Brunette River Basin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport18789
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 2234
- Meeting Date
- 30-Nov-1981
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 60
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 2234
- Meeting Date
- 30-Nov-1981
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 60
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Brunette River Basin Tour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport18460
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 2567
- Meeting Date
- 10-May-1982
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 2567
- Meeting Date
- 10-May-1982
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Brunette River Basin Tour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport18707
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 2318
- Meeting Date
- 11-Jan-1982
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 2318
- Meeting Date
- 11-Jan-1982
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91701
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1982 - April 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists photographs of Burnaby Lake taken in late winter. The foliage around the lake is primarily brown and wilted with the first new growth of Spring just emerging. Canadian geese swim on the lake in the foreground of several of the photographs, with snow-covered mountains and the Loughee…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1982 - April 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists photographs of Burnaby Lake taken in late winter. The foliage around the lake is primarily brown and wilted with the first new growth of Spring just emerging. Canadian geese swim on the lake in the foreground of several of the photographs, with snow-covered mountains and the Lougheed Mall skyline visible in the distance. Also included in the file is one photograph of the forest alongside the Brunette River.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from label on slide sheets photographs originally housed in
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Brunette River
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
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
Bylaw Number: 8396 - Capital Works, Machinery and Equipment Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No 4, 1985
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw15982
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 8396
- Final Adoption
- 1985 Aug 12
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 8396
- Final Adoption
- 1985 Aug 12
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Construction of North Road and the Brunette River Bridge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport16054
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9526
- Meeting Date
- 23-Sep-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 59
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9526
- Meeting Date
- 23-Sep-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 59
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Contract # 8511 - Brunette River Bridge Replacement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15977
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9681
- Meeting Date
- 21-Oct-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 66
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9681
- Meeting Date
- 21-Oct-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 66
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Fish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91687
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the Cariboo Dam situated along the Brunette River and Warner's fish lift located adjacent to the dam. Photographs depict the interior and exterior of the fish lift, the information sign for the lift, and a group of fisherman working in the river.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the Cariboo Dam situated along the Brunette River and Warner's fish lift located adjacent to the dam. Photographs depict the interior and exterior of the fish lift, the information sign for the lift, and a group of fisherman working in the river.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from binder divider photographs were originally housed behind.
- Note in red ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-005-11 : 618-005-23 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Warner's Fish Lift".
- Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-005-24 : 618-005-37 were originally housed in read: "Brunette River Dam".
- One of the fishermen is identified as Joe Calks in photograph 618-005-4
- Geographic Access
- Brunette River
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Interview with John Templeton, Alan James and Christine Leston by Kathy Bossort October 26, 2015 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory587
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1970-2015
- Length
- 0:14:04
- Summary
- This portion of the interview introduces John Templeton, Alan James and Christine Leston, three members of the stream keepers group Stoney Creek Environment Committee (SCEC), and their description of The Great Salmon Send-Off event on Stoney Creek and its start in 1990. John Templeton also talks ab…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview introduces John Templeton, Alan James and Christine Leston, three members of the stream keepers group Stoney Creek Environment Committee (SCEC), and their description of The Great Salmon Send-Off event on Stoney Creek and its start in 1990. John Templeton also talks about the life cycle of chum and coho salmon.
- Date Range
- 1970-2015
- Length
- 0:14:04
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Streams
- Events
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Persons - Volunteers
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Brunette River
- Stoney Creek
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 26, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Templeton, Alan James & Christine Leston, members of the Stoney Creek Environment Committee, conducted by Kathy Bossort. The three members of SCEC were among 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history and work of the stream keeper group Stoney Creek Environment Committee (SCEC) and the Stoney Creek Environmental Working Group, and about SCEC’s founder Jennifer Atkinson. The interview is made richer by the complementary views of the three interviewees, John Templeton (SCEC Chair), Alan James (Member-at-Large - Education), and Christine Leston (Treasurer).
