"Geographic Features - Forests" found 63 records

Object History: Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.

Notes: Filmstrip (illustrations and text) provides a brief synopsis identifying Canada's forest regions and species in the Maritime Provinces; Quebec; Ontario; Prarie Provinces; British Columbia and Northern Areas along with the "Value of Forest Products by Province - 1948".

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Old Curly at South Surrey

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905] (date of original), copied 2016

Collection/Fonds: Robinson-Surgenor collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robinson-Surgenor collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chimney.

Other Title Information: Title based on contents of photograph

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Transportation - Locomotives; Geographic Features - Forests; Industries - Forestry

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Surgenor, William F.

Accession Code: BV016.52.4

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1905] (date of original), copied 2016

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Mar-15

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Scan of photograph negative

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Old Curly at South Surrey, [1905] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail

Children in the woods

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription752

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of four children in the woods. The woods are thick with ferns, lichens and mosses. Two boys and two girls standing in a line. They each carrying a hat in their hand, except for one girl who is wearing hers. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In the woods. …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of four children in the woods. The woods are thick with ferns, lichens and mosses. Two boys and two girls standing in a line. They each carrying a hat in their hand, except for one girl who is wearing hers. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In the woods. S. side Deer Lake / Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart, and KM [Katherine Maude "Kitty"] Hill. App. 1908."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Names: Godwin, Florence Hart; Hart, Kingsley; Morrow, Arthur; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Accession Code: HV976.139.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Photographer: Cooksley, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy print accompanying

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6973

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 10 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard ; 76 cm x 102 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of - ReSubdivision / of / Lots 1-18 inclusive / Blocks 20 and 21 / in Sub…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 10 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard ; 76 cm x 102 cm

Material Details: Scales [between 1:792 and 1:4752]; Index number on edge of board reads: "4"

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of - ReSubdivision / of / Lots 1-18 inclusive / Blocks 20 and 21 / in Subdivision / of / Lot 53 -Gr.1 / New Westminster District" / "Subdivision Lot Numbers - Shown in Red". Plan is bordered by First Street / Jorgenson's Line / Fourth Avenue and Second Street with Fifith Avenue running through the centre. There is an index in the upper right corner of the plan. Planned is signed by "Peter Byrne" and "William R. Phillips" and dated July 28, 1908. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of / Lot 159 / and a Portion of Lot 158 / Group One / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Lots 96 and 97; South Wilson Street; North Arm Road and Lot 160 / Power House Road (Lot 155 A). B.C.E.R. Gilley Station is identified in the upper right corner of the plan. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint plan identified as "Subdvs 10, L 88 and Lot 25, G. 1" Plan identifies Cumberland Street running from top to the bottom and a Ravine running alongside with the Jensen house, stable and barn. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint Plan of "Lot 153. G. 1 /New Westminster District". Plan identifies the "New Westminster & Vancouver Tramway" and the "New Westminster and Vancouver Road" running through the plan of Lot 53. (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Blueprint plan of "Profile on Proposed North Rd. Diversion". 2. Blueprint plan (no title) showing wood lots north of Burnaby Lake and Brunette River and west of North Road. Various lots are identified as "Heavily Timbered" (Lot 57); "Splendid Fir and Cedar / Heavy Fir etc. / Fine Cedar" (Lots 143, 148); "Rough Light Timber," (Lot 56); "Some Fir and Cedar" (Lot 40). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of Lot 87, Gr.1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Burnaby Lake at the top and Hastings Road / Lot 86 at the bottom and Lot 90 to the east. "Albert J. Hill B.C.LotS." Annotation in ink reads: " J.A. Brownlee, B.C.L.S. / Subdivision / Map 1494 / Bd. 248". Plan is signed by "Peter Byrne, Reeve" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint plan of Subdivisions along either side of Douglas Road including Lots 117; 119; 74; 80; 79 and 77. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Blueprint "Plan / of / Subdivision of / Lot 27 / in Subdivision / of / Lot 30 / Group One / New Westminster District" Plan is bordered by Lot 26, Lot 28 and Hastings Rd. Lot 27 runs north of Edmonds Street. , "Albert J. Hill, B.C.LotS." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Blueprint plan identified as a "Cultivated Orchard" including the names "W. Grace" and "G. Mead" located north of the North Arm Fraser River and west of "Twentieth Street_ City Boundary". Handwritten annotation in coloured pencil reads: "Portion of Lot 172" (Geographic location: Burnaby)

