B.C. Electric Railway improvements to Westminster Road and Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription343
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements and records related to work done by the B.C. Electric Railway Co. on numerous Burnaby streets.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2036
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements and records related to work done by the B.C. Electric Railway Co. on numerous Burnaby streets.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby's Central Park Tramline Walking Tour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56653
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Booklet provides a guide to a self-guided tour along the historic sites of Burnaby's BC Parkway and Highland Park Line.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 40079
- Accession Number
- 2008-16
- Scope and Content
- Booklet provides a guide to a self-guided tour along the historic sites of Burnaby's BC Parkway and Highland Park Line.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Central Park Agricultural Association - Correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription235
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File includes a 1911 letter regarding a Council donation to the B.C. SPCA.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 1924
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes a 1911 letter regarding a Council donation to the B.C. SPCA.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Central Park Bandstand papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58423
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the official opening of the reconstructed Central Park Bandstand (May 29, 1996). Included in the file is an invitation and a programme for the official opening event as well as newspaper clippings and newsletters.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pixie McGeachie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS081-029
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-16
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the official opening of the reconstructed Central Park Bandstand (May 29, 1996). Included in the file is an invitation and a programme for the official opening event as well as newspaper clippings and newsletters.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Central Park District Patrol Report 1920
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57781
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by constables on patrol in Burnaby. The handwriting looks to be that of Constable George Jeffery.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS013-025
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by constables on patrol in Burnaby. The handwriting looks to be that of Constable George Jeffery.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on title page of notebook
Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62889
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS102-001
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-02
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62891
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928-1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club). Minute book includes financial balance sheets.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928-1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS102-003
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-02
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club). Minute book includes financial balance sheets.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62892
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club). Minute book includes rosters of membership.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS102-004
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-02
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club). Minute book includes rosters of membership.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Central Park Lawn Bowling Club treasurer's book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62893
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1931-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club treasurer's book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1931-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS102-005
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-02
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club treasurer's book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Central Park newspaper clippings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65653
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (newsprint)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings that have been adhered to the front and back of two blank pages. The clippings pertain to Central Park in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (newsprint)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 42582
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-06
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings that have been adhered to the front and back of two blank pages. The clippings pertain to Central Park in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Central Park Poultry Association papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63942
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921-1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Central Park Poultry Association including correspondence and equipment catalogues.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921-1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS110-010
- Accession Number
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Central Park Poultry Association including correspondence and equipment catalogues.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Correspondence - Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription460
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 folders textual records and architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, permits, financial statements, and reports regarding improvements to Central Park. File also contains correspondence regarding advertising signs in the park, the Central Park Women's Institute and includes a 1925 plan for Central Park Camp Septic Tank. As well, the f…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders textual records and architectural drawings
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2165
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, permits, financial statements, and reports regarding improvements to Central Park. File also contains correspondence regarding advertising signs in the park, the Central Park Women's Institute and includes a 1925 plan for Central Park Camp Septic Tank. As well, the file contains correspondence pertaining to the lease agreement granting Burnaby jurisdiction over Central Park.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- A plan of proposed pavilion and Bath House for Central Park : M9-A-5-8
Crown Grant of Central Park to the City of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58461
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains the Crown Grant of Central Park Lands to the City of Burnaby. This grant was bestowed by the Province in recognition of Burnaby's Centennial in 1992.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 40109
- Accession Number
- 2009-07
- Scope and Content
- File contains the Crown Grant of Central Park Lands to the City of Burnaby. This grant was bestowed by the Province in recognition of Burnaby's Centennial in 1992.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file.
