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A.F.C. Hean

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36387
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19cm, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President Arnold F.C. Hean. He was a Burnaby Alderman from 1954 to 1957, and served as Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President for the 1967 to 1968 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19cm, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-009
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President Arnold F.C. Hean. He was a Burnaby Alderman from 1954 to 1957, and served as Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President for the 1967 to 1968 term.
Subjects
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Hean, Arnold F.C.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Rossmo, Nicholas
Images
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C.H. Linton

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36383
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1963 or 1964]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, C.H. Linton, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1963 - 1964 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1963 or 1964]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, C.H. Linton, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1963 - 1964 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Linton, C.H.
Media Type
Photograph
Images
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C.S. Walker

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36388
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1968 or 1969]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Cecil S. Walker, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1968 - 1969 term, and also won the Good Citizen of the Year award in 1969.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1968 or 1969]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-010
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Cecil S. Walker, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1968 - 1969 term, and also won the Good Citizen of the Year award in 1969.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Walker, Cecil S.
Media Type
Photograph
Images
Less detail

C. W. Hunter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45711
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 9.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the head of Burnaby's Lenkurt Electric Company C. W. Hunter, elected Chamber of Commerce president in 1964.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 9.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-605
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the head of Burnaby's Lenkurt Electric Company C. W. Hunter, elected Chamber of Commerce president in 1964.
Names
Hunter, C.W.
Lenkurt Electric Company
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Schiffer, Fred S.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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C.W. Hunter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36384
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1964 or 1965]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted on board 33 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, C.W. Hunter, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1964 - 1965 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1964 or 1965]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted on board 33 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, C.W. Hunter, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1964 - 1965 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Hunter, C.W.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Schiffer, Fred S.
Notes
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "FRED S. SCHIFFER, F.R.P.S / 425 SEYMOUR ST. / VANCOUVER 2, B.C."
Photographer's signature on recto of photograph
Images
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Emmet Cafferky

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36382
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1962 or 1963]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Emmet Cafferky, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1962 - 1963 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1962 or 1963]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Emmet Cafferky, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1962 - 1963 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Cafferky, Emmet J.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Hamish Lawrie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36385
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1965 or 1966]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Hamish "Jock" Lawrie, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1965 - 1966 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1965 or 1966]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-007
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Hamish "Jock" Lawrie, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1965 - 1966 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Lawrie, Hamish "Jock"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's signature on recto of photograph is unintelligible
Images
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Henry Aulbach

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36389
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1969 or 1970]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Henry Aulbach, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1969 - 1970 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1969 or 1970]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19, mounted on board 32.5 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Henry Aulbach, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1969 - 1970 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Aulbach, Henry
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

H. H. Lawrie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45927
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1965 or 1966]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the president of the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce, H.H. Lawrie. He served as President for the 1965 - 1966 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1965 or 1966]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-821
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the president of the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce, H.H. Lawrie. He served as President for the 1965 - 1966 term.
Names
Lawrie, Hamish "Jock"
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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John Cowling

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36381
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1961 or 1962]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, John Cowling, taken in a photographic studio. He served as Inaugural President in 1959 and again as President for the 1961 - 1962 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1961 or 1962]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, John Cowling, taken in a photographic studio. He served as Inaugural President in 1959 and again as President for the 1961 - 1962 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Cowling, John
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Skipsey Photographers
Notes
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "SKIPSEY PHOTOGRAPHERS"
Images
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Ray W. Hassard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36386
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1966
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Ray W. Hassard, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1966 - 1967 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1966
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Ray W. Hassard, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1966 - 1967 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Hassard, Ray W.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Croton Studio Limited
Images
Less detail

S.E. Hughes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36380
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1960 or 1961]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, S.E. Hughes, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1960 - 1961 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1960 or 1961]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, S.E. Hughes, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1960 - 1961 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Hughes, Samuel E.
Media Type
Photograph
Images
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Victor Wiebe

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36379
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1959 or 1960]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Victor Wiebe, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1959 - 1960 term.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1959 or 1960]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) in mat 33 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
257-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce President, Victor Wiebe, taken in a photographic studio. He served as President for the 1959 - 1960 term.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Wiebe, Victor
Media Type
Photograph
Images
Less detail

