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![Working on the green chain, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0014_001.jpg?width=280)
Working on the green chain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15193
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified Chinese Canadian men working on the green chain of Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Burrard Inlet and the north shore mountains are visible in the distance.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified Chinese Canadian men working on the green chain of Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Burrard Inlet and the north shore mountains are visible in the distance.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Occupations - Millworkers
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume eight
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4301
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.8
- Call Number
- 0312 WOR v.8
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 4609-5248
- volume 8 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume five
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4296
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.5
- Call Number
- 031 WOR v. 5
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 2641-3280 .
- volume 5 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume four
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4297
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.4
- Call Number
- 031 WOR v. 4
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 2001-2640.
- volume 4 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume nine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4299
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.9
- Call Number
- 031 WAR v. 9
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 5249-5888.
- volume 9 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume one
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4295
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.1
- Call Number
- 031 WOR v. 1
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- xvi, 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 1-656.
- volume 1 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume seven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4302
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.7
- Call Number
- 031 WOR v. 7
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 3953-4608
- volume 7 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume six
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4298
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.6
- Call Number
- 031 WOR v.6
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 3281-3952
- volume 6 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume ten
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4304
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.10
- Call Number
- 031 WAR v.10
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 5889-6528.
- volume 10 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume three
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4300
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.3
- Call Number
- 031 WOR v. 3
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 1329-2000
- volume 3 of 10
The world book : organized knowledge... in story and picture, assisted by one hundred fifty distinguished scientists, educators, artists and leaders of thought in the United States and Canada, volume two
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4303
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.20.2
- Call Number
- 031 WOR v. 2
- Contributor
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937
- Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. F. Quarrie & Company
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 10 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributors: "Editor-in Chief: M. V. O'Shea." "Editor for Canada: George H. Locke." "Editor: Ellsworth D. Foster."
- Contributors' full names and dates: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 Foster, Ellsworth Decatur, 1869-1936.
- pages 657-1328.
- volume 2 of 10
The young christian : or, a familiar illustration of the principles of christian duty
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary633
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
- Edition
- New ed.
- Call Number
- 248.83 ABB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.669.1
- Call Number
- 248.83 ABB
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- James Blackwood & Co.
- Printer
- Dunn & Wright
- Physical Description
- xviii, 416 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "W.R Mc--- & Son. / Booksellers & ------ / 84 Argy---- / Glasgow." -- stickered on endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Youth--Religious life
- Christian life
- Conduct of life
- Religious education