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Back and side of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36581
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of back and side of the Britton house taken from ground level during the Britton house moving project, while the house was up on stilts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of back and side of the Britton house taken from ground level during the Britton house moving project, while the house was up on stilts.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Back and side of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36589
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of back and side of the Britton house taken from ground level during the Britton house moving project, while the house was up on stilts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of back and side of the Britton house taken from ground level during the Britton house moving project, while the house was up on stilts.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Back of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36585
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back of the Britton house up on stilts and its surrounding yard during the Britton house moving project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back of the Britton house up on stilts and its surrounding yard during the Britton house moving project.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Bottom of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36584
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the bottom of the Britton house during the Britton house moving project. A large pooling of water is visible at the bottom of the house as well as a wheelbarrow on the lower left side.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the bottom of the Britton house during the Britton house moving project. A large pooling of water is visible at the bottom of the house as well as a wheelbarrow on the lower left side.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36579
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back door of the Britton house while the house is up on stilts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back door of the Britton house while the house is up on stilts.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Britton house from across the street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36582
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house during the Britton house moving project, taken across the street from the house.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house during the Britton house moving project, taken across the street from the house.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Burnaby South High School Alumni Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36734
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 18, 1992 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four women at the Burnaby South High School Alumni Tea; Verna Potkins Campbell, Vera Jackson Pel, Barbara McLean Kirk, and Francis Phillips Stefanini.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 18, 1992 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-089
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four women at the Burnaby South High School Alumni Tea; Verna Potkins Campbell, Vera Jackson Pel, Barbara McLean Kirk, and Francis Phillips Stefanini.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Potkins, Verna Campbell
- Pel, Vera Rose Jackson
- Kirk, Barbara McLean
- Stefanini, Francis Phillips
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Byrne Creek
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91705
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 25, 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Byrne Creek. The photographs depict the creek prior to clean-up with the water and paths littered with debris. Also included in the file are photographs of an unidentified man pulling a dead fish from the creek.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 25, 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-023
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Byrne Creek. The photographs depict the creek prior to clean-up with the water and paths littered with debris. Also included in the file are photographs of an unidentified man pulling a dead fish from the creek.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Glover, Ken
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from label on slide sheets
- Note in black ink on recto of slide frames 618-023-11, 618-023-12, 618-023-14, 618-023-33, and 618-023-40 reads: "Ken Glover / BOB"
- Geographic Access
- Byrne Creek
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![Clinton Elementary School students releasing salmon in Byrne Creek, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3168-1.jpg?width=280)
Clinton Elementary School students releasing salmon in Byrne Creek
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98088
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Clinton Elementary School students releasing salmon fingerlings into Byrne Creek.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3168
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Clinton Elementary School students releasing salmon fingerlings into Byrne Creek.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3168-1: "Chantalle Pike, Matthew Jowit and Tyler Seymour, from Clinton Elementary School, release some of the 5,000 year-old Coho salmon into Byrne Creek. The fingerlings, each weighing about 20 grams, were raised at the Bell-Irving Hatchery in Maple Ridge and they will spend a short time in the creek before making their way out to sea."
- Geographic Access
- Byrne Creek
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![Clinton Elementary School students releasing salmon in Byrne Creek, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3168-1.jpg)
![Demolition, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3159.jpg?width=280)
Demolition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98079
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified construction workers surrounded by debris and a piece of construction machinery during a demolition at Edmonds and Kingsway.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3159
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified construction workers surrounded by debris and a piece of construction machinery during a demolition at Edmonds and Kingsway.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Demolition, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3159.jpg)
![Fire fighters with burned car, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3154.jpg?width=280)
Fire fighters with burned car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98074
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters with a burned-up car that they pushed from a garage of a home at the 7300 block of 10th Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3154
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters with a burned-up car that they pushed from a garage of a home at the 7300 block of 10th Avenue.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby firefighters averted a bigger catastrophe when they managed to push a burning Valiant from a garage in the 7300 block of 10th Ave. Damage was restricted to the car, and some smoke in the garage."
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![Fire fighters with burned car, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3154.jpg)
Front entrance of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36583
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front entrance of the Britton house during the Britton house moving project. The verandah and stain glass windows are still intact though the house is raised up on stilts. Tall, thin hedges surround the area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front entrance of the Britton house during the Britton house moving project. The verandah and stain glass windows are still intact though the house is raised up on stilts. Tall, thin hedges surround the area.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory537
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1943-1990
- Length
- 00:05:37
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s parents moving to Burnaby where he completed Grade 11 at South Burnaby School, the later careers of people he met at school, and his memories of the Kingsway neighbourhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s parents moving to Burnaby where he completed Grade 11 at South Burnaby School, the later careers of people he met at school, and his memories of the Kingsway neighbourhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Date Range
- 1943-1990
- Photo Info
- Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
- Length
- 00:05:37
- Subjects
- Education
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 4, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin 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 mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
- Total Tracks
- 10
- Total Length
- 00:56:44
- Interviewee Name
- Morin, Severin "Sev"
- 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
- 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 one of interview with Sev Morin
Track one of interview with Sev Morin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%201.mp3
Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory538
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Length
- 00:06:16
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Photo Info
- Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
- Length
- 00:06:16
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial
- Buildings - Civic
- Buildings - Industrial
- Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Lake City Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 4, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin 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 mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
- Total Tracks
- 10
- Total Length
- 00:56:44
- Interviewee Name
- Morin, Severin "Sev"
- 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
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Sev Morin
Track two of interview with Sev Morin
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King Ed Pet Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98190
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a King Ed Pet Centre employee posing with an African grey parrot inside the aquarium section of the pet store, and outdoors with puppies.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3268
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a King Ed Pet Centre employee posing with an African grey parrot inside the aquarium section of the pet store, and outdoors with puppies.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7377 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
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Lower half of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36580
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the lower half of the Britton house taken from ground level while the house is up on stilts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the lower half of the Britton house taken from ground level while the house is up on stilts.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Reunion of Edmonds teachers and students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36836
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a reunion of Edmonds Street School teachers and students. Back, left to right: Alice Clare Fraser, Pauline Davies, Nina Atkinson, Mary Anthony, and Vi Atkinson Wilson. Front, left to right: Alice Ashworth Webster, Freda Fennell, and Doris Dimmick Kinnear.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-294
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a reunion of Edmonds Street School teachers and students. Back, left to right: Alice Clare Fraser, Pauline Davies, Nina Atkinson, Mary Anthony, and Vi Atkinson Wilson. Front, left to right: Alice Ashworth Webster, Freda Fennell, and Doris Dimmick Kinnear.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Celebrations
- Names
- Anthony, Mary
- Chapman, Nina Christina Atkinson
- Davies, Pauline
- Edmonds Community School
- Fennell, Freda
- Fraser, Alice Clare
- Kinnear, Doris
- Webster, Alice Ashworth
- Wilson, Vi Atkinson
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7641 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Side of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36586
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house and surrounding yard taken from the road, during the Britton house moving project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house and surrounding yard taken from the road, during the Britton house moving project.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Side of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36587
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house and surrounding yard taken from the road, during the Britton house moving project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house and surrounding yard taken from the road, during the Britton house moving project.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Side of the Britton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36588
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house and surrounding yard taken across the main road, during the Britton house moving project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 303-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of the Britton house and surrounding yard taken across the main road, during the Britton house moving project.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7505 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
