"British Columbia Electric Railway" found 19 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: HV973.41.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1946 and 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1946 and 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby North…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby Northwest Zone" and the other reads, "Good for one fare between Vancouver and Park Ave."

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: HV973.41.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1946 and 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Agreement between British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and Divisions 101-134 & 109 of the Amalgamated Transit Union relating to wages and working conditions

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1973

Call Number: 331.8 BRI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.18.16

Call Number: 331.8 BRI

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Publication Date: 1973

Printer: B.C. Hydro Printing Service

Physical Description: xiii, 152 p. ; 15 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Transportation; Collective labor agreements; Labour unions

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Carson, Norman Thomas "Tom"; British Columbia Electric Railway Company; British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

BC Electric workshop

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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 nine men mostly dressed in suits with ties surrounded by tools and equipment. Three older men are seated in the front and the rest are standing behind them. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the photograph as a BC Electric workshop, with Claude Hill (son of Bernard…

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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 nine men mostly dressed in suits with ties surrounded by tools and equipment. Three older men are seated in the front and the rest are standing behind them. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the photograph as a BC Electric workshop, with Claude Hill (son of Bernard Hill) at top right, and Jack Lister seated in the centre.

Subjects: Energy Production Tools and Equipment

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Hill, Arthur Claude; Lister, Jack

Accession Code: HV977.123.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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BC Electric workshop, [190-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

BC studies, Number 11, Fall 1971

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1971

Call Number: 388.4 ROY

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 388.4 ROY

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: BC Studies

Publication Date: 1971

Physical Description: 85 p. ; 25 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Street-railroads; Electric railroads; Transportation

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: ISSN:0005-2949; Includes an article: "Regulating the British Columbia electric railway : the first public utilities commission in British Columbia", by Patricia E. Roy.

Burnaby Lk

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Burnaby Lk" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48." An earlier catalogue record notes the nameplate would have been placed at the front or back of the tram that could have travelled betwe…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Burnaby Lk" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48." An earlier catalogue record notes the nameplate would have been placed at the front or back of the tram that could have travelled between Vancouver and Burnaby.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: HV973.41.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Hydro engine 906 in collision with a CN engine

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1974

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Hydro engine 906 in a collision with a Canadian National railway (CN) engine. Engine 906 was coming off the Queensborough Bridge when it collided with the CN engine.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Hydro engine 906 in a collision with a Canadian National railway (CN) engine. Engine 906 was coming off the Queensborough Bridge when it collided with the CN engine.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company; British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority; Canadian National Railway

Geographic Access: New Westminster

Accession Code: BV012.18.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1974

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Engine 906 coming off / Queensbou Bridge with string of (M)/T Auto Racks at CNR / Diamond. / May 1974"

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Hydro engine 906 in collision with a CN engine, May 1974 thumbnail

Interurban 1223 tram car being transported

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1971]

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of BC Electric Interurban tram car number 1223 being lifted by a crane and placed on a flatbed truck. The interurban tram car was dedicated and placed at the Edmonds Bus Loop at Edmonds Street and Kingsway by the Burnaby Historical Society in 1958. The tram car was moved to Heritage Vill…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of BC Electric Interurban tram car number 1223 being lifted by a crane and placed on a flatbed truck. The interurban tram car was dedicated and placed at the Edmonds Bus Loop at Edmonds Street and Kingsway by the Burnaby Historical Society in 1958. The tram car was moved to Heritage Village Museum in 1971 and restored by the Friends of the Interurban 1223.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV005.54.426

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1971]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interurban 1223 tram car being transported, [1971] thumbnail

Interurban tram at Steveston

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban tram "RICHMOND" at Steveston (the tram would later be called no. 1205). The tram is bound for Vancouver and loaded with passengers. Three men (two wearing conductor's uniforms) are standing near the front door of the tram, facing th…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban tram "RICHMOND" at Steveston (the tram would later be called no. 1205). The tram is bound for Vancouver and loaded with passengers. Three men (two wearing conductor's uniforms) are standing near the front door of the tram, facing the camera.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV988.7.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "RICHMOND" (later # 1205) at Steveston about 1908" and "H. EWERT photo [mailing address follows]"

