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Application to Keep Animals on Lot 81A, Block B, DL 124
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48484
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48509
- Meeting Date
- 13-Sep-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48509
- Meeting Date
- 13-Sep-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Dead Animals Complaint DL 163
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport74894
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81428
- Meeting Date
- 7-Mar-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81428
- Meeting Date
- 7-Mar-1908
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
The household companion : comprising a complete cookbook, practical household recipes, aids and hints for household decorations, the care of domestic plants and animals and a treatise on domestic medicine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.136.94
- Call Number
- 640 FLI
- Place of Publication
- [S.I]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- c1909
- Physical Description
- 370 pages : ill., (some col)
- Inscription
- "W26a" [top left corner of inside cover, black ink] "W26" [top left corner front leaf, black ink] [children's pencilled drawings throughout]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, American
- Etiquette
- Medicine, Popular
- Notes
- Edited by Alice A Johnson; Janet McKenzie Hill; Henry Hartshorne;
- Flick, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1856-1938
- Including a chapter on tuberculosis, the great white plague, a curable and preventable disease.
Keeping of Animals and Stabling for Them
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport34656
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 30529
- Meeting Date
- 15-May-1967
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 29
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 30529
- Meeting Date
- 15-May-1967
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 29
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings, [between 1946 and 1947] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-15.jpg?width=280)
Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85309
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1947]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (13 min., 10 sec.) : digital,col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 15. Film footage opens with Andy and Alice Digney in the yard of the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue and their son Ernest Frank (Dig) and his wife Dorothy (Dot) with thier infant son Paul at age 6 months and later as a toddler wi…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1947]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (13 min., 10 sec.) : digital,col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 15. Film footage opens with Andy and Alice Digney in the yard of the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue and their son Ernest Frank (Dig) and his wife Dorothy (Dot) with thier infant son Paul at age 6 months and later as a toddler with a variety of family members. Footage also includes a view of Prince George, family members with Elephants and ponies from the Bible Brothers Circus, the Crystal Pool and Butchart Gardens in Victoria. The film closes with Paul, grandpa Dig and the family dog, Nero back in the yard of their home on Bonsor Avenue.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings, [between 1946 and 1947] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-15.jpg)
Video
Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings, [between 1946 and 1947]
Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings, [between 1946 and 1947]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-15.m4vAdventures with birds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6375
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Forler, Gladys
- Forler, Dorothy
- Publication Date
- c1961
- Call Number
- 598 FOR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.17.52
- Call Number
- 598 FOR
- Author
- Forler, Gladys
- Forler, Dorothy
- Contributor
- Zallinger, Jean
- Place of Publication
- Racine, Wis.
- Publisher
- Whitman
- Publication Date
- c1961
- Series
- Burke's help yourself series
- Physical Description
- 77 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "Paul James Adam" [printed in pencil on bottom of front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Birds
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Animals
- Notes
- "Illustrated by Jean Zallinger" -- t.p.
![Albert and Walter Lewis, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/377-001.jpg?width=280)
Albert and Walter Lewis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38270
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men and a dog standing in front of a horse carrying a child on its back. The men are identified as Walter Lewis (right) and Albert Lewis (left). The child is unidentified and the location of the photograph is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.7 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 377-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men and a dog standing in front of a horse carrying a child on its back. The men are identified as Walter Lewis (right) and Albert Lewis (left). The child is unidentified and the location of the photograph is unknown.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Lewis, Albert
- Lewis, Walter
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
Images
![Albert and Walter Lewis, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/377-001.jpg)
![Black cat lying on grass, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0438_001.jpg?width=280)
Black cat lying on grass
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20016
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large black cat lying on the grass outside of a house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large black cat lying on the grass outside of a house.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Animals - Cats
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.438
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [194-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
Images
![Black cat lying on grass, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0438_001.jpg)
![B. Patterson with his dog on Burnaby Lake, [190-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0099_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
B. Patterson with his dog on Burnaby Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription559
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild deer frozen in the ice on Burnaby Lake about three miles from house. Not often do we get a winter like this." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Burnaby Lake / B. Paterson standing beside dog. / No date."
- Subjects
- Animals - Deer
- Animals - Dogs
- Events - Deaths
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Accession Code
- HV977.99.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-11
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![B. Patterson with his dog on Burnaby Lake, [190-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0099_0001_001.jpg)
British birds' eggs and nests, popularly described
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2010
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Call Number
- 590 ATK
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.26
- Call Number
- 590 ATK
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Contributor
- Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- G. Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- vii, 245 p. : 12 leaves of plates, col.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Birds
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Animals
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Atkinson, J. C. (John Christopher), 1814-1900
- Contributior's given name, dates, and contribution: Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904 (illustrator)
Burnaby Lake Show / originals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91683
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle, muskrat, Canadian goose, beaver, wood duck, bullrushes, yellow and white waterlilies, yellow iris, and loosestrife. Also included in the slideshow are photographs of the BC Wildlife rescue and fisherman working in the Brunette River.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Animals - Birds
- Animals
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Chapman, Fred
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from sheets slides
- Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![Burnaby Winter Club, [1963] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/068-001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Winter Club
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34632
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club at 4990 Canada Way. Three sheep and a horse are standing in a field by a building.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 068-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club at 4990 Canada Way. Three sheep and a horse are standing in a field by a building.
- Names
- Burnaby Winter Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Burnaby Winter Club, [1963] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/068-001.jpg)
![Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-12.jpg?width=280)
Digney family in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85249
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by interspersed footage of the family's pet dog Nero and puppies along with some brief glimpses of the Royal visit (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) and cavilicade in 1939 along Kingsway. The film then switches to footage of Digney family Christmas festivities, a cat playing with a fish in a bowl and summer time at Pelican Lake in the 1940s and ends with a dog playing with a ball.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-12.jpg)
Video
Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959]
Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-12.m4v![Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0005_004.jpg?width=280)
Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18881
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage of Joyce Digney, her mother, Dorothy Brookes and her young son Drew Digney visiting the Vancouver Zoo located in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Film clip documents them watching pelicans feeding and swimming in a pond and walking along the pathways within the park.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage of Joyce Digney, her mother, Dorothy Brookes and her young son Drew Digney visiting the Vancouver Zoo located in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Film clip documents them watching pelicans feeding and swimming in a pond and walking along the pathways within the park.
- Creator
- Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
- Subjects
- Exhibitions - Zoos
- Animals
- Animals - Birds
- Names
- Digney, Joyce
- Digney, Drew
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV019.18.5.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Photographer
- Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film segment
- Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.5)
Images
![Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0005_004.jpg)
Video
Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0005_004.mp4The how and why wonder book of birds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3833
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Mathewson, Robert F.
- Publication Date
- c1960
- Call Number
- 598.2 MAT
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.20.20
- Call Number
- 598.2 MAT
- Author
- Mathewson, Robert F.
- Contributor
- Ferguson, Walter
- Smith, Ned, 1919-1985
- Wolf, Donald D.
- Blackwood, Paul E., 1913-1997
- White, Oakes A.
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Wonder Books
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Publication Date
- c1960
- Physical Description
- [48] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- The How and Why Wonder Book of Birds
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Birds
- Readers--Science
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Animals
- Notes
- Inculdes index.
- White, Oakes A from Brookelyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Price: 59 cents
- "Illustrated by Walter Ferguson and Ned Smith"
- "Editorial producation" : Donald D. Wolf
- "Edited under the supervision of Paul Everett Blackwood"
- "Text and illustrations approved by Oakes A. White
Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory571
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1980
- Length
- 0:06:55
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vanco…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vancouver.
- Date Range
- 1942-1980
- Length
- 0:06:55
- Names
- Olofson, Axel
- GAK Fur Farm
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Lochdale Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track three of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_3.mp3
Knight family photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64501
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Knight family subseries
- Physical Description
- 49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 510-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-53
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photographs
- Stamp on verso of 510-001 reads: "Woodward's Advertising Photography"
- Note on verso of 510-003 reads: "Taken at San Juan Capistrano. The minute you enter the place these pigeons light all over you and they sell you small bags of wheat to feed them." Other notes and date stamp on verso.
- Note on verso of 510-010 reads: "Virgie + Sheila Joan (Easton) Mulliner / New Year's Eve / 1970-71"
- 510-008, 510-009, 510-011, 510-012: Date stamp on verso reads "Jan 12, 1962"
- Note on verso of 510-022 reads: "My little Saw-Whet Owl who was one of my patients. Fully recovered and hand tame."
- 510-024 is five small photographs glued to a black paper album page
- Handwritten notes on recto of 510-032, describing the clocks in the photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5255 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![M. G. Hill and unidentified guests, [1950-1980] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-238.jpg?width=280)
M. G. Hill and unidentified guests
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82685
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a man, three women, a fawn, and a dog. The man is identified as Minard Hill. The others are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-238
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a man, three women, a fawn, and a dog. The man is identified as Minard Hill. The others are unidentified.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Animals - Deer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "M G Hill, Guests, Fawn (Y P)"
Images
![M. G. Hill and unidentified guests, [1950-1980] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-238.jpg)
![North Arm Dairy, [1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/275-007.jpg?width=280)
North Arm Dairy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36475
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. A young child is sitting on one of the horses that is harnessed to the dairy wagon. The other horse has no rider, but a girl is holding on to the riens and sitting in the dairy wagon. A man is standing beside the horse with …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Thrussell family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 275-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. A young child is sitting on one of the horses that is harnessed to the dairy wagon. The other horse has no rider, but a girl is holding on to the riens and sitting in the dairy wagon. A man is standing beside the horse with the rider, holding his reins. Two cows are standing in front of the barn, along with a woman who is holding a child in her arms.
- Names
- North Arm Dairy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
![North Arm Dairy, [1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/275-007.jpg)
![Rintanen sisters, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/337-003.jpg?width=280)
Rintanen sisters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37218
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 14 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen with pets in their arms. Trudi is holding their bantam rooster, and Aili is holding a cat. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Trudi Tuomi subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 14 x 10 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 337-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-20
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen with pets in their arms. Trudi is holding their bantam rooster, and Aili is holding a cat. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Print is a colour copy of a sepia original
Images
![Rintanen sisters, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/337-003.jpg)