- Biographical Notes
- The Stoney Creek Environment Committee is a streamkeeper group and registered non-profit society dedicated to protecting and restoring viable salmon-bearing streams within the Stoney Creek Watershed. (Stoney Creek originates on Burnaby Mountain and is part of the Brunette watershed which empties into the Fraser River.) The volunteer group, formed in 1995, was guided by the tireless efforts of Jennifer Atchison (1938-2010) after whom the Jennifer Atchison Environmental Centre in North Burnaby is named. The volunteer members of SCEC monitor water quality, generate inventories and reports on the biophysical assets and health of the watershed, provide educational opportunities, enhance stream and stream bank habitat, and speak on behalf of the Stoney Creek watershed. One of its key events is The Great Salmon Send-Off, the release of young salmon into Stoney Creek in May, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2015. The Stoney Creek Environmental Working Group (1999-present), managed by the City of Burnaby, undertakes to coordinate the actions of all stakeholders in the Stoney Creek watershed. It is comprised of representatives from community groups, such as SCEC, governmental and institutional agencies, and industries who are committed to sustaining and improving the quality of the Stoney Creek watershed’s water, wildlife and environment. John Templeton, currently SCEC Chair, joined SCEC in 2004. He was born in Coleraine ,County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1957, and after immigrating to Canada, came to live in Burnaby in 1992, first in Forest Grove (1992-2014) and then in Forest Hills. He works as a millwright. Alan James,Member-at-large - Education, joined SCEC in 2003 He was born in 1939 in Berkeley, California, and came to live in Burnaby in about 2000. He is a retired geophycisist and computer consultant. Christine Leston joined SCEC in 1997, serving first as Secretary and then as Treasurer. She was born in 1943 in Cheshire, England, and came to live in Burnaby in 1974, first in Greentree Village, then Simon Fraser Village (1974-2004) and now the Edmonds area. She is a retired technical writer.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 2:08:27
- Interviewee Name
- Templeton, John R.
- James, Alan C.
- Leston, Christine
- Interview Location
- Jennifer Atchison Environmental Centre, 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 one of interview with John Templeton, Alan James & Christine Leston
Track one of interview with John Templeton, Alan James & Christine Leston
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-006/MSS196-006_Track_1.mp3Letter from Sapperton Fish and Game Club, Special Projects Committee, re: Cariboo Heights Development Adjacent the Brunette River
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport13896
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9161
- Meeting Date
- 16-May-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 36
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9161
- Meeting Date
- 16-May-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 36
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
Protestors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45370
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of protesters from the Save Love's Park Committee carrying homemade signs, some of which read; "No more concrete needed here", "Make Love a Park, not a warehouse" and "People first, fish second, buildings never." This area east of Gaglardi Way and north of the Brunette River, had Love's …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-265
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of protesters from the Save Love's Park Committee carrying homemade signs, some of which read; "No more concrete needed here", "Make Love a Park, not a warehouse" and "People first, fish second, buildings never." This area east of Gaglardi Way and north of the Brunette River, had Love's kennel on it, and had been idenified by Burnaby as a potential park site in 1966 but Imperial Ventures wanted to develop it at as a warehouse complex.
- Subjects
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Brunette River
- Gaglardi Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Removing netted fish from holding tanks - Members of Sapperton Fish and Game Club: Robert and Brenda Adam; Doug and Harold Robinson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58948
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Sapperton Fish & Game Club removing netted fish from holding tanks.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1393
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Sapperton Fish & Game Club removing netted fish from holding tanks.
- Subjects
- Animals
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Caption on recto reads: "Robert Adam / Brenda Adam / Doug + Harold Robinson / Remove netted fish from holding tanks. All are members of Sapperton Fish & Game Club"
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "BUrnaby Today / 83% / A-1 / Fish"
- Geographic Access
- Brunette River
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lyndhurst Area
Images
Results of Investigation into the 1985 June 13 Toxic Chemical Discharge to Brunette River
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport16162
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9444
- Meeting Date
- 29-Jul-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 51
- Item No.
- 30
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9444
- Meeting Date
- 29-Jul-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 51
- Item No.
- 30
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Sapperton Fish and Game Club - 1989 May 28 Brunette River Open House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport12937
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12061
- Meeting Date
- 15-May-1989
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12061
- Meeting Date
- 15-May-1989
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Utilization of Municipal Lands for Brunette River Fish Enhancement Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport17927
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 104
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 11
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 104
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 11
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Utilization of municipal lands for Brunette River Fish Enhancement Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport18017
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jan-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 1
- Item No.