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Interurban tram at Steveston, [1908] thumbnail

Interurban trams at Snoqualmie, Washington

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban tram no. 1207 in a wooded area at Snoqualmie, Washington. The tram is red with cream trim and has a tarp covering the roof. Another tram, blue and cream in colour, is visible behind interurban no. 1207.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban tram no. 1207 in a wooded area at Snoqualmie, Washington. The tram is red with cream trim and has a tarp covering the roof. Another tram, blue and cream in colour, is visible behind interurban no. 1207.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV988.7.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: July 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Ewert, Henry

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "B.C.E.R. 1207/ Snoqualmie, Washington/ July 1977/ H. EWERT"

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Interurban trams at Snoqualmie, Washington

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban tram no. 1207 in a wooded area at Snoqualmie, Washington. The tram is red with cream trim, has a tarp covering the roof and a front board sign which reads, "LIMITED." There is another tram, blue and cream in colour, in front of inte…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban tram no. 1207 in a wooded area at Snoqualmie, Washington. The tram is red with cream trim, has a tarp covering the roof and a front board sign which reads, "LIMITED." There is another tram, blue and cream in colour, in front of interurban no. 1207.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV988.7.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: July 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Ewert, Henry

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "B.C.E.R. 1207/ Snoqualmie, Washington/ July 1977/ H. EWERT"

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Notice

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a notice sign that was posted inside a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. It reads; "The Government of the Province of British Columbia / NOTICE / Spitting in this car is contrary to law, and is punishable by fine or imprisonment. / By Order / Provincial Board of Health. / BCER 1…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a notice sign that was posted inside a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. It reads; "The Government of the Province of British Columbia / NOTICE / Spitting in this car is contrary to law, and is punishable by fine or imprisonment. / By Order / Provincial Board of Health. / BCER 1203-B42."

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: HV973.41.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [before 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Rail classics, vol. 2, no. 2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1973

Call Number: 388.46 RAI v. 2, no. 2

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 388.46 RAI v. 2, no. 2

Place of Publication: Canoga Park, Calif.

Publisher: Challenge Publication Inc.

Publication Date: 1973

Physical Description: 82 p. : ill ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Transportation; Electric railroads; Local transit; Street-railroads; British Columbia--History

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Rail

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: "Commuting in British Columbia, Vancouver's British Columbia Electric Railway was the Canadian Equivalent of the Sprawling Pacific Electric by Ira L. Swett" -- page 40 - 45.; Details about the "Districts of Interurban line plus descriptions of different interurban cars operating in the system.

Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 10 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard ; 76 cm x 102 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of - ReSubdivision / of / Lots 1-18 inclusive / Blocks 20 and 21 / in Sub…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 10 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard ; 76 cm x 102 cm

Material Details: Scales [between 1:792 and 1:4752]; Index number on edge of board reads: "4"

