"Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)" found 29 records

Barnet Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: In 1925, the mill at Barnet was under new ownership and was known as the Barnet Lumber Company. It was one of the most successful local employers in Burnaby until the 1930s, when the economic crisis of the Great Depression resulted in a strike at the mill. The City of Burnaby eventually assumed control of the site - including all of the homes - when the company failed to pay its taxes. The City then dismantled the mill and resold the property in two parts - the eastern section would become the Kapoor sawmill and the western portion, the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company.

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Mountain Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: Burnaby Mountain had been dedicated as park in 1942, however the original park boundaries were reconsidered in 1952 with the development of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Although the boundaries were adjusted to accommodate this project, significant conservation and park lands were left untouched. When, in 1962, the government of British Columbia determined the need for additional post-secondary facilities, Burnaby Mountain was chosen as the site for the new Simon Fraser University which opened in 1965. As early as 1964, the idea of establishing a townsite around the university had been discussed by Burnaby, but it was not until the mid-1990s that the idea came to fruition and by the early 2000s, a new housing development know as the UniverCity took shape on the mountain adjacent to the university.

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Mountain Park & Centennial Pavilion

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1958

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Centennial Way

Associated Dates: 1958

Heritage Value: The first formal park dedication bylaw covering Burnaby Mountain was passed in 1942, but the boundaries were re-adjusted in 1952 with the creation of the Trans Mountain Pipeline site. Significant portions of the mountain remained as dedicated park, however, and in 1957, the site was chosen to house Burnaby's contribution to the celebration of British Columbia's centennial - the Centennial Pavilion. The grounds around the pavilion became a favourite picnic site that provided for the first time a formal viewpoint and public access to other mountain trails. In the 1980s, the Pavilion underwent major renovations and opened in 1986 as Horizons restaurant.

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Street Address: 100 Centennial Way

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Booms and mill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15187

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log boom pond of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in Burrard Inlet.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log boom pond of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in Burrard Inlet.

History: Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; See page 66 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The vast log boom pond of Kapoor Sawmill, c. 1950"

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Booms and mill, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Burnaby Velodrome Club indoor bike track

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96398

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Quentin Adrian of the Burnaby Velodrome Club posing on the wooden indoor bike track at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. The track, inflatable roof, and other sports settings are visible behind Adrian.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2068

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Quentin Adrian of the Burnaby Velodrome Club posing on the wooden indoor bike track at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. The track, inflatable roof, and other sports settings are visible behind Adrian.

Subjects: Sports - Cycling; Buildings - Recreational - Sports

Names: Harry Jerome Sports Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Quentin Adrian, of the Burnaby Velodrome Club, says the future is looking bright for North America's only indoor bike track after the Club received an infrastructure grant."

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7564 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Velodrome Club indoor bike track, [2004] thumbnail

Burnaby Velodrome Club's Race Series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96343

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of cycling races in the Burnaby Velodrome Club's Race Series at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. Photographs depict Enrico Traini in the Flying 200 Sprint and Breanna Loster in the Flying 200-Category B sprint.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2024

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of cycling races in the Burnaby Velodrome Club's Race Series at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. Photographs depict Enrico Traini in the Flying 200 Sprint and Breanna Loster in the Flying 200-Category B sprint.

Subjects: Sports - Cycling

Names: Harry Jerome Sports Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2024-1: "Enrico Traini begins his sprint to the finish in the Flying 200 Sprint competition at the Burnaby Velodrome Club's Race Series, Saturday at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. More than 60 riders, from as far away as Portland, Calgary and Quebec competed in the Club's first event since the installation of a new roof last month."; Caption from metadata for 535-2024-2: "Breanna Loster concentrates as she sprints for the finish in the Flying 200-Category B Sprint competition at the Burnaby Velodrome Club's Racing Series, Saturday at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre."

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7564 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Burnaby Velodrome Club's Race Series, [2003] thumbnail

Doug Drummond at Barnet Marine Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96655

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of former City of Burnaby mayor Doug Drummond at Barnet Marine Park before is improvement and expansion. Photographs depict Drummond standing by the Inlet and walking along the waterfront path with Parks Commissioner Dan Johnston.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2277

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of former City of Burnaby mayor Doug Drummond at Barnet Marine Park before is improvement and expansion. Photographs depict Drummond standing by the Inlet and walking along the waterfront path with Parks Commissioner Dan Johnston.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Parks; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Officials - Commissioners

Names: Drummond, Douglas P. "Doug"; Johnston, Dan

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2277-1: "Former Burnaby Mayor, Doug Drummond, takes in the view from Barnet Marine Park, which will be expanded to the west, and enhanced with an interpretive centre in the old public works building and a rebuilt wharf reaching into the Burrard Inlet. Improving the park was one of Drummond's goals during his term in office."; Caption fro metadata for 535-2277-2: "Former Burnaby mayor, Doug Drummond, and the city's parks commissioner, Dan Johnston, stroll along the path at Barnet Marine Park. The park will be expanded to the west, and enhanced with a rebuilt wharf into Burrard Inlet and an interpretive centre in the old public works building. The plan for the park will be the realization of one of Drummond's goals during his term in office."

