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- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David 1
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Burnaby Winter Club AAA Bantam hockey game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97798
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified players in action during an AAA Bantam Provincial Hockey Championships game between the Burnaby Winter Club and the Prince George Cougars, at the Bill Copeland Arena.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3050
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified players in action during an AAA Bantam Provincial Hockey Championships game between the Burnaby Winter Club and the Prince George Cougars, at the Bill Copeland Arena.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Persons - Adolescents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "A Burnaby Winter Club forward heads up ice past the check of a Prince George Cougars' defender in early-round action at the AAA Bantam Provincial Hockey Championships, at Copeland Arena."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Sports Complex
- Kensington Avenue
- Street Address
- 3676 Kensington Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
Burnaby Winter Club Bantam hockey game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95650
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins playing the Richmond team at the 38th Bantam AAA International Tournament.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1529
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins playing the Richmond team at the 38th Bantam AAA International Tournament.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "A Burnaby Winter Club Bruins' forward can't reach the puck to put it past Richmond goalie Duncan Mathers in round robin action at the 38th Bantam AAA International Tournament at Copeland Arena."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Sports Complex
- Kensington Avenue
- Street Address
- 3676 Kensington Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
Burnaby Winter Club Bruins hockey game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95996
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a hockey game between the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins and the Vancouver Thunderbirds.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1747
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a hockey game between the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins and the Vancouver Thunderbirds.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Burnaby Winter Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1746-1: "Burnaby Winter Club Bruins' Anthony Bardaro tries to work his way around Vancouver Thunderbirds' defenceman Connor Bartholomew, in Peewee B1 action, Saturday at the Burnaby Winter Club. Burnaby won the game, 8-2, to raise their division-leading record to 13 wins and one loss."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1746-2: "A Burnaby Winter Club Bruins' forward tries to work his way around Vancouver Thunderbirds defenceman David Worsley in Peewee B1 action, Saturday at the Burnaby Winter Club. Burnaby won the game, 8-2, to raise their division-leading record to 13 wins and one loss."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Burnaby Winter Club hockey game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96175
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of two players in action during a Bantam AAA hockey game between Burnaby Winter Club and the Langley Eagles, at the Burnaby Winter Club.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1872
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of two players in action during a Bantam AAA hockey game between Burnaby Winter Club and the Langley Eagles, at the Burnaby Winter Club.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Names
- Burnaby Winter Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1872-1: "A Langley Eagles' defender stretches to deflect a shot from a Burnaby Winter Club forward in Bantam AAA hockey action, Saturday at the Burnaby Winter Club."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1872-2: "A Burnaby Winter Club forward is tripped up by a Langley Eagles' defenceman in Bantam AAA hockey action, Saturday at the Burnaby Winter Club."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Burnaby Winter Club PeeWee hockey game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96155
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two Abbotsford players running a Burnaby Winter Club player into the boards during a PeeWee AAA hockey game.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1852
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two Abbotsford players running a Burnaby Winter Club player into the boards during a PeeWee AAA hockey game.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Burnaby Winter Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "A Burnaby Winter Club forward is ridden into the boards by a pair of Abbotsford defenders in PeeWee AAA hockey action, Saturday at the Burnaby Winter Club."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Len McNeely in the Burnaby Winter Club arena
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96394
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Len McNeely, the general manager of the Burnaby Winter Club, in the main ice arena at the Club. McNeely wears a hockey jersey and is leaning against a hockey net; championship flags hang around the perimeter of the ice.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2064
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Len McNeely, the general manager of the Burnaby Winter Club, in the main ice arena at the Club. McNeely wears a hockey jersey and is leaning against a hockey net; championship flags hang around the perimeter of the ice.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Len McNeely, the general manager of the Burnaby Winter Club, admires the championship banners that surround the ice surface at the club's main arena. And with three team heading to Provincials, there may soon be more added."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Anthony Ferrari tree planting in Beecher Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97503
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anthony Ferrari, an athlete with the Burnaby Winter Club AAA Bantams hockey team, planting vegetation during an environmental event with the Toronto Dominion Bank in Beecher Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2842
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anthony Ferrari, an athlete with the Burnaby Winter Club AAA Bantams hockey team, planting vegetation during an environmental event with the Toronto Dominion Bank in Beecher Park.
- Subjects
- Persons - Athletes
- Environmental Issues
- Geographic Features - Creeks
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Names
- Burnaby Winter Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Anthony Ferrari , a player with the Burnaby Winter Club AAA Bantams, does his part to help restore the natural habitat around Beecher Creek. Members of the team joined staff from the Toronto Dominion Bank Saturday to plant trees and native vegetation in the ongoing effort to maintain the creek as a home for fish as it passes through Beecher Park."
