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1958 Centennial Committee
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55590
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide (Munshaw) ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of forty-one Burnaby Centennial Committee members at the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain. John Shaw, Municipal Clerk, can be seen in the second row from the front, 6th from the left and Reverend Faulkner is seated in the front row, second from the left. The rest are unide…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Civil Service series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide (Munshaw) ; 7 x 7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-065
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of forty-one Burnaby Centennial Committee members at the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain. John Shaw, Municipal Clerk, can be seen in the second row from the front, 6th from the left and Reverend Faulkner is seated in the front row, second from the left. The rest are unidentified.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on vero reads: "1958 Centennial Cmte. Burnaby Mtn"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Centennial Way
- Street Address
- 100 Centennial Way
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Blacksmith shops, [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200000180008.jpg?width=280)
Blacksmith shops
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1947
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w composite ; 26 x 30.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39 cm
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of various aspects of unidentified blacksmith shops including interiors, equipment and exteriors.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w composite ; 26 x 30.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39 cm
- Material Details
- Composite is comprised of ten photographs
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of various aspects of unidentified blacksmith shops including interiors, equipment and exteriors.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.18.8
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of either of these committees.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/8/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Blacksmith shops, [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200000180008.jpg)
Burnaby : A Cultural Inventory and Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88271
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an autographed (L.J. Evenden) copy of "Burnaby: A Cultural Inventory and Resource Guide". The resource guide was designed by Terry Fowler, compiled by the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee and edited by L.J. Evenden in honour of Burnaby's Centennial in 1992. The resource guide conso…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS187-011
- Access Restriction
- Open Access
- Accession Number
- 2014-28
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an autographed (L.J. Evenden) copy of "Burnaby: A Cultural Inventory and Resource Guide". The resource guide was designed by Terry Fowler, compiled by the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee and edited by L.J. Evenden in honour of Burnaby's Centennial in 1992. The resource guide consolidates information on the sources of records about Burnaby. It gives locations and sources of information on the history, institutions, neighborhoods, as well as regional and ethnic communities in Burnaby. The guide is in two parts with the first part providing synopses of oral history interviews while the second part provides a guide to archival and other media and document sources held by many groups, organizations and institutions in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Centennial '71 New Year's Day ceremony outside of Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13643
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1 Jan 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of officials gathered for Burnaby Centennial '71 New Year's Day ceremony outside of Burnaby Municipal Hal. Centennial flags are layed out onto two tables. Burnaby Centennial Committee member and master of ceremonies Sandy Stewart is speaking at the microphone. Officials standing behind h…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of officials gathered for Burnaby Centennial '71 New Year's Day ceremony outside of Burnaby Municipal Hal. Centennial flags are layed out onto two tables. Burnaby Centennial Committee member and master of ceremonies Sandy Stewart is speaking at the microphone. Officials standing behind him include; Burnaby Centennial '71 chair James Barrington, Monsignor Brown, Member of Legislative Assembly Mr. Jim Lorimer and Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee co-ordinator Mary Trainer.The ground is covered in snow. identified include;
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennials
- Officials - Aldermen and Councillors
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Names
- Barrington, James Alfred "Jim"
- Stewart, A.B. "Sandy"
- Lorimer, James G "Jim"
- Brown, Monsignor
- Trainer, Mary
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.538
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1 Jan 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- August 11, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Burnaby Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62828
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item is entitled, "Burnaby Lake" with the subtitle reading, "A Submission to the Burnaby Centennial Committee: presented by the Burnaby Lake Boosters' Association / March 1965" created in effort to secure Centennial phase of development at Burnaby Lake.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS096-007
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is entitled, "Burnaby Lake" with the subtitle reading, "A Submission to the Burnaby Centennial Committee: presented by the Burnaby Lake Boosters' Association / March 1965" created in effort to secure Centennial phase of development at Burnaby Lake.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Mountain sod turning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11934
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- October 7, 1957 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel (1 min., 22 sec.) : acetate, b&w, silent ; 16 mm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a silent CBUT News item from October 7, 1957 titled "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning". The film documents the memorable occasion of the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Project with Lieutenant Governor Frank M. Ross providing a brief address to the attendees before taking a shovel to turn…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel (1 min., 22 sec.) : acetate, b&w, silent ; 16 mm
- Material Details
- Label around film container reads: "CBUT NEWS ITEM of October 7, 1957 "BURNABY MOUNTAIN SOD TURNING" ( Duncan) on permanent loan to Burnaby Centennial Comm."
