "Frolic" holds two people while another rowboat is carrying five people, all unidentified. The third boat appears unoccupied.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Government Docks, New Westminster

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-895

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Government Docks, New Westminster, 1910 thumbnail

Group in a rowboat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39146

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of four sitting in a rowboat on the water at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island. The name "Lady Alice" is painted on the side of the boat.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-465

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of four sitting in a rowboat on the water at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island. The name "Lady Alice" is painted on the side of the boat.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Hill family and guests on Maid of the Mist

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 10.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photrograph of the Hill Family and guests rowing in the "Maid of the Mist" on Burnaby Lake. Lily pads are visible in the foreground.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 10.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-741

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photrograph of the Hill Family and guests rowing in the "Maid of the Mist" on Burnaby Lake. Lily pads are visible in the foreground.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Hill Family

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Hill family and guests on Maid of the Mist, 1905 thumbnail

Kayaker

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98198

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified teenager kayaking on Burnaby Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3276

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified teenager kayaking on Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Persons - Adolescents; Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Kayaker on Burnaby Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a kayaker on Burnaby Lake near the Rowing Pavilion. The still lake shows the kayaker's reflection.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1972

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a kayaker on Burnaby Lake near the Rowing Pavilion. The still lake shows the kayaker's reflection.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "A lone kayaker actually has some company, reflected on the still waters at Burnaby Lake, near the rowing pavillion."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park; Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Kayaker on Burnaby Lake, [2002] thumbnail

Kayaking on Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96557

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified kayaker kayaking on Burnaby Lake at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion. The kayaker's reflection is visible in the still water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2179

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified kayaker kayaking on Burnaby Lake at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion. The kayaker's reflection is visible in the still water.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "A kayaker heads out onto the placid waters of Burnaby Lake, at the Rowing Pavillion, on Saturday."