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s t M u n i c i p a l H a l l 136 Charles F . Sprott 139 The Bainbridge House 146 P e t e r B y r n e 148 Burnaby's F i r s t Threshing-machine 149 F i r s t Street-car at C a p i t o l H i l l 151 F r a n k Springer 153 Ellesmere and H a s t i n g s i n 1911 154 J. W . W e a r t : 155 Opening K i n

] below: Plans by McGinn Engineering & Preservation Ltd. 14 CENTRAL PARK GATE 3883 Imperial Street Robert Lyon, BCER Company Architect 1912-14 The Central Park Gate is the ceremonial entry to Burnaby’s historic Central Park from Kingsway. When the original interurban line between Vancouver and New

h Anthony R. Hurren — artwork The Corporation of the District of Burnaby The University of British Columbia Library Simon Fraser University Archives The Vancouver Public Library British Columbia Hydro Library �BYGONES OF BURNABY PROLOGUE For 22 years my love affair with Burnaby grew and strengthened

Road and the inlet. John Johnston, brother of William Johnston, secured two lots on the Burnaby side of North Road to build a hotel and an adjacent waterfront lot on "Dock Street" to construct a wharffor a ferry boat. H e placed an advertisement in the Mainland Guardian newspaper on January 4, 1882

of the Burnaby Fire Department. ��A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S When I was a child, my parents operated Crescent Bakeries across the street from No. 1 Fire Hall atWillingdon and Hastings. We would walk by the hall looking in at the shiny fire trucks. Never in my wildest childhood dreams did I think I would be