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Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark728
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Heritage Value
- In 1860, as the Royal Engineers constructed the road from New Westminster to Vancouver (now Kingsway), a military reserve was set aside at the trail's highest point along the ridge. This reserve provided a particularly good scenic look-out since the original forest had burned down prior to 1860, the remaining stumps offered unobstructed views. By the 1880s, the city council of both New Westminster and Vancouver eyed the reserve as potential recreation ground. As construction of the tram line was underway, the Provincial Government moved to designate the whole reserve as a park. On January 14, 1891, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia proclaimed it as a public recreation ground.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
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Central Park Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark688
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1925-1954
- Heritage Value
- Although still largely a rural area during the 1920s, subdivisions began appearing in the Central Park neighbourhood at this time. Development was slowed by the Great Depression of the 1930s but the influx of commercial buildings and new housing initiatives in the post-war boom led to a period of rapid growth especially in the Garden Village subdivision which was undertaken in 1953 with the plan to build 500 modern homes in the 140-acre site. Despite the closure of the interurban line in 1953, the neighbourhood remained an active commercial and residential centre.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Central Park Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark723
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1891-1904
- Heritage Value
- Central Park was one of the first and fastest-growing communities in Burnaby. Located along the electric tram line and the Vancouver Road (Kingsway), it was also chosen for a government settlement project referred to as the Central Park Small Holdings. The lands held by the Provincial Government were subdivided and sold around 1894 and by 1899 the settlement was large enough to warrant the construction of an Anglican Church there.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Central Park Tramline
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark732
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Heritage Value
- In the 1890s, local entrepreneurs launched electric railways in Vancouver, New Westminster, and Victoria, eager to cash in on the promise of future growth in the major cities of the time. In the Lower Mainland, two companies started building electric rail in 1890: the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., which undertook the ambitious project of building the first real interurban line from New Westminster to Vancouver, and the Westminster Street Railway, who eventually built streetcar service and installed electric lighting in New Westminster. By April 20, 1891, both companies merged to form the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. Local entrepreneurs Henry V. Edmonds, David Oppenheimer, Benjamin Douglas, and Samuel McIntosh, were the directors, all of whom had extensive real estate holdings in the area. Interurban service launched on June 3, 1891, travelling along 12 miles of track from New Westminster to eastern Vancouver, running through Burnaby – which was then an unincorporated area. Installing the single-track line from Vancouver to New Westminster through uneven, forested terrain was a mammoth undertaking. The clearing of the 100-foot right of way and laying the track called for a large work force, some of whom were Chinese "gandy dancers" who had worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway lines. The line was eventually taken over by the B.C. Electric Railway Company in 1897, who remained the owners until the line was finally closed on October 23, 1953 and replaced with the modern bus system. The construction of the SkyTrain along the old route in 1986 reintroduced passenger rail to this historic transportation corridor.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Access to Central Park from Patterson Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41928
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38534
- Meeting Date
- 29-Sep-1958
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 28
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38534
- Meeting Date
- 29-Sep-1958
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 28
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Advertisments re 1897 tax rebate and tenders for road near Central Park and cutting brush on Hastings Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79488
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 84001
- Meeting Date
- 26-Jun-1897
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 84001
- Meeting Date
- 26-Jun-1897
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Allocations for the Use of the Central Park Sports Field
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46128
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45898
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-1953
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45898
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-1953
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Allotments of Playing Fields for the 1953 Summer Season - Confederation Park, Willingdon Heights Park, Central Park and Bonsor Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46278
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45751
- Meeting Date
- 4-May-1953
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45751
- Meeting Date
- 4-May-1953
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Amendment to the Central Park Act
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport43313
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38836
- Meeting Date
- 4-Mar-1957
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38836
- Meeting Date
- 4-Mar-1957
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application from Residents of Central Park Garden Village for Development of a Scenic Park Adjoining their Properties
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 44264
- Meeting Date
- 2-May-1955
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 44264
- Meeting Date
- 2-May-1955
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application from the South Burnaby Kiwanis Club for the use of Central Park Oval
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44819
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 44262
- Meeting Date
- 2-May-1955
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 44262
- Meeting Date
- 2-May-1955
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of BC Electric Railway to Construct a Spur Line from the Central Park Right-of-way to the Simpson-Sears Development
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46396
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45644
- Meeting Date
- 23-Feb-1953
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45644
- Meeting Date
- 23-Feb-1953
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of BC Electric Railway to Discontinue Passenger Service on the Central Park Interurban Line
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46634
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46395
- Meeting Date
- 25-Aug-1952
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46395
- Meeting Date
- 25-Aug-1952
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of Central Park Realty to Purchase East Half Lot 4; East Half Lot 11 and East Half Lot "A", Block 24, DL 53; Lots 1 to 7 inc., Block 27, DL 53; Lots 1 to 7 West Half Incl. and Lot "A" Block 28, DL53
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44197
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 39563
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jan-1956
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 39563
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jan-1956
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of Central Park Realty to Purchase Lots 19-24. Block 20, DL 53
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport43902
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 43428
- Meeting Date
- 11-Jun-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 43428
- Meeting Date
- 11-Jun-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of Staff Land Sale Committee - Central Park Realty - Purchase of Lots 4 E1/2, 11 E1/2 and "A" E1/2, Block 24 and Lots 1 to 7, Block 27, Lots 1 to 7 Block 28, all of DL 53
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44115
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 41295
- Meeting Date
- 5-Mar-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 41295
- Meeting Date
- 5-Mar-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application to Erect a Curling Rink on Portion of Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46252
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45778
- Meeting Date
- 19-May-1953
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45778
- Meeting Date
- 19-May-1953
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application to the Provincial Government Regarding Central Park Crown Grant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47628
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47154
- Meeting Date
- 24-Apr-1950
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47154
- Meeting Date
- 24-Apr-1950
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Approval of 66' Road Allowance North of the Central Park Line
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46552
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46477
- Meeting Date
- 20-Oct-1952
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46477
- Meeting Date
- 20-Oct-1952
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Authority for Civil Defence Committee to Use a Portion of Central Park as Testing Grounds for Volunteer Firemen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport45333
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45445
- Meeting Date
- 8-Nov-1954
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 45445
- Meeting Date
- 8-Nov-1954
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds