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2000 Outstanding Citizen of the Year
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport3761
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63392
- Meeting Date
- 9-Apr-2001
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63392
- Meeting Date
- 9-Apr-2001
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Bowling tournament in California, [196-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500200040.jpg?width=280)
Bowling tournament in California
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1911
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of a large bowling alley in California during a competition taken from behind the bowlers' benches, looking towards the lanes. There is a painted panel of bears bowling along the top and a sign for "OAKLAND CALIFORNIA." Beneath the sign are score panels for the teams. Br…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of a large bowling alley in California during a competition taken from behind the bowlers' benches, looking towards the lanes. There is a painted panel of bears bowling along the top and a sign for "OAKLAND CALIFORNIA." Beneath the sign are score panels for the teams. British Columbia teams presently bowling are: "BEST ELECTRIC GAS HEATING" and "MAYFAIR LANES." One of the bowlers has "PHIL NEX" written on the back of his bowling shirt.
- Accession Code
- BV005.20.40
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [196-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 14/01/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Bowling tournament in California, [196-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500200040.jpg)
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
![Burnaby real estate, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1813.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby real estate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96107
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of realtor Phil Moore leaning against a real estate sign that says "Sold." The exterior of a home is in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1813
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of realtor Phil Moore leaning against a real estate sign that says "Sold." The exterior of a home is in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Times are good for local realtors like Phil Moore, as Burnaby enjoys a real estate boom."
Images
![Burnaby real estate, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1813.jpg)
Burnaby tourism strategy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7603
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 338.4791 BUR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 82 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- City planning--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Planning - City Planning
- Notes
- "Produced by the Burnaby Tourism Strategy Advisory Committee Membership outlined in Appendix C, Project manager, Phil Sanderson, Economic Development Office Economic Development Office, City of Burnaby. Consultants: James MacGregor (Lavalin Corp.) in collaboration with Addison Travel Marketing, G.S. Sue Henderson & Associates."
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
camp blanket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87412
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.43
- Description
- camp blanket or cape; blue wool “camp” cape (four pieces sewn together with front opening and hood; two tie fasteners for front opening; snaps to secure side openings); covered in camp & travel related Guiding patches from the 1970’s & 1980’s and some lapel pins.
- Object History
- Camp blanket that was worn at camp and belonged Vivian (Vie) Henderson (1923 - 2007). Mrs. Henderson was the second Burnaby Royal Area Commissioner, from 1974 to 1979. She had previously been a Brown Owl, Guide and Ranger leader, as well as a District and Division Commissioner. She was married to Phil Henderson, noted Burnaby community volunteer.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing - - Outerwear
- Measurements
- Approx.: 202 cm (including hood) x 108 cm
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Clothing - Outerwear
Images
Chris Macken is tackled
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45621
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Meralomas' Chris Macken being barely finished the kickoff when he is tackled by no. 58, Phil Either from an unidentified team.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-515
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Meralomas' Chris Macken being barely finished the kickoff when he is tackled by no. 58, Phil Either from an unidentified team.
- Names
- Macken, Chris
- Either, Phil
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Chris Macken of Meralomas barely got the kick away."
- Note on verso of photograph reads: " Black. Chris Macken / 58 Phil Either"
Images
Comic foreground novelty photograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10017
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effe…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Material Details
- Photograph is housed in a beige, thin card, tri-fold folder with rectangular cut-out to view image. Folder has navy blue pinstripe detail around cut-out. Navy blue text above cut-out reads: "A Souvenir Comic Photo". Navy blue text below the cut-out reads: "From the FLAME SUPPER CLUB / VANCOUVER, B.C.".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effect. Phil and Marg McClaughlin are pictured in the photograph. Phil is standing behind an illustration of a sharp dressed man wearing a fedora and holding a cigar in one hand. In his other hand, the man holds an over-sized martini glass containing the figure of a scantily clad woman. Marg is standing behind the image of the woman seated in the martini glass.
- History
- The Flame Supper Club was located on the Grandview Highway between Smith and Boundary Road. The address was later given as 3776 Canada Way. The club was touted in advertisements as having "Vancouver's Largest Cabaret Dance Floor". It opened in 1947 and was sold in 1971.
