"Burnaby Lake Area" found 14 records

Bird's Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print on paper ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Ave…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print on paper ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Material Details: Scale indeterminable

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Avenue (Pole Line Road); Gilpin Avenue; Douglas Road; trail to Vancouver Westminster Road (Kingsway); Buckingham Avenue; Haszard Street; various farms and residences including: Charles Sprott "Norland"; H.T. Ceperley "Fairacres"; Claude Hill's "Brookfield farm" and "Broadview"; F.J. Hart's "Avalon"; Miss Woodward's former and new home, school and post office; Councillor Edgar's hunting cabin; Edgar Sprott's "Mayfield farm" and "Mayfield Lodge"; F.J. Peers "Greyfriars"; Arthur de Windt Haszard; Bernard Hill's boathouse as well as other landmarks including: Doran's Mill; tram stations; Burnaby Lake Store; logging camps; wood cutter's shacks; ice houses; cranberry bog; Still Creek; Deer Lake; Burnaby Lake; Deer Lake Creek; Provincial Government Reserve Proposed Hospital (later Oakalla Prison).

Creator: Adams, John; Swan, Carol

Names: Hill, Arthur Claude; Sprott, Charles Frederick; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Hart, Frederick John, 1884-1945; Ceperley, H.T.; Woodward, Maude; Woodward, Harriet; Peers, Francis J.; Haszard, Arthur de Windt; Hill, Bernard R.

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue; Sperling Avenue; Haszard Street; Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV021.1.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1977

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Related Material: See also: Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-11-12

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Compiled by John Adams; illustration by Carol Swan; The map depicts the Burnaby Lake Tram Line as being double tracked, whereas in reality it was single tracked.; Map is part of the book "Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumlibrary6314-102

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Bird's Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print with watercolour ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Ave…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print with watercolour ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Material Details: Scale indeterminable

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Avenue (Pole Line Road); Gilpin Avenue; Douglas Road; trail to Vancouver Westminster Road (Kingsway); Buckingham Avenue; Haszard Street; various farms and residences including: Charles Sprott "Norland"; H.T. Ceperley "Fairacres"; Claude Hill's "Brookfield farm" and "Broadview"; F.J. Hart's "Avalon"; Miss Woodward's former and new home, school and post office; Councillor Edgar's hunting cabin; Edgar Sprott's "Mayfield farm" and "Mayfield Lodge"; F.J. Peers "Greyfriars"; Arthur de Windt Haszard; Bernard Hill's boathouse as well as other landmarks including: Doran's Mill; tram stations; Burnaby Lake Store; logging camps; wood cutter's shacks; ice houses; cranberry bog; Still Creek; Deer Lake; Burnaby Lake; Deer Lake Creek; Provincial Government Reserve Proposed Hospital (later Oakalla Prison).

Creator: Adams, John; Swan, Carol

Names: Hill, Arthur Claude; Sprott, Charles Frederick; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Hart, Frederick John, 1884-1945; Ceperley, H.T.; Woodward, Maude; Woodward, Harriet; Peers, Francis J.; Haszard, Arthur de Windt; Hill, Bernard R.

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue; Sperling Avenue; Haszard Street; Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV021.1.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1977

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Related Material: See also: Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-11-12

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Compiled by John Adams; illustration by Carol Swan; The map depicts the Burnaby Lake Tram Line as being double tracked, whereas in reality it was single tracked.; Map is part of the book "Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumlibrary6314-102; This is a print made from original illustration and appears to be hand-coloured with watercolour at a later date.