- 15
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jan-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 1
- Item No.
- 15
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
William Holmes fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family records series 3) Holmes family cemetery photographs series
- History
- William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby and was born in Kilkenny Ireland January 4, 1812. In 1833, at the age of 20 yrs, William Holmes immigrated to Canada from Ireland in with his parents, Joseph and Jane (McCullough) Holmes and ten other family members including two of his married brothers and their wives, two sisters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers. This was the first group of thirteen to leave Ireland and set up homesteads in Canada near the shores of Lake Huron. The family settled on land concessions in Huron County, Ontario about 14 km southeast of Goderich. The area in Huron County was first founded in 1832 by John and Samuel Holmes and the community was known as Holmes Hill before becoming Holmesville [ca. 1850]. In 1837, William Holmes is noted as owning Lot 23, Concession IX, Goderich Twp. Much of the village of Holmesville grew up around the five road concession near the border of his brother’s farm so William decided to open a store. The Holmesville post office opened on March 1, 1855 and William was appointed the first post master which he operated until May 1857. William met and married Mary Richardson in 1841 and the couple had three daughters: Jane (1844-1926) (married Charles Studdert Finlaison in New Westminster in 1863); Anne Maria (Annie) (1846-192?) (married John Gunther Jennings in New Westminster in 1865 and married Robert Johnson in New Westminster in 1877) and Elizabeth (1848-1934) (married Thomas Carrington of Lakes District in 1867). William’s wife, Mary (Richardson) Holmes died in Holmesville sometime between 1848 and 1853. Following the death of his first wife, Mary, William married Charlotte McCullough (McCulloch). The couple had four daughters; Arabella Charlotte Amelia (1854-1943) (married Arthur Robert Green in 1887); Laura (1855-1867); Arabella Henrietta (1857-1929) (married Clark Wesley Gillanders in 1880) and Mary (1863-1864). During the late 1850s, William became aware of the gold rush and opportunities opening up in British Columbia so left for the west coast in 1858 at the age of 46 yrs. In preparation for his move to the west coast of Canada, William obtained a letter of introduction from top government officials of Canada. William Holmes arrived in British Columbia in 1859. Upon arriving, he first worked running pack trains from Harrison Mills to Lillooet. After earning some money, he decided to re-invest it in land. His first pre-emption of land occurred on January 21, 1860 for 160 acres situated on North Road from the Military Camp to Burrard Inlet and distancing 25 chains south of the Brunette River and 20 chains south of the river with the land extending in a westerly direction. On March 17, 1860, Holmes received a Crown Grant for this and other land in the immediate area totalling 415 acres of which was known as Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District. The balance of land was situated on the east side of the Brunette River – Lot 13, with 344 2/3 acres of which he made an application to purchase on June 26, 1860, and a Crown Grant dated March 16, 1861 covering 86 acres. Holmes also pre-empted land in Port Moody and Pitt Meadows in 1860 and 1861. The name of “Brunette River” is officially attributed to William Holmes who referred to the river as “Brunette” due to it’s dark colour originating from the peat lands above the lake. Following his purchase of property, he sent for his wife Charlotte, their three daughters and her three step daughters (from William’s first marriage). Charlotte and the six children made the long trip to B.C. by ship and rail, crossing the Isthmus of Darien at Panama. They arrived in B.C. in October 1861 and moved into a one room log cabin built by William. The cabin stood on the North Road at the foot of Sapperton, on a bluff overlooking the Brunette River. Eventually the family moved to a larger dwelling but the original cabin remained on the site until the 1890s when it was burned after being used as a sick house. Mr. Holmes was instrumental in organizing the first Orange Lodge in British Columbia. He was a prominent Orangeman who joined the order in 1840 and was the first master in the order of the City of New Westminster when the Lodge No. 1150 was established there. Charlotte Holmes died in New Westminster in 1893 at the age of 70 years and William Holmes died in New Westminster September 11, 1907 at the age of 95 years.
- Responsibility
- Holmes, William
- Accession Code
- HV971.46
- BV997.50
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Reference file: Persons - Holmes, William
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds