Big Bend area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58309
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Big Bend area in Burnaby including manager's reports, correspondence and newspaper articles.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-106
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Big Bend area in Burnaby including manager's reports, correspondence and newspaper articles.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
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Edmond Leong grew up on Chinese farms at the
xWməθkwəyəm (Musqueam) reserve along with his
family and relatives. His father See Quin Leong
established Quin On farm in Burnaby’s Big Bend area
in 1966. Edmond took over his father’s farm in 1979
and named it Leong’s Nursery, where he continues
to work today
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV022.8.1
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
- Contributor
- City of Burnaby
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Physical Description
- 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese--British Columbia--History
- Pharmacy--Canada
- Pharmacy--United States
- Pharmaceutical museums
- Directories
- Object History
- Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
Images
Digital Books
Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
, Leong See Fun
and Hong Gay Tim (from
left) on farmland they
leased from xw
me0kw
eyem
(Musqueam First Nation)
Peoples in Vancouver.
Members of the Hong and
Leong families later estab-
lished farms in Burnaby’s
Big Bend area, circa 1951.
BV017.36.5. COURTESY OF THE HONG
FAMILY.
茹金垣
（右二）
和三位商
业伙伴共同向麦金托什
家
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
Images
Digital Books
History of Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2019
Dean was
one of the few Chinese newcomers
who owned property in Burnaby and
managed a crew to cut firewood for
the electric railway company. Other
newcomers from China operated
market gardens in the Big Bend area
along the Fraser River in the early
1890s. The ability of Asian Canadians
to purchase land
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.63.1
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 21 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Directories
- Object History
- Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
Images
Digital Books
An Outline Plan for the Development of the Big Bend District of Burnaby / The Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58481
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a report outlining the proposals for the development of the Big Bend area of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 40123
- Accession Number
- 2009-08
- Scope and Content
- Item is a report outlining the proposals for the development of the Big Bend area of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Historical land title research : District Lot 173
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7348
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 333.5 KIN
- Contributor
- King, Rod
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 1 v, ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Land titles
- Chinese--Canada--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Farm life--British Columbia--Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Notes
- Summary: Research in District Lot 173 from 1907 to present. Which traced lease/ownership of Big Bend area farms by Chinese and Chinese Canadians. Copies of one of few legal documents of such lease in very early 20th century.
Overviews 1 to 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88214
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988 (date of original) -[199-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four typewritten draft histories, titled "Overview One", " Overview Two", "Overview Three" and "Overview Four" by Mary Forsyth and a Vancouver Sun newspaper clipping copy of an article titled "Sites of villages fill gaps in native lore", October 5, 1988. The first overview covers t…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988 (date of original) -[199-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS185-022
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2014-27
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four typewritten draft histories, titled "Overview One", " Overview Two", "Overview Three" and "Overview Four" by Mary Forsyth and a Vancouver Sun newspaper clipping copy of an article titled "Sites of villages fill gaps in native lore", October 5, 1988. The first overview covers the Big Bend area, the second overview covers Simon Fraser, the third overview covers Burnaby's incorporation history and the forth overview covers World War I to 1943.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title