Walter L. Brewer

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64849
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce publicity chairman Walter L. Brewer.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1576
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Chamber of Commerce publicity chairman Walter L. Brewer.
Names
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "col x 5""
Images
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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory475
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1946-1987
Length
00:06:32
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s career at Canadian Industries Inc (CIL) for a few years and then for Fleck Brothers until 1965, when he started his own business, Blaze Industries, which manufactured fire places and wood burning heaters. He also describes his short retirement…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s career at Canadian Industries Inc (CIL) for a few years and then for Fleck Brothers until 1965, when he started his own business, Blaze Industries, which manufactured fire places and wood burning heaters. He also describes his short retirement in 1980 and going back to work for a solar panel manufacturing company, which led to building a plant in India.
Date Range
1946-1987
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
Length
00:06:32
Subjects
Occupations
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 19, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
1:31:44
Interviewee Name
Gordon, Merrill
Interview Location
unknown
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Merrill Gordon

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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory477
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1956-1990
Length
00:13:27
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his frien…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his friend Mark Stockdale who was second president of the club for 16 years and creator of the rose garden on Burnaby Mountain.
Date Range
1956-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
Length
00:13:27
Names
Stockdale, Mark
Cliff Avenue United Football Club
Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden
Subjects
Persons - Volunteers
Sports - Soccer
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 19, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
1:31:44
Interviewee Name
Gordon, Merrill
Interview Location
unknown
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Merrill Gordon

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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 7

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory478
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1956-1990
Length
00:07:05
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s political career and his volunteer work with Cliff Avenue soccer, the Burnaby Mental Health Association, the library board, and the New Vista Society. He talks about his association with Alan Emmott and the founding of the Better Burnaby Commi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s political career and his volunteer work with Cliff Avenue soccer, the Burnaby Mental Health Association, the library board, and the New Vista Society. He talks about his association with Alan Emmott and the founding of the Better Burnaby Committee (BBC), his election to Burnaby Council in 1972 with BVA, and his membership in and work for the federal NDP
Date Range
1956-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
Length
00:07:05
Names
Emmott, Alan H
Subjects
Persons - Volunteers
Officials - Aldermen and Councillors
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 19, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
1:31:44
Interviewee Name
Gordon, Merrill
Interview Location
unknown
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
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Track seven of interview with Merrill Gordon

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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory479
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1956-1990
Length
00:10:17
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s founding and operation of the youth soccer exchange with Washington State, and the importance of soccer to the community. He discusses the problem of isolation between north and south Burnaby, planned development in Burnaby, and the contributi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s founding and operation of the youth soccer exchange with Washington State, and the importance of soccer to the community. He discusses the problem of isolation between north and south Burnaby, planned development in Burnaby, and the contributions of Ratepayer groups and volunteers
Date Range
1956-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
Length
00:10:17
Subjects
Persons - Volunteers
Sports - Soccer
Public Services - Municipal Services
Planning
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 19, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
1:31:44
Interviewee Name
Gordon, Merrill
Interview Location
unknown
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with Merrill Gordon

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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 10

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory481
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1965-1990
Length
00:15:42
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s views about SFU and its relations with and contributions to Burnaby. He details the founding of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society with Dean Lamont and its work to have SFU transfer unused land to Burnaby to preserve as parkland
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s views about SFU and its relations with and contributions to Burnaby. He details the founding of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society with Dean Lamont and its work to have SFU transfer unused land to Burnaby to preserve as parkland
Date Range
1965-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
Length
00:15:42
Names
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Lamont, Dean
Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 19, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
1:31:44
Interviewee Name
Gordon, Merrill
Interview Location
unknown
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track ten of interview with Merrill Gordon

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Railway City

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7535
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Photograph
Accession Code
BV016.7.9
Author
Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Geographical Branch
Contributor
Hopkins, D.
Donoahue, J.
Moller, Hans
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
City of Winnipeg
Manitoba Hydro
Province of Manitoba
Library and Archives Canada
Place of Publication
Ottawa
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Publication Date
c[1960]
Physical Description
52 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.
Library Subject (LOC)
Documentary Films
Filmstrips
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Object History
Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
Notes
A Canadian Series educational filmstrip about the history of Winnipeg and its development as a railway city. Visual material was provided by: Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal; City of Winnipeg Engineering Departments; Manitoba Hydro Electric Board - Winnipeg; Province of Manitoba, Department of Industry and Commerce and The Public Archives of Canada - Ottawa.
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