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Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85238
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise b…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Physical Description
1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
562-003-6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-04
Scope and Content
Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise bird sanctuary followed by footage of Stanley Park. The footage continues and interchanges between black and white and colour as the Digney's take a ferry ride to North Vancouver where they visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Fishermen's Cove. The reel closes with footage of skiers on Grouse Mountain and a fire at Pier D in 1938.
Subjects
Animals - Birds
Sports - Lawn Bowling
Sports - Skiing
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Jones, Charles E.
Digney, Dorothy
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Digney, Andy
Creator
Digney, Andy
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Video

Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore, [between 1937 and 1938]

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Galiano Island, Oak Theatre and Calgary

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85241
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1941]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film clip (9 min., 51 sec.) : digital, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item is a silent digitized colour film segment identified as Reel 7. The film segment opens with footage of the shores of Galiano Island and soon switches to a game of table tennis and a boat ride up Burrard Inlet with Grannie Swan and company. The boat ride continues to the marina at Horseshoe Bay…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1941]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Physical Description
1 film clip (9 min., 51 sec.) : digital, col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
562-003-7
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-04
Scope and Content
Item is a silent digitized colour film segment identified as Reel 7. The film segment opens with footage of the shores of Galiano Island and soon switches to a game of table tennis and a boat ride up Burrard Inlet with Grannie Swan and company. The boat ride continues to the marina at Horseshoe Bay where the family goes ashore. This footage is followed with a dark segment of footage of a paegant at the Oak Theatre in 1941 and the gardens of the Oak Theatre. The film has a break and continues with footage of the Digney family travels to the Calgary Breweries, Calgary Zoo, and the Calgary Stampede parade and fairgrounds, Alberta, closing with footage of the Rockies and Rogers Pass.
Subjects
Animals - Birds
Events - Parades
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Digney, Alice
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Digney, Andy
Creator
Digney, Andy
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Video

Galiano Island, Oak Theatre and Calgary, [between 1939 and 1941]

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Avaries and fish pond

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88397
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2014
Collection/Fonds
James Massey family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of two avaries which held canaries and a fish pond in Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey was the caretaker of the park and built the fish pond in 1939 and three avaries where he raised canaries.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2014
Collection/Fonds
James Massey family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
Description Level
Item
Record No.
581-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2014-34
Scope and Content
Photograph of two avaries which held canaries and a fish pond in Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey was the caretaker of the park and built the fish pond in 1939 and three avaries where he raised canaries.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Animals - Birds
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
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Bird aviary

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88399
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2014
Collection/Fonds
James Massey family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bird aviary in Robert Burnaby Park. The bird aviary was built for raisng canaries by James Massey who was the caretaker of the park from 1933 until 1947.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2014
Collection/Fonds
James Massey family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
Description Level
Item
Record No.
581-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2014-34
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bird aviary in Robert Burnaby Park. The bird aviary was built for raisng canaries by James Massey who was the caretaker of the park from 1933 until 1947.
Subjects
Animals - Birds
Geographic Features - Parks
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
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The Legend of Deer Lake and Indigenous histories of Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15666
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
4 May 2021
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (62 min., 28 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Adrian Avendaño, Stewardship Program Manager with Still Moon Arts Society. The webinar is presented in partnership with the Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby Public Library and Still Moon Arts Society. The webinar is titled "The Lege…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series
Subseries
Neighbourhood Speaker Series - Spring 2021 subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (62 min., 28 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Material Details
Presenter: John Preissl
Host: Adrian Avendano (Still Moon Arts Society)
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, May 4, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Total Number of tracks: 1
Total Length of all tracks: 62 min., 28 sec.
Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
Recording Note: Film was edited from it's original recorded version (77 min., 48 sec.) to edited version (62 min., 28 sec.) for public viewing on Heritage Burnaby.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Adrian Avendaño, Stewardship Program Manager with Still Moon Arts Society. The webinar is presented in partnership with the Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby Public Library and Still Moon Arts Society. The webinar is titled "The Legend of Deer Lake and Indigenous histories of Burnaby" and is presented by John Preissl, Freelance Photographer of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Leq’á:mel Nation ancestry. The Zoom webinar is the third in a series of six "Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars exploring a range of topics shared by Indigenous speakers and knowledge keepers that were presented and made available to the public between April 27 and May 12, 2021. The live webinar was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. Community members were invited to participate by bringing questions during the interactive online sessions. This webinar was made available in In partnership with Still Moon Arts Society. In this webinar, John Preissl shares his family’s long history from the first Chief Capilano in the late 1700's to the present day. Looking through the lens of his camera, John weaves together stories of the Legend of Deer Lake, resource gathering in the Burnaby Lake Watershed, and protection of the sacred salmon and eagle habitat on the shared homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples. The presentation is supported with photographs that John has taken over the years documenting the diverse environment and wildlife habitats in Burnaby, the lower mainland and west coast including waterways and the fight to protect it. Following the presentation, John Preissl takes questions from the audience that are moderated by the host, Adrian Avendaño.
History
John Preissl is a Burnaby-based environmental, adventure, wildlife and Indigenous freelance photographer. He is a media expert with over two decades of media experience and consulting. John is of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Leq’á:mel Nation ancestry. His Great times-two Grandfather was the Great Chief Joe Capilano. John leads many First Nations Tours in Burnaby from Deer Lake, Burnaby Lake, Burnaby Mountain and pretty well all over Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Tsleil-Waututh Nations Lands.
Subjects
Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Social life and customs
Animals - Birds
Animals - Fish
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Geographic Features - Ravines
Names
Preissl, John
Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation
Avendaño, Adrian
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV021.17.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
4 May 2021
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Notes
Title based on content of video recording The following links were shared at the end of the presentation:
The Legend of Deer Lake: https://www.legendsofvancouver.net/deer-lake-burnaby-vancouver
Saving the Salmon: the Brunette River Story, a short film about the preservation of Brunette River: https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumvideo4486
Saving Burnaby Lake, a short film about the preservation of Burnaby Lake: https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumvideo4485
Still Creek Streamkeepers: https://stillmoonarts.ca/stewardship/streamkeepers/
John Preissl’s photography website: https://johnpreisslphotography.ca/
Images
Video

The Legend of Deer Lake and Indigenous histories of Burnaby, 4 May 2021

The Legend of Deer Lake and Indigenous histories of Burnaby, 4 May 2021

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2021_0017_0003_002.mp4
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