- Names
- Flame Supper Club
- Accession Code
- BV019.1.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Feb-2019
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Comic foreground novelty photograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10018
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effe…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Material Details
- Photograph is housed in a beige, thin card, tri-fold folder with rectangular cut-out to view image. Folder has navy blue pinstripe detail around cut-out. Navy blue text above cut-out reads: "A Souvenir Comic Photo". Navy blue text below the cut-out reads: "From the FLAME SUPPER CLUB / VANCOUVER, B.C.".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effect. Phil and Marg McClaughlin are pictured in the photograph. Marg is standing behind an illustration of a scantily clad woman who is running. Phil is standing behind the image of a clawed, furred animal wearing striped boxer shorts. Text printed beneath the painted image reads: "IT HAPPENED AT / THE Flame VAN B.C.".
- History
- The Flame Supper Club was located on the Grandview Highway between Smith and Boundary Road. The address was later given as 3776 Canada Way. The club was touted in advertisements as having "Vancouver's Largest Cabaret Dance Floor". It opened in 1947 and was sold in 1971.
- Names
- Flame Supper Club
- Accession Code
- BV019.1.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Constable Phil Reid with stolen snowboards, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3085.jpg?width=280)
Constable Phil Reid with stolen snowboards
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97980
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby RCMP Constable Phil Reid with several stolen snowboards that the RCMP recovered. The snowboards are leaning against a Burnaby RCMP police vehicle.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3085
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby RCMP Constable Phil Reid with several stolen snowboards that the RCMP recovered. The snowboards are leaning against a Burnaby RCMP police vehicle.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Constable Phil Reid, of the Burnaby RCMP, checks out some of the 14 stolen snowboards recovered by police from a Burnaby business. The police are looking for the boards' rightful owners."
Images
![Constable Phil Reid with stolen snowboards, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3085.jpg)
![Drug addiction and manufacturing, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1986-3.jpg?width=280)
Drug addiction and manufacturing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96303
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs related to drug manufacturing and addiction. Photographs include portraits of Jessica Cooksey, an addiction counsellor, and Jody Meyer, program manager at The Last Door Recovery Society in New Westminster, as well as photographs of Burnaby RCMP officer Phil Reid with seize…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1986
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs related to drug manufacturing and addiction. Photographs include portraits of Jessica Cooksey, an addiction counsellor, and Jody Meyer, program manager at The Last Door Recovery Society in New Westminster, as well as photographs of Burnaby RCMP officer Phil Reid with seized meth tablets and investigators working on a seized Port Coquitlam lab.
- Subjects
- Crimes
- Public Services - Health Services
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1986-1: "Jessica Cooksey knows what it's like to be trapped by an addiction. She's been clean since she was 17 and now works as an addictions counsellor."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1986-2: "Jody Meyer is the program manager at The Last Door Recovery Society in New Westminster."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1986-3: "Poco lab"
- Caption from metadata for 535-1986-4: "Phil Reid, of the Burnaby RCMP, inspects crystal meth tablets, seized as evidence."
Images
![Drug addiction and manufacturing, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1986-3.jpg)
Ellis family home at Christmas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37778
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the living room of the Ellis family home (6113 Silver Avenue) at Christmas. Phil Durham is playing table hockey in the foreground, and Annie Ellis is standing in the background. Christmas decorations, a television, a fireplace, and furniture can also be seen in the room.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-366
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the living room of the Ellis family home (6113 Silver Avenue) at Christmas. Phil Durham is playing table hockey in the foreground, and Annie Ellis is standing in the background. Christmas decorations, a television, a fireplace, and furniture can also be seen in the room.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Copied from col. photograph
- Geographic Access
- Silver Avenue
- Street Address
- 6113 Silver Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Follow that fire : the history of the Burnaby Fire Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5194
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 363.378 PEN COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- [Burnaby, B.C.]