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of - ReSubdivision / of / Lots 1-18 inclusive / Blocks 20 and 21 / in Subdivision / of / Lot 53 -Gr.1 / New Westminster District" / "Subdivision Lot Numbers - Shown in Red". Plan is bordered by First Street / Jorgenson's Line / Fourth Avenue and Second Street with Fifith Avenue running through the centre. There is an index in the upper right corner of the plan. Planned is signed by "Peter Byrne" and "William R. Phillips" and dated July 28, 1908. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of / Lot 159 / and a Portion of Lot 158 / Group One / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Lots 96 and 97; South Wilson Street; North Arm Road and Lot 160 / Power House Road (Lot 155 A). B.C.E.R. Gilley Station is identified in the upper right corner of the plan. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint plan identified as "Subdvs 10, L 88 and Lot 25, G. 1" Plan identifies Cumberland Street running from top to the bottom and a Ravine running alongside with the Jensen house, stable and barn. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint Plan of "Lot 153. G. 1 /New Westminster District". Plan identifies the "New Westminster & Vancouver Tramway" and the "New Westminster and Vancouver Road" running through the plan of Lot 53. (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Blueprint plan of "Profile on Proposed North Rd. Diversion". 2. Blueprint plan (no title) showing wood lots north of Burnaby Lake and Brunette River and west of North Road. Various lots are identified as "Heavily Timbered" (Lot 57); "Splendid Fir and Cedar / Heavy Fir etc. / Fine Cedar" (Lots 143, 148); "Rough Light Timber," (Lot 56); "Some Fir and Cedar" (Lot 40). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of Lot 87, Gr.1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Burnaby Lake at the top and Hastings Road / Lot 86 at the bottom and Lot 90 to the east. "Albert J. Hill B.C.LotS." Annotation in ink reads: " J.A. Brownlee, B.C.L.S. / Subdivision / Map 1494 / Bd. 248". Plan is signed by "Peter Byrne, Reeve" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint plan of Subdivisions along either side of Douglas Road including Lots 117; 119; 74; 80; 79 and 77. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Blueprint "Plan / of / Subdivision of / Lot 27 / in Subdivision / of / Lot 30 / Group One / New Westminster District" Plan is bordered by Lot 26, Lot 28 and Hastings Rd. Lot 27 runs north of Edmonds Street. , "Albert J. Hill, B.C.LotS." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Blueprint plan identified as a "Cultivated Orchard" including the names "W. Grace" and "G. Mead" located north of the North Arm Fraser River and west of "Twentieth Street_ City Boundary". Handwritten annotation in coloured pencil reads: "Portion of Lot 172" (Geographic location: Burnaby)

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Names: Brownlee, James Harrison; Grace, W.; Mead, G.; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street; North Road; Hastings Street; Douglas Road

Accession Code: HV977.93.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1908]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area; Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scale: 72

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches); The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”-

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
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Tramline tracks

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company tramline track on Sixth Street and Twelfth Avenue. George Leaf's General Store, located at 7745 Sixth Street is visible on the left and Cliff's Car Factory located at 7730 Sixth Street is visible on the right. George Leaf's store burned down…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company tramline track on Sixth Street and Twelfth Avenue. George Leaf's General Store, located at 7745 Sixth Street is visible on the left and Cliff's Car Factory located at 7730 Sixth Street is visible on the right. George Leaf's store burned down in 1913. The Car factory was established in 1902 and sometime in the 1920s, it became James Brookes Woodworking Plant.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: 6th Street; 12th Avenue

Street Address: 7730 6th Street; 7745 6th Street

Accession Code: BV995.10.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1905]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Vancouver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Vancouver" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Vancouver" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48."

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV973.41.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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William George Alcock

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1922]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph William George Alcock in his British Columbia Electric Railway uniform with his hand in his breast pocket. He was an interurban tram conductor before 1922.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph William George Alcock in his British Columbia Electric Railway uniform with his hand in his breast pocket. He was an interurban tram conductor before 1922.

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV004.90.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [before 1922]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Notes on verso of photograph read: "Wm. G. Alcock", "15" and "15A"

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William George Alcock, [before 1922] thumbnail

Tram car plaque

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1971]

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the dedication plaque mounted on Interurban tram car no. 1223. The plaque reads: "This interurban tram car was built in 1913 be the St. Louis Car Co. for The British Columbia Electric Railway Co. and operated over that company's three lines in Burnaby until abandonment, November 17th …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the dedication plaque mounted on Interurban tram car no. 1223. The plaque reads: "This interurban tram car was built in 1913 be the St. Louis Car Co. for The British Columbia Electric Railway Co. and operated over that company's three lines in Burnaby until abandonment, November 17th 1956. Throughout the nearly fifty years of its existence this tram and seventy similar cars carried many thousands of settlers and commuters and helped to build Burnaby into a thriving community of over 80,000." / "Dedicated and placed here by Burnaby Historical Society, Nov. 30th 1958." The tram was displayed at the Edmonds Bus Loop at Edmonds Street and Kingsway.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Burnaby Historical Society

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV005.54.420

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1971]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: August 11, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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