Geographic Access: Barnet Marine Park; Burrard Inlet

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Doug Drummond at Barnet Marine Park, [2003] thumbnail

Dragon boat races

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96004

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of people participating in dragon boat races with the Lotus Sports Club at Barnet Marine Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1755

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of people participating in dragon boat races with the Lotus Sports Club at Barnet Marine Park.

Subjects: Sports; Sports - Team Sports

Names: Barnet Park

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1755-1: "A paddler is forced to bail water after their dragon boat was swamped by a wave as they were heading out to compete in the Lotus Sports Club's annual Icebreaker Races, Saturday at Barnet Marine Park."; Caption from metadata for 535-1755-2: "Paddlers switch sides as they head out to compete in their heat at the Lotus Sports Club's annual Icebreaker dragon boat races, Saturday at Barnet Marine Park."

Geographic Access: Barnet Marine Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of (front to back) Frank Laleune, Beverley Lucas, Shirely Taylor, Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor seated together on the grass in a yard in Barnet. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible behind them.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of (front to back) Frank Laleune, Beverley Lucas, Shirely Taylor, Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor seated together on the grass in a yard in Barnet. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible behind them.

History: In 1936, Edward Laleune (1886-1955) and Pamela Fredette Laleune (1888-1962) moved their family of four boys from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the Village of Barnet. Edward and Pamela had six children; one daughter Marie Germaine (Nesbitt) (1914- 1992) and five sons; Victor Armond, Joseph Edward “George” (1923-1986), Leo Joseph, Eugene Theodore “Gene” (Lalonde), Joseph Francis “Frank” (1931-2014). Edward was an ironworker for Dominion Bridge Co. and worked on the Lion’s Gate Bridge. The family lived in a house in the Village of Barnet from 1936 until 1951 when Edward, Pamela and sons, Victor and Frank moved to Duthie Avenue, Burnaby.

Names: LaFavor, James "Jim"; Northam, Norman; Laleune, Joseph Francis "Frank"; Lucas, Beverley; Taylor, Shirley

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.113

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15308

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Laleune (front) with friends, Norm Northam (left), Jim LaFavor (right) and Shirley Taylor standing together in a yard in Barnet. Shirley Taylor is seated on the shoulders of Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor and Frank Laleune is squatting in front. Fences, a building and the lower sl…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Laleune (front) with friends, Norm Northam (left), Jim LaFavor (right) and Shirley Taylor standing together in a yard in Barnet. Shirley Taylor is seated on the shoulders of Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor and Frank Laleune is squatting in front. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible behind them.

History: In 1936, Edward Laleune (1886-1955) and Pamela Fredette Laleune (1888-1962) moved their family of four boys from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the Village of Barnet. Edward and Pamela had six children; one daughter Marie Germaine (Nesbitt) (1914- 1992) and five sons; Victor Armond, Joseph Edward “George” (1923-1986), Leo Joseph, Eugene Theodore “Gene” (Lalonde), Joseph Francis “Frank” (1931-2014). Edward was an ironworker for Dominion Bridge Co. and worked on the Lion’s Gate Bridge. The family lived in a house in the Village of Barnet from 1936 until 1951 when Edward, Pamela and sons, Victor and Frank moved to Duthie Avenue, Burnaby. The LaFavor family lived at Barnet and were neighbours to the Laleune family.

Names: LaFavor, James "Jim"; Northam, Norman; Laleune, Joseph Francis "Frank"; Lucas, Beverley; Taylor, Shirley

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; See page 164 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Top: Shirley Taylor, Norman Northam, Victor Laleune and Jim LaFavor"

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Harry Jerome Sports Centre roof installation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs that show construction workers removing the old roof and installing the new inflatable roof at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1812

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs that show construction workers removing the old roof and installing the new inflatable roof at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Recreational - Sports

Names: Harry Jerome Sports Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1812-1: "It's a tight squeeze for workers as they remove the old roof at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre to get ready for the installation of a new roof."; Caption from metadata for 535-1812-2: "Workers unfold the new roof to be installed at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. With the old roof deflated, the new roof will be inflated over it before the old one is removed."

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7564 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Harry Jerome Sports Centre roof installation, [2003] thumbnail

Harry Pride and Barnet townsite

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96386

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Harry Pride at work on researching his book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite. Photographs depict Pride with Beatrice Woolsey-McMillan, a former resident of the community, on the shore of the Burrard Inlet, and Pride viewing historical photographs and one of the remaining…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2056

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Harry Pride at work on researching his book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite. Photographs depict Pride with Beatrice Woolsey-McMillan, a former resident of the community, on the shore of the Burrard Inlet, and Pride viewing historical photographs and one of the remaining structures from the Barnet sawmill.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Buildings - Industrial - Saw Mills; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Pride, A.H. "Harry"; Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2056-1: "Harry Pride, who is working on a book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite, reminisces with Beatrice Woolsey-McMillan, who lived in the mill community along the Burrard Inlet from 1925-46."; Caption from metadata for 535-2056-2: "Harry Pride sorts through some of the historical photos he's collected for a book he's working on about Burnaby's Barnet townsite, along the Burrard Inlet."; Caption from metadata for 535-2056-3: "Harry Pride, who's working on a book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite, checks out one of the remaining structures from the sawmill that once bustled along the Burrard Inlet."