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a silent CBUT News item from October 7, 1957 titled "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning". The film documents the memorable occasion of the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Project with Lieutenant Governor Frank M. Ross providing a brief address to the attendees before taking a shovel to turn the sod. Other attendees identified include, Councillor Sam Hughes of the Centennial Committee and British Columbia Recreation Minister, Honourable Earl C. Westwood. This event marks the development of a portion of Burnaby Mountain park including the erection of a Centennial building which opened in 1958. The film footage captures views of Burrard Inlet from the mountain top as well as newly erected roads on Burnaby mountain. According to the Burnaby Adverstiser (Vol. 25 No. 27 - October 10, 1957 p.1), Lieutenant Governor Frank M. Ross provided a brief address for the sod turning ceremony which is quoted; "What Burnaby has undertaken is not merely to celebrate the Centennial observance, but it has started something which will last down through the years and provide a lot of pleasure for future generations."
- History
- This event marks the beginning of a Centennial project to develop a park and erect a pavillion as part of the British Columbia Centennial in 1958. In October 1956, a Burnaby Centennial Committee was appointed to govern over the project with the Reeve and Council at the head of the committee. Councillor S.E. Hughes was appointed as Chairman and W.M. Morrison as Vice Chairman with the organizational structure to include the provision for Honorary Vice Chairman, secretary, treasurer, advisory staff and representative delegates from community groups and working committees. In September 1957, the Centennial Committee submitted detailed plans for a proposed building to be located on the Centennial site on Burnaby Mountain together with a recommendation to create a Building Committee as part of the Centennial Committee. In November 1957, the Burnaby Centennial Committee recommended that the new road from Badger Street and Hastings Street to the Burnaby Mountain site be named Centennial Way. January 1958, councillors Mather and Jamieson were appointed to the committee by council to replace former council members that were no longer in office. Councillor Mather was appointed as Vice Chairman. CBUT station was owned by CBC and was first broadcast on December 16, 1953. "In 1975, the CBC consolidated its Vancouver radio and television operations into one building. Prior to this, CBC's Vancouver radio properties – CBU (690 AM), CBU-FM (105.7) and CBUF-FM (97.7) – had operated from a separate studio facility at 701 Hornby Street, within the basement of the Hotel Vancouver. Together, those stations formed the basis of the Regional Broadcast Centre at 700 Hamilton Street, a few blocks east of its previous radio and television facilities.
- Responsibility
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Accession Code
- HV971.30.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- October 7, 1957 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Copyright is held by CBC
Images
Video
Burnaby Mountain sod turning, October 7, 1957 (date of original), digitized in 2020
Burnaby Mountain sod turning, October 7, 1957 (date of original), digitized in 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/1971_0030_0002_001.mp4Century of Music
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65648
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 programme
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy of the programme for "Century of Music" produced by the Burnaby Centennial Committee.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 programme
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42578
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-22
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy of the programme for "Century of Music" produced by the Burnaby Centennial Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Don Brown unveiling commemorative citation during opening ceremonies for carousel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18284
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 27 Mar. 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.negative ; 5.6 x 4.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Centennial Committee chair Donald N. "Don" Brown unveiling commemorative citation during the opening ceremonies for the 1912 Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and Don Wrigley Pavillion at the Burnaby Village Museum. The commemorative citation ac…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Carousel photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.negative ; 5.6 x 4.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Centennial Committee chair Donald N. "Don" Brown unveiling commemorative citation during the opening ceremonies for the 1912 Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and Don Wrigley Pavillion at the Burnaby Village Museum. The commemorative citation acknowledges the support of the Burnaby Centennial Committee for the "Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel".
