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East Burnaby tank site - East 36' of Lot 8 and east 36' of Lot 9, Block 34, DL 30
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription575
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1922
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements, conveyance, and correspondence pertaining to leases made with the Board of School Trustees for a water tank site. File also includes a plan of the southwest portion of Block 28, DL 30 G.I., N.W.D. on white linen.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1922
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2285
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements, conveyance, and correspondence pertaining to leases made with the Board of School Trustees for a water tank site. File also includes a plan of the southwest portion of Block 28, DL 30 G.I., N.W.D. on white linen.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Edmonds School subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription41
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of origial)-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of origial)-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Edmonds School subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-07
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.
- History
- Edmonds School traces its history back to the opening of the first school in Burnaby in 1894. The "Burnaby school" was a typical one-room school house constructed on a small site on the opposite side of Canada Way (then named Douglas Road) and 18th Avenue. In 1896, when West Burnaby School, was built the school was renamed the "East Burnaby School." By 1908, the original small school house and its little playground became too small to contain the growing number of school-aged children living in the area. That year the Municipality of Burnaby and the Burnaby School Board funded a new four room school to house 75 students on the present site facing Edmonds Street. This building was known for many years as the old "gray school" because of its drab paint colour. In 1913, a four-room addition completed this school which was then renamed the "Edmonds Street School." In 1922, the school was was expanded with a new four-room "bungalow" building on the Douglas Road side of the property. By 1925, four more rooms were added to house the student population of this rapidly growing district, which peaked at 580 by 1930. After World War II, the old school was designated as a junior high school and in 1949, the present building was opened on an expanded site. By 1953 and 1955 the school received more additions to accommodate a student enrolment that had expanded to thirteen hundred students. The original gray building was demolished in 1956 and the bungalow building, which had served for many years as the elementary school, was destroyed by fire in 1989. The school was later rebuilt as Edmonds Community School.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Creator
- Edmonds Community School
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC207, MSS036
Encroachment - Gilmore Avenue east 1/2 of DL 117
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription799
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, reports, and Council minutes regarding the position of Gilmore Avenue, DL 117. File also includes translucent map of Gilmore Avenue, DL 117 and surrounding area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2550
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, reports, and Council minutes regarding the position of Gilmore Avenue, DL 117. File also includes translucent map of Gilmore Avenue, DL 117 and surrounding area.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Engineering Department fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription43
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-2014
- Collection/Fonds
- Engineering Department fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-2014
- Collection/Fonds
- Engineering Department fonds
- Physical Description
- 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.
- History
- In 2020, responsibility for environmental management transferred to Climate Action and Energy, with Engineering retaining responsibility for geotechnical investigations and graffiti management. In 2022, Engineering became responsible for a consolidated Transportation group that aligns transportation planning and implementation functions. Green Fleet and Equipment also moved from Climate Action and Energy to the Public Works division of the Engineering Department. In 2022, Facilities Management was transferred from Engineering to the newly-created Lands and Facilities Department. James Lota served as General Manager, Engineering from 2021-2022. Jozsef Dioszeghy has served in the role since April 2022.
- Creator
- City of Burnaby
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds.
Ephemera subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97408
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1893 (date of original)-2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and cartographic records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspapers, printed material, publications, artworks, maps and other ephemera items collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1893 (date of original)-2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and cartographic records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-22
- BHS1986-01
- BHS1986-16
- BHS1986-43
- BHS1988-02
- BHS1988-12
- BHS1988-14
- BHS1989-09
- BHS1989-11
- BHS1989-14
- BHS1989-16
- BHS1991-26
- BHS1991-35
- BHS1991-40
- BHS1992-01
- BHS1994-09
- BHS1995-13
- BHS1995-17
- BHS1996-10
- BHS1997-06
- BHS1997-10
- BHS1999-04
- BHS1999-08
- BHS2000-12
- BHS2004-09
- BHS2004-11
- BHS2005-04
- BHS2005-05
- BHS2007-03
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspapers, printed material, publications, artworks, maps and other ephemera items collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
- PC212, PC219, PC472, PC598, MSS005, MSS010, MSS034, MSS038, MSS046, MSS076, MSS081, MSS090, MSS111, MSS114, MSS119, MSS195
Esmond Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1473
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File includes pencil sketch of plan of Blocks 7 and 8, DL 116.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 3284
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes pencil sketch of plan of Blocks 7 and 8, DL 116.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Fire Department fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription47
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direct…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direction, coordination, training services, and planning, including daily record books, emergency preparedness pamphlets, a departmental practice manual, procedural directives, scrapbooks, and an orthophoto map (in 63 pieces) of the City of Burnaby.
