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Douglas Road

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1897] (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 Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way), near Stanley Street. To the right is the Sprott family property, where a few wooden buildings are visible in the cleared area. Charles Sprott, head of the Sprott family, was an important Burnaby politician who was continuously elected t…
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 Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way), near Stanley Street. To the right is the Sprott family property, where a few wooden buildings are visible in the cleared area. Charles Sprott, head of the Sprott family, was an important Burnaby politician who was continuously elected to serve in the municiality as councillor from 1895 to 1903 and as Reeve from 1904 to 1905.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Land Clearing
Geographic Access
Douglas Road
Canada Way
Stanley Street
Accession Code
HV978.1.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1897] (date of original), copied 1978
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-25
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

The Freeway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45381
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Freeway (now known as the Trans Canada Highway) with Capitol Hill visible in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-276
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Freeway (now known as the Trans Canada Highway) with Capitol Hill visible in the background.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on recto of photograph reads: "Freeway with Capitol Hill (far right)"
Geographic Access
Trans Canada Highway
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Less detail

Highway Improvement Project signage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45385
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1972]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Highway Improvement Project signage (developed by the British Columbian Government under W.A.C. Bennett) along the Trans Canada Highway.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1972]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 21 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-280
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Highway Improvement Project signage (developed by the British Columbian Government under W.A.C. Bennett) along the Trans Canada Highway.
Subjects
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

New sign at Cassiar and East Hastings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45384
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the sign allerting drivers to the upcoming signal that had been added at the intersection of Cassiar Street and East Hastings in Vancouver to help smooth the traffic congestion coming off of the Trans Canada Highway (previously named the 401 Freeway).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 19.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-279
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the sign allerting drivers to the upcoming signal that had been added at the intersection of Cassiar Street and East Hastings in Vancouver to help smooth the traffic congestion coming off of the Trans Canada Highway (previously named the 401 Freeway).
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SIGNAL EASES BOTTLENECK / Finally a signal has been erected at Cassiar and East Hastings which controls a left turn at that junction for traffic coming off the 401 Freeway."
Images
Less detail