"Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)" found 2620 records

Hill remittance men

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of English remittance men who worked on the farms of the Hill brothers, standing on the porch of the Bernard R. Hill house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-793

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of English remittance men who worked on the farms of the Hill brothers, standing on the porch of the Bernard R. Hill house.

Subjects: Occupations - Agricultural Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Hill remittance men, [190-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on mat 10.2 x 12.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of what is most likely Deer Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on mat 10.2 x 12.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-172

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of what is most likely Deer Lake.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 14 cm on mat 10.7 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an aboriginal dugout canoe on Deer Lake. The photograph was taken at the creek looking towards what would become the Oakalla Prison farm site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 14 cm on mat 10.7 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-753

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an aboriginal dugout canoe on Deer Lake. The photograph was taken at the creek looking towards what would become the Oakalla Prison farm site.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Hill family in front of Brookfield

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hill family in front of the family home, Brookfield in the Burnaby Lake Area. To the right, is Claude Hill holding his daughter Kitty. His wife Annie is standing behind them while the man seated on the steps of the home is unidentified. The property is the current site of the Bur…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-834

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hill family in front of the family home, Brookfield in the Burnaby Lake Area. To the right, is Claude Hill holding his daughter Kitty. His wife Annie is standing behind them while the man seated on the steps of the home is unidentified. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Hill family in front of Brookfield, 1900 thumbnail

Boating on Burnaby Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill and her daughter, Kitty Hill, boating on Burnaby Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-835

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill and her daughter, Kitty Hill, boating on Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Boating on Burnaby Lake, [1900] thumbnail

Claude Hill beside a large felled tree

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39517

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Louis Claude Hill standing by a ladder placed in a ditch. The ladder is leaning against a giant tree upturned by the roots. The ditch appears to be created from uprooting the tree. There is a pile of firewood visible to the right, and a barn to the left in the distance.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-836

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Louis Claude Hill standing by a ladder placed in a ditch. The ladder is leaning against a giant tree upturned by the roots. The ditch appears to be created from uprooting the tree. There is a pile of firewood visible to the right, and a barn to the left in the distance.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Claude Hill beside a large felled tree, 1900 thumbnail

Interview with Helen Sprott August 10, 1977 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-1908

Length: 0:05:47

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Helen Fanny Sprott's memories of her family's first years of living in Burnaby. She mentions the Hazard House and Mayfield Farms.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Helen Fanny Sprott's memories of her family's first years of living in Burnaby. She mentions the Hazard House and Mayfield Farms.

Date Range: 1900-1908

Photo Info: Sprott sisters sitting together on a long tressle. Helen Sprott is seated on the right, wearing glasses [1906]. Item no. HV978.1.10

Length: 0:05:47

Subjects: Buildings - Residences - Houses

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Interview Date: August 10, 1977

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Helen Sprott, August 10, 1977. Major themes discussed are: the Sprott home.

Biographical Notes: Helen Sprott was born in Burnaby on June 22, 1902. Her father, Louis Edgar Sprott and younger brother came out to Burnaby from England, following their older brother Charles F. Sprott. The two younger brothers were in the Merchant Marines together prior to arriving in to Burnaby and learning to farm. Louis Edgar Sprott and Helen Louise F. Nicholls were married June 30, 1900 and stayed at the Haszard House while their own house was being built. By 1902, "the Dovecote" was built and Helen was born. The house was added on to and later renamed "Mayfield Farms." Helen's grandmother and aunt on her mother's side came to live at Mayfield Farms in 1907 or 1908. Helen Sprott was living in Penticton at the time of her death, April 8, 1978 at the age of seventy-five.

Total Tracks: 2

Total Length: 0:08:57

Interviewee Name: Sprott, Helen

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Images

Sprott sisters sitting together on a long tressle. Helen Sprott is seated on the right, wearing glasses [1906]. Item no. HV978.1.10 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Helen Sprott

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Haszard house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was located across the street from the property of the Sprott Farm. The photograph was taken from Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). It is also noted that the Sprott family lived in the Haszard house while their home, named "Dovecote" was being completed.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Haszard house, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Mayfield farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a two-storey farmhouse with a large patio, and a ladder on the roof. There is a foot path leading to the house through the garden, and a lake in the background. A catalogue record from 1978 indicates that the farmhouse depicted in the photograph is "Mayfield," the original farmhouse o…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a two-storey farmhouse with a large patio, and a ladder on the roof. There is a foot path leading to the house through the garden, and a lake in the background. A catalogue record from 1978 indicates that the farmhouse depicted in the photograph is "Mayfield," the original farmhouse of the Sprott family. The woman standing in the garden is identified as Mrs. Edgar Sprott, and the lake in the background is Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Sprott, Helen Louise Faith Nicholls

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV978.1.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Mayfield farm, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Land clearing

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cleared property with a thick wooded area just behind it. There is a house in the back to the extreme left of the photograph that has been identified as the Haszard house where the Sprott family stayed while building their farmhouse known as "Dovecote." There are unidentified men i…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cleared property with a thick wooded area just behind it. There is a house in the back to the extreme left of the photograph that has been identified as the Haszard house where the Sprott family stayed while building their farmhouse known as "Dovecote." There are unidentified men in the cleared field.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Land clearing, [190-] (date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Sprott family property