- History
- Serving the City since 1911, the Burnaby Fire Department is committed to providing timely, professional, and effective fire-related emergency services to save lives, property and the environment. Their dedicated staff serves the City via seven fire stations located strategically across Burnaby. Each of our stations is equipped with up-to-date vehicles and equipment. Their highly skilled and trained team of men and women provide many services, including fire suppression and prevention, investigation, inspection, training, medical, vehicle extrication, technical and other speciality rescues, hazardous materials response and public education services. The following information pertains to the publication "Follow That Fire": Communities have always lived with the threat of fire. Early Burnaby residents banded together to extinguish out-of-control brush fires. In the 1920s, the Municipal Police were responsible for fire-related matters, earning three dollars for attending a fire. Donations to the Vancouver and New Westminster Fire Departments' Benevolent Funds brought the first fire engines to Burnaby's rescue. As the population increased, by-laws were enacted to develop a full-time fire service. Several members saw the value in jotting down recollections of their experiences as Burnaby firemen, which sparked an interest in completing the History of the Burnaby Fire Department. While researching this project, the author was fortunate in being able to draw from the resources of retired chiefs Fred Blake and Lewis Auvache, who were original members of the Department. The Department's progression includes heated and sometimes humorous debates regarding who should be responsible for fire protection, deciding if there was a need for a fire services, and how taxes would be levied to support the service. Photographs throughout the text represent stages of development which include a pictorial record of Burnaby fire trucks from 1923 to the present platform ladder trucks. From its humble beginning as two separate fire departments operating from a converted police horse stable and a water pumping station, the Burnaby Fire Department has developed into a professional organization serving its citizens from six fire stations.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- City of Burnaby
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds.
Flood water - Royal Oak Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription887
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports regarding the control of surface water and flooding on Royal Oak road. File also includes pencil and ink sketch map of Royal Oak and Rumble Road intersection.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2651
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports regarding the control of surface water and flooding on Royal Oak road. File also includes pencil and ink sketch map of Royal Oak and Rumble Road intersection.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Flume - Kent Road and Gunn Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription718
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and J.H. Nasmyth and E.D. Taylor for changing the location of a flume constructed by Nasmyth and Taylor under the Government Street Bridge and moving it across Gunn Road for the purposes of conveying lumber to and from their…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2445
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and J.H. Nasmyth and E.D. Taylor for changing the location of a flume constructed by Nasmyth and Taylor under the Government Street Bridge and moving it across Gunn Road for the purposes of conveying lumber to and from their mill. Fill also includes correspondence related to the construction of a flume on Kent Road and one ink and pencil plan of "Bridge over Flume on Gunn Road."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
The Fraser Canyon and Okanagan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66720
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Maurice Phillips collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. on paper ; 42.5 x 49 cm, folded to 23 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a map of "the Fraser Canyon and Okanagan / Scenic Highway Loop of British Columbia, Canada" published by the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, Department of Trade and Industry.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Maurice Phillips collection
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. on paper ; 42.5 x 49 cm, folded to 23 x 10 cm
- Material Details
- Scale not indicated
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS158-003
- Accession Number
- 2011-13
- Scope and Content
- Item is a map of "the Fraser Canyon and Okanagan / Scenic Highway Loop of British Columbia, Canada" published by the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, Department of Trade and Industry.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Game Regulation Map of British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65823
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. ; on sheet 55 x 70 cm folded to 23 x 11 cm + 1 p. (newsprint)
- Scope and Content
- Item is the "Game Regulation Map of British Columbia" for the 1954-1955 hunting season showing provincial electoral districts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. ; on sheet 55 x 70 cm folded to 23 x 11 cm + 1 p. (newsprint)
- Material Details
- 1 p. accompanying is a newspaper clipping from the Vancouver Sun dated August 6, 1954 that pertains to the "new" game regulations
- Scale : 1 inch = 40 miles
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42684
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is the "Game Regulation Map of British Columbia" for the 1954-1955 hunting season showing provincial electoral districts.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
Graphic Map and Street Guide of Vancouver British Columbia / Graphic Publishers Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46977
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Scope and Content
- Map and street guide of Vancouver, including North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Lulu Island. Map also includes an index of parks, schools, hospitals and other places of interest.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 37274
- Accession Number
- 2008-19
- Scope and Content
- Map and street guide of Vancouver, including North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Lulu Island. Map also includes an index of parks, schools, hospitals and other places of interest.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
Gunn Road diversion (Banfield, J.J.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription319
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains records, including blueprint, related to the proposed diversion of Gunn Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2010
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records, including blueprint, related to the proposed diversion of Gunn Road.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- White linen plan : Diversion of Gunn Road Lots 10 and 4 Group One" : M9-A-3-17.
Hastings Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription458
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and reports arising from a survey of Hastings Road and two maps associated with the correspondence. One map is of Hastings Road through Westminster District and the the other is a tracing of Douglas Road from original notes of the Royal Engineers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2163
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and reports arising from a survey of Hastings Road and two maps associated with the correspondence. One map is of Hastings Road through Westminster District and the the other is a tracing of Douglas Road from original notes of the Royal Engineers.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- A map of Hastings Road through N. West (1909) : M9-B-1-1; "Tracing of original notes from Royal Engineers of Douglas Road" : M9-B-1-2
Hastings Road diversion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription322
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906]
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains record of surveys done for Hastings Road diversion. White linen plans in map case.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906]
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2015
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains record of surveys done for Hastings Road diversion. White linen plans in map case.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Survey of Hastings Road from Hastings Townsite to Still Creek : M9-A-3-2; M9-A-3-7
Imperial Oil Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription535
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to oil storage tanks belonging to Imperial Oil Co., in DL 218. A plan is in map case at M9-A-1-2.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2243
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to oil storage tanks belonging to Imperial Oil Co., in DL 218. A plan is in map case at M9-A-1-2.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- A plan of subdivision of Block B, DL 218 (Imperial Oil) : M9-A-1-2.
Insurance Plan of the Municipality of Burnaby, B.C. Volume 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription71903
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan : col. ; both sides ; on 39 sheets 33 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is volume one of the fire insurance plan for the Municipality of Burnaby for 1963, updated to 1964. This item was collected by the Burnaby Planning Department for information purposes. The Fire Insurance plans cover areas east of Boundary Road and west of Gilley Avenue with Burrard Inlet to th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Planning General series
- Physical Description
- 1 plan : col. ; both sides ; on 39 sheets 33 x 30 cm
- Material Details
- Scale : 1 inch = 1200 feet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 46225
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item is volume one of the fire insurance plan for the Municipality of Burnaby for 1963, updated to 1964. This item was collected by the Burnaby Planning Department for information purposes. The Fire Insurance plans cover areas east of Boundary Road and west of Gilley Avenue with Burrard Inlet to the north and the Fraser River to the south.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ontario : Underwriters Survey Bureau
- Notes
- Transcribed title
![Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) holding cat, next to her sister who has a rooster in her arms, [1937]. Item no. 337-003. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/337-003.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Aili Topalian by Eric Damer October 11, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory419
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1920-1945
- Length
- 0:10:12
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains mainly to Aili (Rintanen) Topalian's parents. Aili tells the story of her parents meeting, getting married and eventually setting in Crabtown with their two children. She explains what it was like to live in Crabtown during the depression years; the homes were…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains mainly to Aili (Rintanen) Topalian's parents. Aili tells the story of her parents meeting, getting married and eventually setting in Crabtown with their two children. She explains what it was like to live in Crabtown during the depression years; the homes were built on decks which were on top of pilings, that were sunk deep into the sand.
- Date Range
- 1920-1945
- Photo Info
- Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) holding cat, next to her sister who has a rooster in her arms, [1937]. Item no. 337-003.
- Length
- 0:10:12
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 11, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Aili (Rintanen) Topalian conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 11, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up in Crabtown.
