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of the exceptional photographs of the Kapoor Sawmill and its staff. We are grateful for the generosity of the Shell Canada Limited for their $3,000 grant which provided this book with its beautiful bound cover and the ability to distribute free copies ofthis book to every public school library in Burnaby. This grant

s a n d S t r u c t u r e s �Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Luxton, Donald, 1954- Burnaby’s Heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures / Donald Luxton, Jim Wolf. Written by Donald Luxton & Jim Wolf Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-9692828-9-3 1

remain vivid in the memories of those who consented to be interviewed. Future generations will be grateful to them for passing down descrip- tions that might otherwise have been lost. These are descriptions of a changing way of life, up to 1940. in a small corner of Canada that could not stop growing

Burnaby, Numbers: 24, 29, 39 and 40 reproduced with permission of Pat Burnaby and Meg Kennedy Shaw. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Burnaby, Robert, 1828-1878 Land of Promise Includes biographical references and index. ISBN 0-9692828-5-0 1.Burnaby, Robert

Community Heritage Commission 1998 �Copyright © 1998 City of Burnaby All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. City of Burnaby Community Heritage Commission 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2

reserved. Excerpts from this publication, in part or in whole, may freely be used with proper credit, without prior permission of the publisher. Publisher: The Corporation of the District of Burnaby Municipal Hall 4949 Canada Way Burnaby, B.C. V5G 1M2 ISBN No. 0-9692828-0-X Book design by Ted Staunton

Burnaby Lake Station which is in my basement. Did you know that these station lights were made from enamel wash basins with a wooden insert and complete with four light bulbs? Our friends have since “passed on” and the property at Burris and Grandview Highway (Canada Way) has long since been sold off

because of their appearance, religious beliefs, language, and countries of origin. FRONT COVER: Lee Quon Lip (right), his eldest son Gary Lee (centre) with his niece and her two children in front of the Lee’s family corner store C & L Grocery Confectionery, 1968. Lee Quon Lip arrived in Canada in 1921