2 records – page 1 of 1.

Planning Map of Chinese Market Gardens on Marine Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4297
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.
History
Survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, which is primarily the area farmed by Chinese and Chinese-Canadian market gardeners around Marine Drive between Royal Oak and Mandeville (present-day Nelson). Two Chinese/Chinese Canadian land owners can be seen on the map: N.G. Wah Sing (or Ng Wah Sing) and Yee Law (or Herbert Law).
Subjects
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Farms
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Law, Yee "Herbert"
Chinese Market Gardens
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Accession Code
BV017.40.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
11/19/2017
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of copy scan of map
Herbert Yee Law was donor's father and this map may have originally been his copy of the city planning/engineering documents.
Images
Less detail

CPR Engine after falling over an embankment

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34364
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Frase…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-071
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Transportation - Rail
Names
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail