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Interview with Les Francis by Eric Damer October 16, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory330
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1979-2012
- Length
- 0:12:38
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Les Francis's years of working with the municipality of Burnaby in the waterworks department and the changes he has noticed for present day workers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Les Francis's years of working with the municipality of Burnaby in the waterworks department and the changes he has noticed for present day workers.
- Date Range
- 1979-2012
- Photo Info
- Les Francis (far right) receiving a Burnaby Long Service Award at the Gai Paree Supper Club, 1964. Item no. 485-070.
- Length
- 0:12:38
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 16, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Les Francis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 16, 2012. Major theme discussed: the role of the municipal worker in the nineteen-thirties through the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Les Francis was born in London, England, in 1914 and came with his family to Burnaby in 1919. Except for a few years away on special projects, Les has lived in Burnaby ever since. After attending Kingsway West Elementary and Burnaby South High Schools, Les joined the municipal work force. He first worked as a clerk in 1930 and later joined the Engineering Department where he spent his career maintaining and extending the municipal water system. Les Francis retired in 1979 as the City of Burnaby's Work's Superintendent.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:43:18
- Interviewee Name
- Francis, Les
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Les Francis
Track four of recording of interview with Les Francis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-010/MSS171-010_Track_4.mp3![British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2635.jpg?width=280)
British Columbia Society of Model Engineers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97108
- 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 Paul Roy, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, polishing a Model M420 train engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, ahead of a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2635
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paul Roy, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, polishing a Model M420 train engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, ahead of a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Paul Roy makes sure his wife's Model M420 train engine is looking its best as the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers prepare to host a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers, August 11-14. More than 500 engineers from as far away as Australia, New Zealand, England, Germany and all across the United States and Canada will gather at the park to swap stories and drive their trains."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2635.jpg)
![Canada vs England rugby game, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2498.jpg?width=280)
Canada vs England rugby game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96943
- 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 Paul Sampson, of England, being tackled by Canadian players Ryan Banks and Gregor Dixon during an exhibition rugby match at Swangard Stadium. A crowd is watching 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.
- 535-2498
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paul Sampson, of England, being tackled by Canadian players Ryan Banks and Gregor Dixon during an exhibition rugby match at Swangard Stadium. A crowd is watching in the background.
- Subjects
- Sports - Rugby
- Names
- Swangard Stadium
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "England's Paul Sampson is brought down by Canadian defenders Ryan Banks and Gregor Dixon at an exhibition rugby match between the two countries' national teams, at Swangard Stadium on Saturday."
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Canada vs England rugby game, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2498.jpg)
New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13525
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of signage outside of New Haven Correctional Centre. Signage reads, "4250 / NEW HAVEN / NEW HAVEN / CORRECTIONAL CENTRE / VISITORS PLEASE REPORT / TO GENERAL OFFICE / IN MAIN BUILDING".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of signage outside of New Haven Correctional Centre. Signage reads, "4250 / NEW HAVEN / NEW HAVEN / CORRECTIONAL CENTRE / VISITORS PLEASE REPORT / TO GENERAL OFFICE / IN MAIN BUILDING".
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.869
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Road and entrance to New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13526
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance gate and road to New Haven Correctional Centre on Marine Drive.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance gate and road to New Haven Correctional Centre on Marine Drive.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.870
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
New Haven buildings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13527
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and workshop building inside of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and workshop building inside of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.871
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
New Haven building and parking lot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13528
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.872
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
New Haven building and parking lot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13529
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.873
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
New Haven building and parking lot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13530
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and cars in parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building and cars in parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.874
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Pond and bridge at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13531
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of pond and bridge at New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of pond and bridge at New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.875
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Entrance to New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13532
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of roadway entrance to New Haven Correctional Centre with the intitals "NHCC" located in a garden along the bank of a pond. Farm buildings are visible behind the trees.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of roadway entrance to New Haven Correctional Centre with the intitals "NHCC" located in a garden along the bank of a pond. Farm buildings are visible behind the trees.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.876
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Building at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13534
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three storey building at New Haven Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three storey building at New Haven Correctional Centre.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.877
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Workshop buildings at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13535
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workshop buildings with five bay doors at New Haven Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workshop buildings with five bay doors at New Haven Correctional Centre.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.878
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Buildings at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13536
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workshop and main house at New Haven Correctional Centre. The workshop has two large double doors with a concrete driveway in front.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workshop and main house at New Haven Correctional Centre. The workshop has two large double doors with a concrete driveway in front.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.879
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Kitchen and dining addition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13537
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of kitchen and dining addition to main building of New Haven Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of kitchen and dining addition to main building of New Haven Correctional Centre.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.880
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Grounds and green house at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13538
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a greenhouse and a section of the grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Grounds near the greenhouse include trees, vegetable and flower gardens, a wishing well and foot bridge.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a greenhouse and a section of the grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Grounds near the greenhouse include trees, vegetable and flower gardens, a wishing well and foot bridge.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Gardens
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.881
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Cottages at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13539
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four of five cottages inside the New Haven Correctional Centre. The cottages were numbered one through five and were built in 1939.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four of five cottages inside the New Haven Correctional Centre. The cottages were numbered one through five and were built in 1939.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.882
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Main building at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13540
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building of the New Haven Correctional Centre. A rock retaining wall and roadway are in front.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main building of the New Haven Correctional Centre. A rock retaining wall and roadway are in front.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.883
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Main building at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13541
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the New Haven Correctional Centre's main building with dining-kitchen addition. A rock retaining wall with garden is in the foreground.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the New Haven Correctional Centre's main building with dining-kitchen addition. A rock retaining wall with garden is in the foreground.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.884
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Building rooftops and grounds at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13542
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of building rooftops and grounds at New Haven Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of building rooftops and grounds at New Haven Correctional Centre.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.885
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