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.), 2 maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fire departments
- Fire fighters
- Name Access
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Notes
- Maps on lining papers.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
Images
Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Images
Digital Books
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Norm Dowad was born in Burnaby, December 1948 to parents Wilfred “Wilf” (1925-2011) and Cherry Dowad. His father, Wilfred (1925-2011) was born in Winnipeg to parents Samuel “Sam” (Salim in Arabic) Esper Dowad (1895-1969) and Martha (Shaheen) Dowad (1894-1955). Sam and Martha Dowad were both born in a province of the Ottoman Empire which is now present day Lebanon. In 1912, while trying to immigrate to Canada, several of Sam’s relatives including his mother died tragically as steerage passengers on the ill fated Titanic. In 1913, at the age of 18 years, Sam immigrated to Canada to join other family members who'd already arrived here safely. As a new immigrant in Canada, Sam worked with other Labanese immigrants in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the United States. In December 1921, Sam's wife, Martha immigrated to Canada arriving by ship in St. John, New Brunswick. Sam and Martha established their home in Winnipeg where they began to start a family. Their first two children died in infancy and son Wilfred was born in 1925 and daughter Kathleen was born in 1926. While living in Winnipeg, Sam worked as a grocer and in the 1930’s he got work as a farmer in a nearby town. In 1943, Wilf joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCVNR) and served as a gunner on merchant ships during World War II. In 1945, while Wilf was away serving, his parents, Sam and Martha moved to Burnaby. After discharge in 1945, Wilf joined his parents in Burnaby, began working at Fraser Mills and commenced his studies in construction and drafting. In 1949, with his father’s help Wilf acquired a lot next door to his parents’ home and built his first apartment block. After Martha died in 1954, Sam moved to Kelowna where he bought an orchard. Sam remarried in 1957 to Naomi “Mamie” (David) Dowad (1899-1978) who was also from a Lebanese family. Sam and Mamie lived in Kelowna until the mid 1960s when they moved to White Rock. While living in Burnaby, Wilf met and married Cherry Piggott and the couple had six children; Norm, Bruce, Michael, Kathie, Phil and Tom. In 1955, Wilfred Dowad established "W. Dowad Ltd." and over the years he was successful in developing and subdividing land to build housing and commercial developments in Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver. Wilf was the first president of the Burnaby Winter club and was an active member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce holding office at the local, provincial and national level. In 1970, Wilf purchased 238 acres of land bordering the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh River and relocated there the following year. While living in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Wilf became actively engaged in local business and community affairs. Wilf was later remarried to Grethe Dowad and he died in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh in 2011.Wilf's six children are the sole owners of "W.Dowad Ltd." and his daughter, Kathie Smillie is the president and CEO. While growing up in Burnaby, Norm Dowad attended Schou Street School, Douglas Road School, Kensington School and graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School. Following graduation from high school, Norm attended Simon Fraser University for one year, travelled in Europe, attended University of British Columbia and obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall at York University. Norman has been practicing law for 49 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3Jackson family collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74500
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 7, 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Jackson family collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 32 p. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of the 1925 Official Opening booklet for the first Second Narrows Bridge.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 7, 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Jackson family collection
- Physical Description
- 32 p. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2012-28
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of the 1925 Official Opening booklet for the first Second Narrows Bridge.
- History
- James Francis Coho Jackson and his wife, Willena May (Campbell) Jackson, moved from Ontario to Vancouver, settling in West Vancouver in 1922. They had four children together: Ruth Helen Jackson (later Thompson) born in 1910 in Lethbridge, Alberta; James F Jackson born in 1912, also born in Lethbridge; their second son John R Jackson born in 1921 in Kamloops; and their youngest daughter, Dorothy Jackson (later Maclaren), born in North Vancouver in 1925. After serving overseas, James Francis Coho Jackson worked as a Court Clerk in the City of Vancouver. Ruth married Robert Alexander “Bert” Thompson and had Betty Anne Thompson (later Yuill) and Robert R. “Bob” Thompson. Ruth died in 2009 just shy of the age of 99. Dorothy married John Philip “Phil” Maclaren and settled on the North Shore. Phil commuted to work in Burnaby at Lenkirk Electric (now Telus) from 1960 to 1975. They retired and later moved to Sydney, British Columbia, where they currently live. Dorothy and Philip Maclaren’s daughter Susan Maclaren lives in Vancouver with her husband Alan Boysen and commutes to British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby to teach Interior Design. Alan grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby North Secondary School.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Jackson family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS169
Keeping separate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95114
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 2, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men sitting on a bench at Fraser Foreshore Park. Photograph is taken from behind the bench, looking south over the Fraser River.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 2, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 623-032
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2020-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men sitting on a bench at Fraser Foreshore Park. Photograph is taken from behind the bench, looking south over the Fraser River.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Rivers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Nielsen, Phil
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Geographic Access
- Fraser River
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
![Phil Esau in classroom, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1642.jpg?width=280)
Phil Esau in classroom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95818
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Phil Esau, a member of the Purpose Society, standing in a classroom. Esau smiles toward the camera while students work at desks in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1642
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Phil Esau, a member of the Purpose Society, standing in a classroom. Esau smiles toward the camera while students work at desks in the background.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Organizations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Phil Esau says he doesn't know what will become of the 160 students enrolled at the Purpose Society if the school district cuts off funding."
Images
![Phil Esau in classroom, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1642.jpg)