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Burnaby - Images of Change - slide presentation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: February 1978 (date of slide show)

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides includ…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum presentation and programming series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides include; "1) Title slide; 2) Mr. and Mrs. S. Shepard Samuel, 1904; 3) The McMurray Family 1907; 4) The Bateman Family; 5) Mr. Alexis Shaw; 6) Dr. R. Ellen Walker; 7) Home of Col. J. Ward on the north side of Burnaby Lake; 8) Cameron home located on New Westminster Road - now Kingsway; 9) Home of L.C. Hill, "Brookfield" 1894; 10) Bernard Hill's home on Burnaby Lake, 1910; 11) Bateman Family residence under construction, 1920; 12) Bateman residence known as "Elworth House" completed in 1922; 13) Early logging operaton in 1890 using oxen and a skid road; 14) Steam donkey and loggers; 15) Cord wood delivery in 1925; 16) L.C. Hill's strawberry farm in 1895; 17) Strawberries being delivered to New Westminster in 1896; 18) Haying operation on Douglas Road in 1906; 19) 1906 haying scene in the Burnaby Lake area; 20) Kingsway store of Mr. C.B. Button, 1904; 21) Model Grocery stroe at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 22) Dow Grocery store at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 23) Zebulon Frank's hardware store in 1887 - Vancouver; 24) Inside of a phography shop, 1910- Vancouver; Burnaby's first Municipal Council, 1892; 25) Burnaby's first Municipal Hall opened in 1899; 27) Presbyterian Church in Westminster Road at Central Park, 1896; 28) St. John the Devine Church in 1896; 29) First school in Burnaby near Edmonds and Douglas Road; 30) School Children, 1904; 31) Miss Harriett Woodward's private school near Deer Lake, 1907; 32) Gilmore Avenue School, March 17, 1920; 33) Pupils of Edmonds Street School, 1922; 34) L.C. Hill Family picnic in July 1892; 35) Lewis Family picnic in 1910; 36) Catch of fish from Deer Lake, 1910; 37) Hunting scene in Burnaby area, 1910; 38) Burnaby's first lawn bowling green, 1907; 39) Skating on Deer Lake, 1912; 40) Skating party on Deer Lake in the winter of 1921; 41) Boating on Deer Lake, 1922; 42) Burnaby's first May Day celebration in 1925; 43) May Day, 1926; 44) Westminster to Vancouver Tram, 1892; 45) Interurban powerhouse at Edmonds and Highland Park, 1891; 46) Douglas Road, 1895; 47) Horse team hauling crushed rock for Douglas Road, 1911; 48) Horse and cart passing cleared land; 49) Cyclist, 1912; 50) The Opening of the paved road (Kingsway), 1913; 51) Painting the white line on Kingsway, 1928; 52) First auto in Burnaby circa 1905; 53) Alfred Bingham and his model T. Ford, 1931".

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.734

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: February 1978 (date of slide show)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Original photograph content ranges between 1891 and 1931.; Description of slides taken from "Slide indentification" list BV020.5.735; See also audio recording commentary BV020.5.733

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 6

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:05:45 min)

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s feelings about Burnaby as a place to live, and continues the subject of change. Bob talks of his property in Burnaby, which he purchased as acreage. He compares the Burnaby of his childhood to that of pioneers such as Tommy Irvine, describing…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:05:45 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s feelings about Burnaby as a place to live, and continues the subject of change. Bob talks of his property in Burnaby, which he purchased as acreage. He compares the Burnaby of his childhood to that of pioneers such as Tommy Irvine, describing himself as a relative newcomer. He speaks of the preservation of the Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake areas. Bob describes his disorientation in the more newly densified parts of Burnaby, and observes that traffic has increased on Burnaby streets. Bob recalls that he mostly travelled on foot or by bike. He notes that the Neville Transport Company operated the school bus he used as well as the only North-South bus route in Burnaby at that time. He mentions Pacific Stage Lines as a later operator through Burnaby.