- Geographic Access
- Beecher Park
- Springer Avenue
- Street Address
- 1255 Springer Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
Female Senior AAA Provincial Hockey Championships game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96334
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a 2003 Female Senior AAA Provincial Hockey Championships game between the Vancouver Griffins and the BC Outback. Photographs depict goalie Natalie Fish blocking a shot by the Vancouver Griffins' player Natalie Christensen, and Vancouver Griffins player Cammi Granato bei…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a 2003 Female Senior AAA Provincial Hockey Championships game between the Vancouver Griffins and the BC Outback. Photographs depict goalie Natalie Fish blocking a shot by the Vancouver Griffins' player Natalie Christensen, and Vancouver Griffins player Cammi Granato being checked by BC Outback player Sheri Schmidt.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Names
- Burnaby Winter Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2015-1: "Vancouver Griffins' Natalie Christensen is thwarted on a scoring attempt by BC Outback goalie Natalie Fish, in first period action of their game at the 2003 Female Senior AAA Provincial Hockey Championships, Saturday at the Burnaby Winter Club. The Griffins won this game, 9-0, and went on to defeat the Richmond Steelers in the championship final, 6-3."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2015-2: "Vancouver Griffins forward Cammi Granato is knocked off the puck by BC Outback defenseman Sheri Schmidt, in first period action of their game at the 2003 Female Senior AAA Provincial Hockey Championships, Saturday at the Burnaby Winter Club. The Griffins won this game, 9-0, and went on to defeat the Richmond Steelers in the championship final, 6-3."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Hockey player Kenndal McArdle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96170
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of hockey player Kenndal McArdle, a former minor hockey player at the Burnaby Winter Club, during a CHL Prospects game at the Pacific Coliseum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1867
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of hockey player Kenndal McArdle, a former minor hockey player at the Burnaby Winter Club, during a CHL Prospects game at the Pacific Coliseum.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Persons - Athletes
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1867-1: "Burnaby's Kenndal McArdle, who played minor hockey at the Burnaby Winter Club and is now leading the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League, sets up a screen during a workout prior to Wednesday's CHL Prospects game at the Pacific Coliseum."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1867-2: "Moose Jaw Warrior Kenndal McArdle, who grew up playing his minor hockey at the Burnaby Winter Club, sneaks a peak during a workout prior to Wednesday's CHL Prospects game at the Pacific Coliseum."
Images
AAA Bantam Provincial Hockey Championships game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96704
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified hockey players in action during an AAA Bantam Provincial Hockey Championships game between the Burnaby Winter Club and the Prince George Cougars.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2309
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified hockey players in action during an AAA Bantam Provincial Hockey Championships game between the Burnaby Winter Club and the Prince George Cougars.
- Subjects
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Persons - Adolescents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "A Burnaby Winter Club forward heads up ice past the check of a Prince George Cougars' defender in early-round action at the AAA Bantam Provincial Hockey Championships, at Copeland Arena."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Sports Complex
- Kensington Avenue
- Street Address
- 3676 Kensington Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282877
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "To Burnaby Village Museum / Harry Pride", handwritten in ink on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Moore family
- Hart House (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Pioneers
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
- Signed by the author.
- 2 copies held : copy 1.
Digital Books
Bylaw Number: 11992 - Taxation Exemption Bylaw No. 1, 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw12390
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 11992
- Final Adoption
- 2005 Oct 24
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 11992
- Final Adoption
- 2005 Oct 24
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 12147 - Taxation Exemption Bylaw No. 1, 2006
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw12235
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 12147
- Final Adoption
- 2006 Oct 30
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 12147
- Final Adoption
- 2006 Oct 30
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- 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
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Norm Dowad was born in Burnaby, December 1948 to parents Wilfred “Wilf” (1925-2011) and Cherry Dowad. His father, Wilfred (1925-2011) was born in Winnipeg to parents Samuel “Sam” (Salim in Arabic) Esper Dowad (1895-1969) and Martha (Shaheen) Dowad (1894-1955). Sam and Martha Dowad were both born in a province of the Ottoman Empire which is now present day Lebanon. In 1912, while trying to immigrate to Canada, several of Sam’s relatives including his mother died tragically as steerage passengers on the ill fated Titanic. In 1913, at the age of 18 years, Sam immigrated to Canada to join other family members who'd already arrived here safely. As a new immigrant in Canada, Sam worked with other Labanese immigrants in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the United States. In December 1921, Sam's wife, Martha immigrated to Canada arriving by ship in St. John, New Brunswick. Sam and Martha established their home in Winnipeg where they began to start a family. Their first two children died in infancy and son Wilfred was born in 1925 and daughter Kathleen was born in 1926. While living in Winnipeg, Sam worked as a grocer and in the 1930’s he got work as a farmer in a nearby town. In 1943, Wilf joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCVNR) and served as a gunner on merchant ships during World War II. In 1945, while Wilf was away serving, his parents, Sam and Martha moved to Burnaby. After discharge in 1945, Wilf joined his parents in Burnaby, began working at Fraser Mills and commenced his studies in construction and drafting. In 1949, with his father’s help Wilf acquired a lot next door to his parents’ home and built his first apartment block. After Martha died in 1954, Sam moved to Kelowna where he bought an orchard. Sam remarried in 1957 to Naomi “Mamie” (David) Dowad (1899-1978) who was also from a Lebanese family. Sam and Mamie lived in Kelowna until the mid 1960s when they moved to White Rock. While living in Burnaby, Wilf met and married Cherry Piggott and the couple had six children; Norm, Bruce, Michael, Kathie, Phil and Tom. In 1955, Wilfred Dowad established "W. Dowad Ltd." and over the years he was successful in developing and subdividing land to build housing and commercial developments in Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver. Wilf was the first president of the Burnaby Winter club and was an active member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce holding office at the local, provincial and national level. In 1970, Wilf purchased 238 acres of land bordering the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh River and relocated there the following year. While living in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Wilf became actively engaged in local business and community affairs. Wilf was later remarried to Grethe Dowad and he died in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh in 2011.Wilf's six children are the sole owners of "W.Dowad Ltd." and his daughter, Kathie Smillie is the president and CEO. While growing up in Burnaby, Norm Dowad attended Schou Street School, Douglas Road School, Kensington School and graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School. Following graduation from high school, Norm attended Simon Fraser University for one year, travelled in Europe, attended University of British Columbia and obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall at York University. Norman has been practicing law for 49 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver. 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
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3