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Burnaby. This house still exists at the original site o n w h a t is n o w called Burgess Street i n honor of this pioneer family. George Leaf was eight years o l d w h e n his family put its roots d o w n i n C a n a d a . In 1904, he opened one of the first businesses i n Burnaby - the George Leaf

on HeritageBurnaby.ca. We are indebted to the generosity of the many families who shared their stories and connections with us for this research, over the course of which we lost elders and legacy businesses that helped to shape the histories of this community. These losses make us more aware of the urgency

..................................................................................................................................................................38 TABLE OF CONTENTS A 1908 photograph taken at the North Pacific Lumber Mill includes European, Chinese, and Sikh workers. 1908, VPL 7642 5 �For many centuries, people from the southern part of China have migrated to places such as Southeast Asia to work and establish businesses. Chinese migrants

The Edmonds district development began in 1891 when Henry Valentine Edmonds subdivided his land along the newly constructed, ‘New Westminster-Vancouver Tramline’. The sale of the land attracted many settlers who came to this area in east Burnaby in order to set up businesses in orchards, strawberry fields

of the crash, businesses collapsed, workers lost jobs, and cities lost tax revenue. Burnaby was hit hard by the Great Depression, but responded in unique ways. Burnaby’s Reeve, William Pritchard, and the municipal council worked to help Burnaby’s growing unemployed. Council raised money to finance local