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the land property of the Sprott family while the land is being cleared for building the "Dovecote" farmhouse. There is a wooden shack in the midground, and densely wooded area just behind. In the foreground, there are felled trees and stumps.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the land property of the Sprott family while the land is being cleared for building the "Dovecote" farmhouse. There is a wooden shack in the midground, and densely wooded area just behind. In the foreground, there are felled trees and stumps.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Accession Code: HV978.1.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Sprott family property, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting on a felled tree on land that is being cleared. There are upturned trees, stumps, etc. The woman is wearing a coat with leg-o-mutton sleeves and a flat brimmed hat, and the man is in three piece suit, and has a pocket watch. An earlier catalogue record identifie…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting on a felled tree on land that is being cleared. There are upturned trees, stumps, etc. The woman is wearing a coat with leg-o-mutton sleeves and a flat brimmed hat, and the man is in three piece suit, and has a pocket watch. An earlier catalogue record identifies the couple as Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott, on the land that is being cleared for their home, "Mayfield." The lake in the background is identified as Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Sprott, Helen Louise Faith Nicholls

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV978.1.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Sprott family on the porch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people on the porch of the Charles F. Sprott house at Norland Avenue at Douglas Road . There are two men and three women standing on the top step of the porch and a man sitting on the bottom step. A catalogue record from 1978 identifes the people standing on the step as (l to r) Aunt …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people on the porch of the Charles F. Sprott house at Norland Avenue at Douglas Road . There are two men and three women standing on the top step of the porch and a man sitting on the bottom step. A catalogue record from 1978 identifes the people standing on the step as (l to r) Aunt Lucy, Mrs. E. Sprott, Mr. Edgar Sprott, and Great Aunt and Great Uncle (who stayed for a while with the Sprotts). The seated man is unidentified.

Names: Sprott, Charles Frederick; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Sprott, Helen Louise Faith Nicholls

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Norland Avenue

Accession Code: HV978.1.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Sprott family on the porch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people on the porch of a house. There are six men, three women and three girls standing on the top step of the porch. A catalogue record from 1978 identifies some of the people standing on the porch, however, not very precisely. Standing to the left of the group is Charle…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people on the porch of a house. There are six men, three women and three girls standing on the top step of the porch. A catalogue record from 1978 identifies some of the people standing on the porch, however, not very precisely. Standing to the left of the group is Charles Sprott. Beside him are Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott. Depicted to the right of the picture, there are Charles's wife Lucy Schou Sprott, Muriel Sprott, Kitty Hill [?], and Helen Sprott [?]. Charles Sprott was Reeve of Burnaby from 1904 to 1905. He was also a member of Council from 1895 to 1904 and in 1907.

Subjects: Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Sprott, Charles Frederick; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Sprott, Helen Fanny; Sprott, Helen Louise Faith Nicholls; Sprott, Muriel; Sprott, Lucy Christine Schou

Accession Code: HV978.1.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Cleared land

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Cleared land, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Clearing Douglas Road

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in wor…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in work clothes as well. There is fenced land to the right of the photograph, and electric power poles and trees line both sides of the road. The accession register and inscription on the photograph identify this as Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Working on Douglas Road on hill above Burnaby Lake. No Date."

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Construction Tools and Equipment; Construction - Road Construction

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.99.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

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

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Clearing Douglas Road, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Couple sitting on the steps

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road near Deer Lake. The couple appears to be Arthur Rowe and his wife Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill). There is a person standing on the patio in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road near Deer Lake. The couple appears to be Arthur Rowe and his wife Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill). There is a person standing on the patio in the background.

Names: Rowe, Arthur; Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

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

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

On the steps

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people sitting together on the steps to a house. It appears to be the Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. There are four men, three women and one girl. The couple sitting in the back to the right side of the photograph is Arthur Rowe and Winnie Hill Ro…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people sitting together on the steps to a house. It appears to be the Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. There are four men, three women and one girl. The couple sitting in the back to the right side of the photograph is Arthur Rowe and Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill). The girl in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt sitting in the front appears to be Kitty Hill.

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Rowe, Arthur; Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

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

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of women on the steps, see HV977.123.21

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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On the steps, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Women on the steps

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription615

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. The three women, including Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill) on the right are sitting on the step just behind a girl in a sailor sh…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. The three women, including Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill) on the right are sitting on the step just behind a girl in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt sitting in the front, who appears to be Kitty Hill.

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.21

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

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

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of women on the steps, see HV977.123.20

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Women on the steps, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Having tea on the porch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription619

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family having tea on the porch.There are two tables with tea and snacks, and some wicker chairs. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the elderly man sitting on the rail as B.R. (Bernard Richard) Hill, and the man and the boy by the other side of the rail as Claude …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family having tea on the porch.There are two tables with tea and snacks, and some wicker chairs. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the elderly man sitting on the rail as B.R. (Bernard Richard) Hill, and the man and the boy by the other side of the rail as Claude (son of Bernard Hill) and his son Kenneth. One of the women, unclear which one, is identified as "Maude's mother."

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Hill, Bernard R.; Hill, Arthur Claude; Hill, Kenneth

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

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

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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