Occurrence Book Central Park District
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57783
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by Constable George Jeffery while on patrol in the Central Park District.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS013-027
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by Constable George Jeffery while on patrol in the Central Park District.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on title page of notebook
- Continuation of title: "... June 1930 / Geo. Jeffery. Constable 1/c"
Peace Celebration at Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65610
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 19, 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pamphlet for the "Peace Celebration at Central Park" which was undertaken "[t]o commemorate the end of the Great War, 1914-1918, and the Signing of the Peace Treaty, 1919."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 19, 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42555
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pamphlet for the "Peace Celebration at Central Park" which was undertaken "[t]o commemorate the end of the Great War, 1914-1918, and the Signing of the Peace Treaty, 1919."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Road from Patterson Road to Vancouver Road - Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription440
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence related to the opening of a road from Patterson Road to Vancouver Road and land in Central Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2145
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence related to the opening of a road from Patterson Road to Vancouver Road and land in Central Park.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tank Site - Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription577
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement and correspondence between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmers Institute regarding the water tank site. File also contains 3 blueprint plans of the tank site.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2287
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement and correspondence between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmers Institute regarding the water tank site. File also contains 3 blueprint plans of the tank site.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- A plan of site for water tank in Central Park : M9-B-3-6
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4614
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1914-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, ne…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, programmes, photographs, illustrations and newsletters. Scrapbooks were created by Burnaby Girl Guides and Girl Guide leaders and deposited with the Burnaby Girl Guide Archivist prior to being donated to the Burnaby Village Museum. Record descriptions are available at both item and file level. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series 2) Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series 3) Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series 4) Burnaby Girl Guides memorabilia series
- History
- The Girl Guide Movement began in England in 1909 when girls in England demanded to take part in a Boy Scouts rally at the Crystal Palace in London, organized by Chief Scout and Boy Scout founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Following this event, Baden Powell asked his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell to help him start a similar organization for girls and Girl Guides was formed. Girl Guides came to Canada in 1910 and the first troop in British Columbia was registered in Victoria in 1912. In 1913 Amy Leigh moved to Burnaby from England and enquired about a Guiding company in her area and was disappointed to find none. On June 11, 1914 at the age of 17 years, Amy registered the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company and became the captain. On April 2, 1916 the 2nd Burnaby Guide Company registered and met at Edmonds School. In this same year, the very first Burnaby Girl Guide Rally event took place at Central Park and by 1920 another took place at the Burnaby Municipal Hall (Edmonds) and was attended by both Burnaby and New Westminster Guides. The First Burnaby Brownie Pack was registered on December 1922 with Mrs. W.J. Matherson as Brown Owl. The Brownie Pack met in a West Burnaby facility. The First Burnaby Land Ranger Co. was formed on November 29, 1923 and by 1924 Burnaby became a District with four Guide companies, four Brownie Packs and the Rangers. In 1923 records show Mrs. Gavin as commissioner, Mrs. C.F. Carter in 1924 and Miss Amy Leigh between 1926 and 1928. The first District camp was held near Sechelt in 1927 on the property of Mrs. Deal and Mrs. Nixon with annual camps held here until 1930 when the Guide camp at Wilson Creek was established. In 1929 Guides and Brownies began taking part in the Annual May Day Celebrations at Central Park. In 1930 Burnaby became a Division with Mrs. C.F. Carter as Division Commissioner and Mrs. G. Peel as District Commissioner for South Burnaby and in 1931 Miss Amy Leigh became the first North Burnaby Commissioner. The 5th Burnaby Girl Guide Company in North Burnaby began publishing a bulletin in 1935. In this same year Burnaby Girl Guides attended a rally for Lord and Lady Powell who were visiting Vancouver and Burnaby Girl Guides became affiliated with Greater Vancouver Girl Guide Council. The packs and companies of North Burnaby were attached to the eastern section of Vancouver while South Burnaby and South Vancouver District became another Division. Mrs. Pochin organized the Burnaby Lake District in 1943 becoming the first District commissioner (In 1927 Mrs. Peel had guides in this area). The first training classes for Girl Guides were held in 1943 in a hall on Buller Avenue at the