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Burrard Inlet; Barnet Marine Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Harry Pride and Barnet townsite, [2004] thumbnail

In the Shadow by the Sea collection

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1925-1953] (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 115 photographs (tiffs)

Scope and Content: Collection consists of copies of photographs from a selection of Burnaby residents that were obtained for the publication "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Photographs include; Kapoor Sawmills Limited and the Siddoo family; the Irwin family; the Lauder family; t…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 115 photographs (tiffs)

Scope and Content: Collection consists of copies of photographs from a selection of Burnaby residents that were obtained for the publication "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Photographs include; Kapoor Sawmills Limited and the Siddoo family; the Irwin family; the Lauder family; the Yasui family and the Laleune family. The selection of photographs document time living and working in the Barnet area of Burnaby.

History: The book, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" was published in 2004 as a historical project under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. Community Heritage Commission volunteer Harry Pride was the driving force behind this project contacting many former residents of Barnet to obtain photographs and stories for the book. The book documents the history of the settlement of Burnaby's Barnet district including memoirs and photographs of various people who worked and lived there.

Accession Code: BV019.32

Date: [1925-1953] (date of originals)

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Related Material: See also, City of Burnaby Archives: Burnaby Historical Society fonds - "In the Shadow by the Sea subseries"

Notes: Title based on contents of collection

Jim LaFavor at Barnet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jim LaFavor standing shirtless on a dirt road in Barnet. Buildings of the Texaco site and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visible behind him.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jim LaFavor standing shirtless on a dirt road in Barnet. Buildings of the Texaco site and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visible behind him.

Names: LaFavor, James "Jim"

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.112

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Jim LaFavor at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Joseph Santos at Barnet Marine Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97059

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joseph Santos in a rain poncho, searching for sea worms on the shores of the Burrard Inlet at Barnet Marine Park. An unidentified person fishing off the pier is visible behind Santos.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2587

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joseph Santos in a rain poncho, searching for sea worms on the shores of the Burrard Inlet at Barnet Marine Park. An unidentified person fishing off the pier is visible behind Santos.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Fishing; Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Joseph Santos isn't deterred by the soggy weather as he searches for sea worms to be used as bait at a family fishing expedition at Barnet Marine Park."

Geographic Access: Barnet Marine Park; Burrard Inlet

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Joseph Santos at Barnet Marine Park, [2001] thumbnail

Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15188

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Panorama photograph of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms in Burrard Inlet. Cabins are located on the lower shore.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Panorama photograph of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms in Burrard Inlet. Cabins are located on the lower shore.

History: Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms, [195-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Kask Bros. Truck

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Kask Bros. truck. The driver is unidentified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-117

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Kask Bros. truck. The driver is unidentified.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Occupations - Truck Drivers

Names: Kask Brothers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7501 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Kask Bros. Truck, [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Keith Bruneau on the Velodrome

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Keith Bruneau, a member of Canada's national cycling team, biking around the re-opened velodrome at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2772

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Keith Bruneau, a member of Canada's national cycling team, biking around the re-opened velodrome at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre.

Subjects: Sports - Cycling; Buildings - Recreational - Sports

Names: Harry Jerome Sports Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Keith Bruneau, a rider with Canada's national cycling team, takes a spin around the newly re-opened velodrome at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre."

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7564 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Keith Bruneau on the Velodrome, [2002] thumbnail

Lotus Sports Club

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Lotus Sports Club carrying their outrigger canoe across snowy ground at Barnet Marine Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1862

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Lotus Sports Club carrying their outrigger canoe across snowy ground at Barnet Marine Park.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Canoeing; Recreational Activities; Organizations - Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Hardy paddlers roll their outrigger through the snow to the Lotus Sports Club's appropriately-named Icebreaker races at Barnet Marine Park on Saturday. More than 192 paddlers from Chilliwack to Vancouver Island competed in the first outrigger races of the season."

Geographic Access: Barnet Marine Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 50785

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Nichols Chemical Company fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of technical drawing identified as No. 50785 with handwritten annotation reading "W.O.M. - 8560". Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Nichols Chemical Company fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm

Material Details: Scale 1:.25

Scope and Content: Item consists of technical drawing identified as No. 50785 with handwritten annotation reading "W.O.M. - 8560". Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Names: Nichols Chemical Company Limited

Responsibility: General Chemical Company

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 8655 Barnet Road

Accession Code: BV998.23.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1959]

Media Type: Technical Drawing

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 2022-05-10

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Stamp on verso reads: "R.L. Johnston"; "Scale 1/4" = 1'; Date stampled "Oct. 19 1959"; Annotation next to date stamp reads: "Dwg Rec'd 10-24-59"; Stamp at bottom reads: "Property of / General Chemical Division / Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation"

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