- Names
- Brown, Donald N. "Don"
- Accession Code
- BV022.2.138
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 27 Mar. 1993
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 1200
- Scan Date
- 2022-02-16
- Photographer
- Kallberg, Kent
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Negative number 13 of Roll #3
- Sticker on verso of accompanying contact sheet reads: "Kallberg / Kent Kallberg Studios Ltd. / Studio & Commercial Photography / 1138 Homer Street, Vancouver / Canada V6B 2X6 / Studio (604) 689-5115 / Fax: (604) 685-6886 / FILE: BURNABY VILLAGE MUSEUM / EVENT CAROUSEL OPENING / DATE: SAT 27th MAR, 1993 / ROLL # 3"
Images
![Drawing of Hill Street in Heritage Park, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/2000_0018_0013_001.jpg?width=280)
Drawing of Hill Street in Heritage Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11403
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 25.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a design presentation drawing of Hill Street inside Heritage Park created for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. The drawing was created by Rudy Kovach of "Hopping/Kovach/Grinnell" Design Consultants. The drawing is of a street scene of Heritage Park with buildings and figures. The bui…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 25.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a design presentation drawing of Hill Street inside Heritage Park created for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. The drawing was created by Rudy Kovach of "Hopping/Kovach/Grinnell" Design Consultants. The drawing is of a street scene of Heritage Park with buildings and figures. The building at the end of the street appears to be a fire hall which was never built.
- History
- Burnaby's Centennial Project was conceived to re-create a permanent memorial to colonial settlement on the west coast based on the period between 1890 and 1920. The commemorative project was initiated by The Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in close co-operation with the Burnaby Historical Society, Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission and Project Consultants: Hopping, Kovach, Grinnell, Design Consultants Ltd.; General Contractor : Ballarin Bros. Ltd; Finish Contractor: Franco Pozzollo - Trevi Construction; Architects: Donald Erb and Associates; Landscape: Burnaby Parks & Recreation; Mechanical: Slinn S.P. and Co. Ltd. and Electrical: Arnold Nemetz Engineering. Student Labour from Douglas College and Simon Fraser University provided by "Operation Ahoy" (in conjunction with the Opportunities for Youth programme). The Century Park Museum Association held it's founding meeting on October 26, 1971 in the Council Chambers of the Burnaby Municipal Hall. The Association was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee, to adminster Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project, "Heritage Village" located at Canada Way and Deer Lake Avenue. The original project proposal included a museum, blacksmith shop, buggy and bicycle shop, print shop, general store, green grocery store, ice cream parlour, dentist office, apothecary shop and jail. The first phase of the Heritage Village (Park) was officially opened on November 19, 1971. For the opening the Print Shop, Blacksmith Shop and Pharmacy were operating. The General Store, Land Registry Office, Chinese Store, Bike and Buggy Repair Shop and Barber-Dentist were filled with temporary exhibits illustrating the future plans. The schoolhouse featured a class in penmanship given by Mr. H.B. MacLean to a group of children dressed in period costume. Coffee was served to those attending in the area which will be developed as an Ice Cream Parlour. The Interurban Tram from Kingsway and Edmonds was partially restored for the opening.
- Creator
- Kovach, Rudy
- Accession Code
- BV000.18.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of either of these committees.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 17-Oct-19
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Signature in lower right corner reads: "R.Kovach"
Images
![Drawing of Hill Street in Heritage Park, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/2000_0018_0013_001.jpg)
![Elevation drawings of Heritage Park, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/2000_0018_0010_001.jpg?width=280)
Elevation drawings of Heritage Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11400
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 25.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a design presentation drawing of two elevations for Heritage Park created for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. The drawing was created by Rudy Kovach of "Hopping/Kovach/Grinnell" Design Consultants. In this drawing both the east and west sides of Hill Street in Heritage Park are visi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 25.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a design presentation drawing of two elevations for Heritage Park created for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. The drawing was created by Rudy Kovach of "Hopping/Kovach/Grinnell" Design Consultants. In this drawing both the east and west sides of Hill Street in Heritage Park are visible. The east side of the street includes buildings (left to right); The Ice Cream Parlour, Chinese Apothecary, Municipal Hall and Print Shop. The west side of the street includes buildings (left to right); Bicycle and Buggy Shop, General Store and Village Trading Post (giftshop).