BCER tracks and also Phillips Hall on McKay Avenue. By 1945 a training camp was held on Mrs. Pochin’s property on Deer Lake. South Vancouver, South Burnaby and Burnaby Lake Districts took part in the training which was a change over from war time service and the return of Pioneer camping. Miss E. Perition was in charge of camp which was attended by Mrs. J. Quinnell, Mrs. J. Albertson and many guiders. In 1946 Lady Baden Powel returned for a visit to Vancouver and there was a rally at Connaught Park and Chief Scout Lord Rowallyn held a rally at Brocton Point. In 1947 Mrs. J. Albertson became Division Commissioner for South Vancouver and South Burnaby. Districts of Burnaby Lake and South Burnaby each adopted a European child and undertook to send regular parcels and by 1948 these Districts became a Burnaby Division once more under Division Commissioner Mrs. W.M. Wall. In September 1949 the first Sea Ranger Crew “S.R.S. Royal Oak” was formed under the Skipper, Miss E. Periton. The S.R.S. Royal Oak met at All Saint’s Church Hall on Royal Oak Ave. In 1950 Packs and Companies in North Burnaby organized into a District under Mrs. Hebron and in 1953 Sperling District was organized by District Commissioner Mrs. Hancock. 1953 was also the same year that South Burnaby District was divided into three Districts: Central Park District under Commissioner Miss Perition, Douglas District under Commissioner Mrs. J. McKee Wilson and Kingsway under Commissioner Mrs. J.G. Fowler. A few years later, in 1955 the guides and brownies were out in force to welcome Lady Baden Powel at a rally held in the PNE Gardens building and by March 1956 Burnaby ceased to be a part of Greater Vancouver Area and was organized under two Divisions of the Province. The Sperling, Willingdon and Vancouver Heights Districts in North Burnaby became North Burnaby Division with Mrs. H. Hebron as Division Commissioner. With rapid population growth further decentralization became necessary and South Burnaby Division was split in two, adding the new division of Central Burnaby under Commissioner Miss E. Perition. Central Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Burnaby Lake, Central Park and a new District named “Windsor” under Mrs. C. Dumfries. South Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Kingsway, Edmonds and Lakeview (the latter two also referred to as Douglas with Mrs. McGeachie and Mrs. J. Park as the first commissioners of these two Districts). In 1957 Burnaby became an Area unto itself with three Divisions, and 9 Districts under Miss Periton as the first Area Commissioner. In February 1957, Burnaby entered into a contract with Vancouver Girl Guide Council to lease a part of the Wilson Creek campsite. Under the leadership of Area Commissioner, Miss Periton, work started on the development of the site with funds raised by both the Girl Guides, local citizens and associations. A camp committee was formed with representation from each Division and a lot of help from Miss Norah Weller, the Wilson Creek camp manager. Plans were laid for the site with a dining shelter, store room and cook stove contracted for while a subcommittee of men was appointed to purchase building supplies and organize work parties to build cabins, a staff house, water pipes and sanitary facilities. The site opened in May 1958 with $6000 expended on building and equipping the camp, while an official opening took place on June 8 and by July Girl Guides began camping on the site. The Burnaby Area Committee became a member of the Burnaby Community Council and a participant in Community Chest in 1958 and on May 1, the Burnaby Area office opened. By 1959, with further participation in North Burnaby, Sperling District was split to form Sperling and Hillview Districts and by 1960 Kingsway District of South Burnaby split to form Kingsway and Royal Oak Districts. By December 1960, Burnaby Area had 3 Divisions, 11 Districts with a total membership of 2, 331.
- Creator
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35
- BV015.36
- BV016.49
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1914-2009
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Some scrapbooks are only available in digital formats
- Accessions that form part of this fonds include: BV015.35; BV015.36; BV016.49
South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription121
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-36
- BHS2008-17
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.
- History
- The South Burnaby Garden Club as formed in 1901 after a group of Central Park residents met to form a Farmers’ Institute. They leased 17 acres of Central Park from the Provincial Government and with the support of government grants constructed a two-story building on the property. The building was constructed in time for the first annual Fall Fair in September 1901. In 1903 the Institute amalgamated with the South Vancouver and Burnaby Agricultural Society to become the Central Park Agricultural Association & Farmers Institute. In 1907 the membership doubled to 520 members. Increasing urbanization and the First World War saw the last exhibition in 1919. The lease on the building expired in 1921. The Society continued to meet and hold small exhibitions in rented halls under the South Burnaby Horticultural Association name. After several name changes, the association became the South Burnaby Garden Club in 1958 and continues to this day.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- South Burnaby Garden Club
- Notes
- PC223, PC488, MSS028
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
Patterson family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription32
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of documents and photographs pertaining to the Patterson family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-19
- BHS1986-20
- BHS1988-13
- BHS1995-16
- BHS1996-05
- BHS1996-11
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of documents and photographs pertaining to the Patterson family.