History: Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Transportation - Buses; Transportation - Bicycles

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"; Irvine, Tom

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Deer Lake

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Tiltle based on cotents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 6, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

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Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1969-1970

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1970

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1970

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.17.11

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1970

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Publication Date: 1970

Physical Description: 111 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1960-1969; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby Central high school

Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1970-1971

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1971

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1971

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.17.10

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1971

Place of Publication: Winnipeg

Publisher: Josten's/National School Services

Publication Date: 1971

Physical Description: 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby Central high school

Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1971-1972

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1972

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1972

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.17.9

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1972

Place of Publication: Winnipeg

Publisher: Josten's/National School Services

Publication Date: 1972

Physical Description: 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby Central high school

Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1972-1973

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1973

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1973

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.30.34

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1973

Place of Publication: Winnipeg

Publisher: Josten's/National School Services

Publication Date: 1973

Physical Description: 120 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby Central high school

Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1973-1974

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1974

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1974 Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.17.8

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1974 Copy 1

Place of Publication: Winnipeg

Publisher: Josten's/National School Services

Publication Date: 1974

Physical Description: 136 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby Central high school

Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1975-1976

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1976

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1976

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.17.6

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1976

Place of Publication: Winnipeg

Publisher: Josten's/National School Services

Publication Date: 1976

Physical Description: 120 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby Central high school

Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1976-1977

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1977

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1976

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.17.5

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1976

Place of Publication: Winnipeg

Publisher: Josten's/National School Services

Publication Date: 1977

Physical Description: 136 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school yearbook for Burnaby Central high school

Burnaby Central Secondary Sechool yearbook : 1974-1975

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1975

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1975 Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.17.7

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1975 Copy 1

Place of Publication: Winnipeg

Publisher: Josten's/National School Services

Publication Date: 1975

Physical Description: 136 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Names: Burnaby Central Secondary School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby Central high school

Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 52 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 53 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00-16:47 Bill and Ellen share where they were born, grew up and went to school as citizens of the United States and how they met in Pe…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 52 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 53 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewees: Ellen and Bill Schwartz Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: May 15, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:08:52 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph information: Bill and Ellen Schwartz.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00-16:47 Bill and Ellen share where they were born, grew up and went to school as citizens of the United States and how they met in Pennsylvania the 1970s. Bill and Ellen explain how in the 1970s, they were discouraged about the current politics in the United States under the Nixon administration and how they were inspired by the “back to the land” ideals, rejecting materialism and wanting an alternative lifestyle. With these ideals in mind, they recall how in 1972 they and a few other friends decided to leave the United States, move to British Columbia with the goal of buying land in the Okanagan or Kootenay region and starting a new lifestyle for themselves. Bill and Ellen recollect how they purchased 20 acres of land in Galena Bay in the Kootenays and how they lived in the area off and on until the early 1980s. They describe how they cleared three acres of land, built a cabin, put in a garden, chicken coop and honey bees. With the challenges of the isolated location and no access to electricity they explain how they decided that they had to live elsewhere in order to make a living. Ellen talks about working as a special education teacher in Revelstoke and Slocan and how Bill obtained his teaching certificate while they lived in Nelson. Bill and Ellen describe themselves as environmentalists and of how they both became active Provincial environmentalists during the construction of the Revelstoke Dam. Bill talks about getting work with the “Energy Van” program talking about energy conservation, renewable energy and recycling. They explain how after their first child was born in 1980, they returned to Galena Bay for about a year and a half until Bill was offered a job with the Department of Energy Conservation which lead them to move to Vancouver. 16:48 – 22:46 Bill and Ellen describe their first few years of living in Vancouver and at University of British Columbia while Ellen completed her master’s degree in creative writing. During this time, they had their second child. They recall how in 1988 how they purchased a house in Burnaby, selecting to live in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. They talk about the benefits of the neighbourhood including; a French immersion school for their children, proximity to the trails around Deer Lake and having transit close by. 22:47 – 33:55 Bill and Ellen talk about their consulting business “Polestar Communications”. A Burnaby based communications consulting firm composed of three people, Ellen and Bill and colleague Richard Banner. They describe how their business got started and some of the projects that they’ve worked on including; BC Hydro’s Power Smart Program, financial literacy curriculum that was introduced in B.C. schools and reports for the Province of British Columbia. Ellen and Bill convey how Bill has been a very active member with the City of Burnaby Environment Committee, the Steering Committee to develop a sustainable environmental strategy for Burnaby, how he’s been awarded for his contributions in coaching youth sports and other areas in which they have both volunteered. 33:56 – 43:07 Ellen describes how she got started in writing educational resources about the environment and how since she completed grad school in 1984, she’s published nineteen books. Ellen conveys how her first book was published and sold to the Province of British Columbia as part of the B.C. educational curriculum on the environment. Ellen talks about some of the children’s books that she’s written and published with themes including; social justice, the labour movement and racism in sports. Ellen describes some of her books and the research that she’s done. 43:08 – 51:04 Ellen and Bill Schwartz reflect on what they like about living in Burnaby. They talk about the benefits of their neighbourhood including; performances at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, the Burnaby Art Gallery and Deer Lake as well as having access to parks and community centres in Burnaby. 51:05-56:36 Bill and Ellen reflect on their involvement in the Jewish community, considering themselves non-secular Jews. Ellen talks about how they were involved with “Burquest” a Jewish Community Association and how they often observe some of the Jewish holidays including Hanukah and traditions including the Jewish coming of age ritual, bar mitzvah (masc.) and bat mistvah (fem.). Ellen mentions her involvement with the “Jone Betty Stuchner Oy Vey! Funniest Children’s book Award” where she acts a judge and her involvement with the Jewish Book festival and that she is a recipient of the Jewish Book award. 56:37 – 1:08:53 Bill and Ellen reflect on their 35 years living in Burnaby and how they’ve seen it change. They talk about the increased development and density in the city, how they are troubled by a lack of low income housing, the benefits and importance of public transportation and preservation of green space including Burnaby parks.

