Twelfth Avenue Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark848
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1958
- Heritage Value
- Twelfth Avenue School was one of two schools built to relieve the overcrowding at Edmonds School resulting from the housing boom in Burnaby during the 1950s - Lakeview was the other. Built in 1958, the building was added to in 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969 and 1974.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
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baby shoes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3273
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV989.30.9
- Description
- Pair of felt baby booties, white wool with embroidered flowers in pink, outlined in blue; ankle strap and button.
- Object History
- Baby shoes worn by Don Copan, who later worked in Burnaby as an educator, including serving as the Principal of Twelfth Avenue Elementary School. He served on the 1958 and 1971 Centennial Committees, and was the founding President of the Century Park Museum Association - which later became Burnaby Village Museum.
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