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double bit axe head

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45469
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV003.28.3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV003.28.3
Description
This split, double bitted, utility axe head was found on Burnaby Mountain by Alfred Bingham in 1920. Mr Bingham bought property on the West side of the mountain in 1920. The axe head is double bladed. The head is very rusty and has been cracked across one side. The remains of the handle are still in the axe eye.
Object History
The axe head was found on the site of Simon Fraser University (SFU), an area logged in the early years of the 20th Century by Gilley Logging. The axe may have been broken by one of their loggers.
Reference
Note from Alfred Bingham, original in accession file. "THIS AXE HEAD WAS FOUND IN 1920 / BY ALFRED BINGHAM ON THE PRESENT SITE / OF THE SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY. IT PROBABLY / WAS USED BY AN EARLY LOGGER. WHO CUT DOWN / SOME OF THE GREAT TREES THAT GREW ON / BURNABY MOUNTAIN. HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. MANY OF THESE TREES WERE OVER 800 YEARS OLD / Alfred Bingham " hand written in ink on one face of note. "I bought 5 acres of stump land on the / corner of Sherlock, Duthie, & Kitchener Streets in / 1920. & cleared 2 acres & bilt small home, (store?) / my wife and I have lived in Burnaby continually since then / AB" hand written in ink on the reverse face of the note.
Marks/Labels
"1920 FOUND ON BURNABY MTN SITE S.F.U.", written in yellow chalk on one face of the axe head
Subjects
Industries - Forestry
Woodworking Tools and Equipment
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Gilley Brothers Logging Company
Simon Fraser University
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
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postcard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89429
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV014.30.4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV014.30.4
Description
Postcard; colour; four images; 1. view of Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake from Metrotown; 2. Academic quadrangle, Simon Fraser University; 3. Burnaby Village Museum blacksmith shop; 4. Burnaby Mountain golf course; text in black on front reads: "Burnaby British Columbia / The centre of it all!"; text in brown on back reads: "A / Traveltime / PRODUCT", "Majestic / POST CARD".
Object History
Postcard collected by Donald "Don" Wrigley.
Category
06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
Classification
Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
Object Term
Postcard
Maker
Lawson Packaging Pacific
Country Made
Canada
Province Made
British Columbia
Site/City Made
Vancouver
Subjects
Written Communication Tools and Equipment
Names
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby Village Museum
Images
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booklet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91128
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV011.44.11
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV011.44.11
Description
guide booklet; glossy cover in black with colour photographs; stapled binding; pages within numbered 2-15 include colour photographs and maps. Front cover title reads "Burnaby / & surrounding area. / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA" with a Canadian flag to the left of title and a grid of five colour photographs below including aerial view of Burnaby looking north from Deer Lake, Simon Fraser University, aerial view of Burnaby Mountain, Heritage Village Museum and a view of people beneath trees in a Burnaby park. Inside cover, page 2, includes "FACTS / ABOUT / BURNABY"; centre page includes map of Burnaby; page 12 includes map of British Columbia and the eastern section of Vancouver Island; page 13 title reads "SUGGESTED / SIDE TRIPS / FROM BURNABY". Back cover of booklet includes colour photograph of Burnaby Art Gallery and brief summary about Burnaby.
Object History
Published as a tourist brochure of tourist sites in and around Burnaby including Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) on page 4. Collected by Century Park Museum Association and Heritage Village as part of their promotional materials.
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
Object Term
Pamphlet
Measurements
23 cm x 20.5 cm
Maker
Mainland Southwest Tourist Association
Country Made
Canada
Province Made
British Columbia
Site/City Made
Vancouver
Title
Burnaby and surrounding area
Publication Date
[1978]
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Industries - Tourism
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Images
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