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double bit axe head
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45469
- 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
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Landscape plan for front yard of Mawhinney house, [between 1988 and 1990] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2018_0009_0048_001.jpg?width=280)
Landscape plan for front yard of Mawhinney house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15582
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1988 and 1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : pencil on parchment ; 30 x 56 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a landscape drawing identifying the layout and types of trees and bushes to be planted on the property of the Mervin Mawhinney house located at 7667 Burris Street in Burnaby while it was owned by Reverend Edward S. Gale. Grounds on the site were re-landscaped by Reverend Edward S. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : pencil on parchment ; 30 x 56 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a landscape drawing identifying the layout and types of trees and bushes to be planted on the property of the Mervin Mawhinney house located at 7667 Burris Street in Burnaby while it was owned by Reverend Edward S. Gale. Grounds on the site were re-landscaped by Reverend Edward S. Gale between 1988 and 1990..
- Geographic Access
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7667 Burris Street
- Accession Code
- BV018.9.48
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1988 and 1990]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- May 3, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Landscape plan for front yard of Mawhinney house, [between 1988 and 1990] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2018_0009_0048_001.jpg)
![Landscape plan for front yard of Mawhinney house, [between 1988 and 1990] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2018_0009_0049_001.jpg?width=280)
Landscape plan for front yard of Mawhinney house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15583
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1988 and 1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print with pencil ; 42.5 x 59.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural landscape plan identifying the layout and types of trees and bushes to be planted in the front yard of the Mervin Mawhinney house located at 7667 Burris Street in Burnaby while it was owned by Reverend Edward S. Gale. Plantings identified include; Juniper, Rhodendr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print with pencil ; 42.5 x 59.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural landscape plan identifying the layout and types of trees and bushes to be planted in the front yard of the Mervin Mawhinney house located at 7667 Burris Street in Burnaby while it was owned by Reverend Edward S. Gale. Plantings identified include; Juniper, Rhodendron, Azaleas, abelia, Rosh Rogos. Grounds on the site were re-landscaped by Reverend Edward S. Gale between 1988 and 1990.
- Geographic Access
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7667 Burris Street
- Accession Code
- BV018.9.49
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1988 and 1990]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Related Material
- See also BV018.9.30
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- May 3, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Landscape plan for front yard of Mawhinney house, [between 1988 and 1990] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2018_0009_0049_001.jpg)