- History
- Burnaby's Centennial Project was conceived to re-create a permanent memorial to colonial settlement on the west coast based on the period between 1890 and 1920. The commemorative project was initiated by The Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in close co-operation with the Burnaby Historical Society, Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission and Project Consultants: Hopping, Kovach, Grinnell, Design Consultants Ltd.; General Contractor : Ballarin Bros. Ltd; Finish Contractor: Franco Pozzollo - Trevi Construction; Architects: Donald Erb and Associates; Landscape: Burnaby Parks & Recreation; Mechanical: Slinn S.P. and Co. Ltd. and Electrical: Arnold Nemetz Engineering. Student Labour from Douglas College and Simon Fraser University provided by "Operation Ahoy" (in conjunction with the Opportunities for Youth programme). The Century Park Museum Association held it's founding meeting on October 26, 1971 in the Council Chambers of the Burnaby Municipal Hall. The Association was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee, to adminster Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project, "Heritage Village" located at Canada Way and Deer Lake Avenue. The original project proposal included a museum, blacksmith shop, buggy and bicycle shop, print shop, general store, green grocery store, ice cream parlour, dentist office, apothecary shop and jail. The first phase of the Heritage Village (Park) was officially opened on November 19, 1971. For the opening the Print Shop, Blacksmith Shop and Pharmacy were operating. The General Store, Land Registry Office, Chinese Store, Bike and Buggy Repair Shop and Barber-Dentist were filled with temporary exhibits illustrating the future plans. The schoolhouse featured a class in penmanship given by Mr. H.B. MacLean to a group of children dressed in period costume. Coffee was served to those attending in the area which will be developed as an Ice Cream Parlour. The Interurban Tram from Kingsway and Edmonds was partially restored for the opening.
- Creator
- Kovach, Rudy
- Accession Code
- BV000.18.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of either of these committees.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Signature in lower right corner reads: "R.Kovach"
Images
![Elevation drawings of Heritage Park, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/2000_0018_0010_001.jpg)
Elevation drawings of Heritage Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17540
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print with col. ; 36 x 91 cm + 35 x 91 cm, mounted on board 71 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation illustration of two elevations for Heritage Park created for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. The illustration was created by Rudy Kovach of "Hopping/Kovach/Grinnell" Design Consultants. In this drawing both the east and west sides of Hill Street in Heritage Park ar…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print with col. ; 36 x 91 cm + 35 x 91 cm, mounted on board 71 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation illustration of two elevations for Heritage Park created for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. The illustration was created by Rudy Kovach of "Hopping/Kovach/Grinnell" Design Consultants. In this drawing both the east and west sides of Hill Street in Heritage Park are visible. The east side of the street includes buildings (left to right); The Ice Cream Parlour, Chinese Apothecary, Municipal Hall and Print Shop. The west side of the street includes buildings (left to right); Bicycle and Buggy Shop, General Store and Village Trading Post (giftshop).
- Creator
- Kovach, Rudy
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.177
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of either of these committees.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of drawing
- see also photograph BV000.18.10
Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee - Contract 2 - Elevation, Section & Details
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11679
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 89 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Heritage Village "Elevation, Section and Details / Contract 2 / Plan A-4" "Job no. 71-006".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 89 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Heritage Village "Elevation, Section and Details / Contract 2 / Plan A-4" "Job no. 71-006".
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.15
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Transcribed Title; Additional Text on plan reads: "Received July 5, 1971" ; "Approved March 23, 1971"; signed by Professional Engineer
Heritage Park - Phase I & II
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 116 cm folded to 59 x 58 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a site plan of Phase I and Phase II of Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. Site plan includes buildings labelled A to Q.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 116 cm folded to 59 x 58 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1" = 20'-0"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a site plan of Phase I and Phase II of Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. Site plan includes buildings labelled A to Q.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.1
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- March 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Heritage Park site plan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [March 1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- Architectural site plan for Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) with the follwing buildings identified as: A: admission gate; B: Baker House; C: School House (behind house); D: bandstand; F: Fire Hall (crossed out); G: General Store building with jail, print shop, bicycle shop, buggy shop; H…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Material Details
- Scale [ca. 1:20]
- Scope and Content
- Architectural site plan for Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) with the follwing buildings identified as: A: admission gate; B: Baker House; C: School House (behind house); D: bandstand; F: Fire Hall (crossed out); G: General Store building with jail, print shop, bicycle shop, buggy shop; H: Ice Cream Parlour building with bank, dentist, apothecary; I: Blacksmith and harness shop; J: future exhibits; K: Municipal Hall; L: service and administration building; M: Sawmill; N: Saw Shop and Shake Splitting; O: Log Cabin; P: shelter and farmyard; Q: Tram and tram station.
