Armstrong Avenue school site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34064
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 6.2 x 10.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of men sawing down a tree at the Armstrong Avenue School site at 8757 Armstrong Avenue. The accompanying description refers to it as the "bee tree."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 6.2 x 10.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 007-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of men sawing down a tree at the Armstrong Avenue School site at 8757 Armstrong Avenue. The accompanying description refers to it as the "bee tree."
- Names
- Armstrong Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Postcard has been cropped
- Geographic Access
- Armstrong Avenue
- Street Address
- 8757 Armstrong Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Elsie Dawkins, [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-278.jpg?width=280)
Elsie Dawkins
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37690
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elsie Dawkins, age 16.5 months, on Balfour Avenue (later renamed Atlee Avenue). A "stump ranch" is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-278
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elsie Dawkins, age 16.5 months, on Balfour Avenue (later renamed Atlee Avenue). A "stump ranch" is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Names
- Norman, Elsie Dawkins
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Atlee Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Elsie Dawkins, [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-278.jpg)
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-008.jpg?width=280)
Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78744
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. This photograph was taken looking towards the Lady of Mercy Church.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. This photograph was taken looking towards the Lady of Mercy Church.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-008.jpg)
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-009.jpg?width=280)
Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78746
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. This photograph was taken looking towards the Lady of Mercy Church.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. This photograph was taken looking towards the Lady of Mercy Church.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-009.jpg)
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-010.jpg?width=280)
Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78747
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at 12th Avenue in Burnaby. This photograph was taken looking towards billboards and a gas station on 12th Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at 12th Avenue in Burnaby. This photograph was taken looking towards billboards and a gas station on 12th Street.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-010.jpg)
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-011.jpg?width=280)
Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78749
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 200 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Scotty Walker and working with one of his sons to clear their property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 200 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Scotty Walker and working with one of his sons to clear their property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Names
- Walker, Scotty
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-011.jpg)
Armstrong Street School site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11133
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Armstrong Street School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 2 acre portion of Lot 13 Group 1, & according to map 1722 which shows this as Lot E. Block 2 of subdivision of a portion, of Lot 13, Group 1, New Westminster District".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 40 feet = 1 inch
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Armstrong Street School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 2 acre portion of Lot 13 Group 1, & according to map 1722 which shows this as Lot E. Block 2 of subdivision of a portion, of Lot 13, Group 1, New Westminster District".
- Creator
- Burnett, Geoffrey K.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Armstrong Avenue School
- Responsibility
- Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors
- Geographic Access
- Armstrong Avenue
- Street Address
- 8757 Armstrong Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV003.83.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1915
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 440
- Scan Date
- 22-Dec-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of plan
- Note in black ink on verso of plan reads: "1746"
- Oath on plan reads: "I, Geoffrey K. Burnett...and did personally superintend the survey represented..." "Completed on the 18th day of March 1915"; signed by Geoffrey K. Burnett and notarized by "K.A. Eastman", sworn "...19th day of April 1915"; "Burnett and McGugan., B.C. Land Surveyors. Etc.. New Westminster, B.C.."
Zoomable Images
![Skating at the Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-015.jpg?width=280)
Skating at the Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78756
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 200 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of neighbours skating at the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. The cleared land flooded with rain and then froze over.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 200 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of neighbours skating at the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. The cleared land flooded with rain and then froze over.
- Subjects
- Sports - Skating
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Skating at the Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-015.jpg)
![Skating at the Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-016.jpg?width=280)
Skating at the Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78757
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 96 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of neighbours skating at the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. The cleared land flooded with rain and then froze over.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 96 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of neighbours skating at the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. The cleared land flooded with rain and then froze over.
- Subjects
- Sports - Skating
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Skating at the Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-016.jpg)
![Skating at the Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-017.jpg?width=280)
Skating at the Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78758
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 96 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of neighbours skating at the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. The cleared land flooded with rain and then froze over.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 96 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of neighbours skating at the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property at Twelfth Avenue in Burnaby. The cleared land flooded with rain and then froze over.
- Subjects
- Sports - Skating
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Skating at the Walker family property, [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/557-017.jpg)