- Biographical Notes
- Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) came to British Columbia in 1936 from a homestead near Burnt Lake, Alberta. After a few months in Vancouver and then a Burnaby apartment, the Rintanens moved to a house on the Burrard Inlet. The family lived over the water, in a house built on a deck, secured to the top of pilings that were sunk deep into the sand. Aili's mother Aune Rintanen found work at a fish and chip shop in downtown Vancouver and her father Gus Rintanen worked in a nearby mill. Aili and her sister Trudi (later Tuomi), attended school in Burnaby. For nine years the Rintanens created a home for themselves in an area now called Crabtown, although no one living there called it that.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:39:00
- Interviewee Name
- Topalian, Aili Rintanen
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) holding cat, next to her sister who has a rooster in her arms, [1937]. Item no. 337-003. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/337-003.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Aili Topalian
Track one of recording of interview with Aili Topalian
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-028/MSS171-028_Track_1.mp3
Interview with Aili Topalian by Eric Damer October 11, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory420
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1920-1945
- Length
- 0:07:49
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Aili (Rintanen) Topalian's collection of photographs. Aili describes each photograph and tells stories of her childhood along the waterfront at Burrard Inlet; the homes of Crabtown were built on decks which were on top of pilings, that were sunk deep into t…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Aili (Rintanen) Topalian's collection of photographs. Aili describes each photograph and tells stories of her childhood along the waterfront at Burrard Inlet; the homes of Crabtown were built on decks which were on top of pilings, that were sunk deep into the sand.
- Date Range
- 1920-1945
- Photo Info
- Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) holding cat, next to her sister who has a rooster in her arms, [1937]. Item no. 337-003.
- Length
- 0:07:49
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 11, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Aili (Rintanen) Topalian conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 11, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up in Crabtown.
- Biographical Notes
- Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) came to British Columbia in 1936 from a homestead near Burnt Lake, Alberta. After a few months in Vancouver and then a Burnaby apartment, the Rintanens moved to a house on the Burrard Inlet. The family lived over the water, in a house built on a deck, secured to the top of pilings that were sunk deep into the sand. Aili's mother Aune Rintanen found work at a fish and chip shop in downtown Vancouver and her father Gus Rintanen worked in a nearby mill. Aili and her sister Trudi (later Tuomi), attended school in Burnaby. For nine years the Rintanens created a home for themselves in an area now called Crabtown, although no one living there called it that.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:39:00
- Interviewee Name
- Topalian, Aili Rintanen
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Aili Topalian
Track two of recording of interview with Aili Topalian
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-028/MSS171-028_Track_2.mp3
Interview with Aili Topalian by Eric Damer October 11, 2012 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory421
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1937-1949
- Length
- 0:10:42
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Aili (Rintanen) Topalian's childhood along the waterfront at Burrard Inlet (the homes of Crabtown were built on decks which were on top of pilings, that were sunk deep into the sand). Aili describes her childhood neighbours, her family home, family friends,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Aili (Rintanen) Topalian's childhood along the waterfront at Burrard Inlet (the homes of Crabtown were built on decks which were on top of pilings, that were sunk deep into the sand). Aili describes her childhood neighbours, her family home, family friends, dance halls, and the Marine Building in Vancouver.
- Date Range
- 1937-1949
- Photo Info
- Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) holding cat, next to her sister who has a rooster in her arms, [1937]. Item no. 337-003.
- Length
- 0:10:42
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 11, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Aili (Rintanen) Topalian conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 11, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up in Crabtown.
- Biographical Notes
- Aili Rintanen (later Topalian) came to British Columbia in 1936 from a homestead near Burnt Lake, Alberta. After a few months in Vancouver and then a Burnaby apartment, the Rintanens moved to a house on the Burrard Inlet. The family lived over the water, in a house built on a deck, secured to the top of pilings that were sunk deep into the sand. Aili's mother Aune Rintanen found work at a fish and chip shop in downtown Vancouver and her father Gus Rintanen worked in a nearby mill. Aili and her sister Trudi (later Tuomi), attended school in Burnaby. For nine years the Rintanens created a home for themselves in an area now called Crabtown, although no one living there called it that.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:39:00
- Interviewee Name
- Topalian, Aili Rintanen
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of interview with Aili Topalian
Track three of recording of interview with Aili Topalian
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-028/MSS171-028_Track_3.mp3