- History
- Burnaby's Centennial Project was conceived to re-create a permanent memorial to "founders of our west coast society", how they lived, how they worked, played and created the basic pattern of our present city. The project was patterned after "Barkerville" and "Upper Canada Village". The Municipality of Burnaby assembled components of a park on a five acre site located on the east side of Century Gardens and just north of Deer Lake. The site was named "Heritage Village" which would be compirised of an 1890s townsite with a Main Street bordered by workshops, businesses and offices and a village square with a bandstand, a maple tree and boardwalks. The commemorative project was initiated by The Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in close co-operation with the Burnaby Historical Society, Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission and Project Consultants: Hopping, Kovach, Grinnell, Design Consultants Ltd.; General Contractor : Ballarin Bros. Ltd; Finish Contractor: Franco Pozzollo - Trevi Construction; Architects: Donald Erb and Associates; Landscape: Burnaby Parks & Recreation; Mechanical: Slinn S.P. and Co. Ltd. and Electrical: Arnold Nemetz Engineering. Student Labour from Douglas College and Simon Fraser University provided by "Operation Ahoy" (in conjunction with the Opportunities for Youth programme). The first installation of "Heritage Village" was funded by a combination of Federal, Provincial and Municipal grants with work beginning on April 10, 1971. The Century Park Museum Association held it's founding meeting on October 26, 1971 in the Council Chambers of the Burnaby Municipal Hall. The Association was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee, to adminster Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project, "Heritage Village" located at Canada Way and Deer Lake Avenue. The first phase of the Heritage Village (Park) was officially opened on November 19, 1971. The project included the following buildings; a blacksmith shop, buggy and bicycle shop, general store, land registry office, schoolhouse, print shop, apothecary shop, Barber - dentist, Chinese shop window display, ice cream parlour, Interurban tram and station, restored country home (E.W. Bateman house).
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.18.6
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- [March 1971]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of the CPMA.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of architectural drawing
- Note in pencil reads: "This layout gives 31 cars / @ 8'6" stalls"
Holding a bell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12905
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people holding a bell. Burnaby Parks Commissioner and former chair of the Burnaby Centennial Committee, James A. Barrington is identified on the left and Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable is identified on the right.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people holding a bell. Burnaby Parks Commissioner and former chair of the Burnaby Centennial Committee, James A. Barrington is identified on the left and Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable is identified on the right.
- Subjects
- Events - Anniversaries
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.582
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1976
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 9-Apr-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_1.mp3Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory465
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:08
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the location of the North Burnaby Fire Department fire hall and the location of the six fire halls subsequently built for the combined north and south department. He also talks about Fred Blake, Lewis Auvache and Henry Chapman, early member…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the location of the North Burnaby Fire Department fire hall and the location of the six fire halls subsequently built for the combined north and south department. He also talks about Fred Blake, Lewis Auvache and Henry Chapman, early members of the department who were also interested in the department's history.
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:08
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Al Nixon
Track two of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_2.mp3Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory466
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1927-1990
- Length
- 00:04:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.
- Date Range
- 1927-1990
- Length
- 00:04:05
- Names
- Waddell, Gordon
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Al Nixon
Track three of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_3.mp3Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory467
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1945-1990
- Length
- 00:06:11
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the inhalator equipment used by the department starting in 1945. Al Nixon describes 50% of the calls received by the department as "pre-hospital care", and that the department is an emergency service rather than just a fire department. He also describes the 19…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the inhalator equipment used by the department starting in 1945. Al Nixon describes 50% of the calls received by the department as "pre-hospital care", and that the department is an emergency service rather than just a fire department. He also describes the 1990 department staffing and equipment level.
- Date Range
- 1945-1990
- Length
- 00:06:11
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track four of interview with Al Nixon
Track four of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_4.mp3Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory468
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1980-1990
- Length
- 00:05:26
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the purchase and location of the first fire hydrants in Burnaby by the Waterworks Department, and about disputes about the areas covered by adjacent fire departments, in particular who covered District Lot 172 between Burnaby and New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the purchase and location of the first fire hydrants in Burnaby by the Waterworks Department, and about disputes about the areas covered by adjacent fire departments, in particular who covered District Lot 172 between Burnaby and New Westminster.
- Date Range
- 1980-1990
- Length
- 00:05:26
- Subjects
- Public Services - Fire Protection
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with Al Nixon
Track five of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_5.mp3