History: Interviewees' biographies: Ellen Schwartz was born in Washington, DC, (1950) but grew up in New Jersey. She attended the Universities of Chicago and Wisconsin before moving to a farm in Pennsylvania, where she met her future husband Bill Schwartz. Bill Schwartz grew up in and around Philadelphia (b. 1947), and attended Pennsylvania State University. After travelling, and discouraged with life in eastern America, he and Ellen decided that British Columbia held better prospects. Bill and Ellen quit their jobs in 1972 and moved to the Kootenay region where they adopted a “back to the land” lifestyle, a very new experience for both of them. After eight years of modest success, and occasional work in nearby towns, they opted to return to Vancouver where Bill had work and where they could raise a family more easily. They rented in Vancouver for a few years before moving to family housing at UBC, while Ellen studied creative writing. Bill founded a communications and writing company, and in 1988 they purchased a home in Burnaby. Ellen launched a new career as a writer, mainly for children young adults. Both were active in their careers, raising a family, and participating in local social and political activities. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Environmental Issues; Environmental Issues - Environmental Protection; Geographic Features; Geographic Features - Parks; Housing; Occupations; Occupations - Entrepreneurs; Occupations - Writers; Persons - Volunteers; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Religions; Religions - Judaism

Names: Schwartz, William "Bill"; Schwartz, Ellen; City of Burnaby; Polestar Communications; British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby

Images

Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023 thumbnail

Documents

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Audio Tracks

Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0006_003.mp3

Official Sod Turning Ceremony for Heritage Village

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 11 1971 (date of original), digitized in 2011

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (3 min., 11 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, b&w, sd., stereo

Scope and Content: Film of Vintage car parade ending with the sod turning ceremony at Heritage Park Museum. CBC news item April 11, 1971.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (3 min., 11 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, b&w, sd., stereo

Material Details: Script read by Mike Dobson; Film footage was edited and digitized by Oliver Glaser at Newsreel Productions; Audio production by emBall Productions

Scope and Content: Film of Vintage car parade ending with the sod turning ceremony at Heritage Park Museum. CBC news item April 11, 1971.

History: This footage was originally shot in 16 mm, on Sunday, April 11, 1971, and broadcast on CBC television. The original footage was silent: when it was broadcast, a news announcer read from a script to describe the events. In 2011, the footage was digitized. The original script was read by an actor, recorded, and added to the digitized footage to create this film.