- History
- Frances Mabel "May" Webb was born in Cradley, England on December 5, 1872. She sailed from England to Victoria, BC with her parents, Joseph William Webb and Frances Jane Webb (nee Yapp) on the SS Lake Winnipeg in 1889. One of the few possessions that she brought with her was an old wood-rimmed bicycle which she found quite useful after her move to Burnaby. She would ride it all the way from Patterson’s Trail and Westminster Road (today’s Patterson Avenue and Kingsway) to the Woodward’s store in Vancouver where she would place her grocery order. She packed a pearl handled revolver with her in order to scare any bears she might see along her ride. In 1890, Frances married Dugald Campbell Patterson (b. 1860, d. 1931) in Victoria, BC. In 1894, the couple built a pioneer homestead and farm on five acres at what would become the north east section of Central Park. Dugald founded Vulcan Iron Works (later Dominion Bridge Company) in New Westminister in 1903, and the couple settled in the Central Park district. By 1904, the family moved to the Edmonds district where in 1909 she operated the post office that her husband founded. In 1910, they began construction of a new house, complete with tennis courts and a gazebo, on 14 acres purchased for $720. The house is now located at 7106 18th Avenue and is a dedicated heritage building. The couple had seven children: William H. "Bill", Jean, Frances Mabel Lili., Dugald C. Jr, Mary, Charles Bruce, and Alice. The Pattersons were community-minded citizens that served Burnaby through their involvement with local municipal affairs and politics. In 1909, Dugald became the first postmaster of Edmonds. He also served as a School Trustee from 1912-13 and was one of the first residents to lobby Burnaby City Council to preserve the local ravines as parks. They also helped build the Central Park Presbyterian Church, along with other pioneer families. The family name is remembered and honoured by the naming of Patterson Avenue and the Patterson SkyTrain Station located in the Metrotown area. Frances Mabel assisted her husband with an insurance and real estate company that he founded in Burnaby and New Westminster. This experience would prove invaluable, as she would later become an insurance agent for the Wawanesa Insurance Company (founded in 1896). Frances never owned an automobile, so she met her insurance clients all over Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver by using the Lower Mainland’s street car system. The insurance profession continued to provide her with a steady income long after her husband’s death. Frances Mabel died in New Westminster, BC on August 30, 1960. Frances Mabel Lili Patterson was born on June 9, 1905 and was the fifth child born to Dugald Campbell and Frances Mabel Patterson. She became the first PBX switchboard operator for the Municipality of Burnaby in the early 1920’s. PBX, or Private Branch Exchange, was the term used for an internal telephone system. Frances later became president of the Professional Women’s Association of New Westminster, and volunteered her time with the May Day celebrations in New Westminster. She was also a dedicated member of the Rebekah Lodge (the women’s division of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows). While in the lodge, she met her future husband, Walter Duke and they married on July 12, 1939. They couple moved to Wenatchee, Washington after getting married, and Frances relocated to Victoria after her husband died. Frances died on January 13, 1974. Doreen Nettie Patterson was born December 12, 1927, the youngest daughter of Charles Bruce Patterson and Elva Eleanore Patterson (nee Elliott). At age 23, Doreen became the first woman from BC to enlist in the new Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service and by the fall of 1951, she had become a Wren in the Royal Canadian Navy. She received her basic training at HMCS Cornwallis and became a radio intelligence operator for the wireless communications base at Naval Radio Station Coverdale near Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1953, she was chosen to serve a term at the naval base in Churchill, Manitoba. She was one of only eleven women to ever serve there. After her career in the navy, Doreen worked in the accounting division for Simpsons-Sears in Burnaby near her grandparent’s original family home at Patterson Avenue and Kingsway. Doreen married Gerard Reitsma on August 18, 1960. Doreen died on April 30, 2000.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC171, PC213, PC322, PC326, MSS024, MSS039