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Names: Brownlee, James Harrison; Grace, W.; Mead, G.; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street; North Road; Hastings Street; Douglas Road

Accession Code: HV977.93.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1908]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area; Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scale: 72

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches); The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”-

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
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Sitting together

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription308

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 8.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of six young women and five young men. Eight of them are sitting on a bench or a felled tree, two are standing, and one is sitting on the ground. Some of the men and women have their arms around another person. They appear to be at the edge of a forest.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 8.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of six young women and five young men. Eight of them are sitting on a bench or a felled tree, two are standing, and one is sitting on the ground. Some of the men and women have their arms around another person. They appear to be at the edge of a forest.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Accession Code: HV983.42.48

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Deer in the woods

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1439

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two deer foraging in the woods. According to the inscription the photograph was likely taken when camping at an unidentified location.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 6 cm

Material Details: inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "A couple of deer/ snapped just below/ camp. They are quite/ thick there."

Scope and Content: Photograph of two deer foraging in the woods. According to the inscription the photograph was likely taken when camping at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Animals - Deer; Geographic Features - Forests

Accession Code: BV985.5814.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Deer in the woods, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Trail to Shell installation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35852

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the trail to the powder magazine wharf at the Shell installation. Fred Holmes and his friends would catch crabs from the wharf, where dynamite was stored at end of the pier in a shack (thus its name).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-711

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the trail to the powder magazine wharf at the Shell installation. Fred Holmes and his friends would catch crabs from the wharf, where dynamite was stored at end of the pier in a shack (thus its name).

Subjects: Geographic Features - Trails; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7790 Barnet Road

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

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Trail to Shell installation, [1911] thumbnail

Family at Marlborough Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35052

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified family at Marlborough Avenue and Victory Street. A man and woman are seated outside in a forested area holding two small children. An annotation at the top of photograph reads, "Marlborough & Victory Sts. 1913."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gough family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 182-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified family at Marlborough Avenue and Victory Street. A man and woman are seated outside in a forested area holding two small children. An annotation at the top of photograph reads, "Marlborough & Victory Sts. 1913."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Marlborough Avenue; Victory Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Family at Marlborough Avenue, 1913 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Eric Fleming

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5132

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 14 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph postcard of young Eric Fleming leaning against a log in a wooded clearing in Bella Coola, B.C.. Eric is wearing a hat and baggy trousers and has a gun hanging from his neck.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 14 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph postcard of young Eric Fleming leaning against a log in a wooded clearing in Bella Coola, B.C.. Eric is wearing a hat and baggy trousers and has a gun hanging from his neck.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Armament

Names: Fleming, Eric

Accession Code: BV016.46.87

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Aug-2018

Notes: Title based on label in photograph album; Note in pencil on verso of photograph postcard reads: "Ray Fleming / Bella Coola / B.C."; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Post Card / Correspondence Here / Place / Stamp / Here / Name and Address Here"; Photograph is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

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Wigwam Inn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82513

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a building surrounded by trees and mountains.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-087

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a building surrounded by trees and mountains.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "1918 / Wigwam Inn"

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Trail in the Woods

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39260

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-579

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Trail through the forest

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39261

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 7.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location. An open gate and fence can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 7.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-580

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location. An open gate and fence can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Animals - Dogs; Structures - Fences

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Trail through the forest, [1920] thumbnail

ARJ and HJ at Lunch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34421

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting beside a campfire. A pot is suspended by wooden pole over the hot coals. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "A.R.J. [and] H.J. - Lunch." The men are only identified by their initials. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travell…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting beside a campfire. A pot is suspended by wooden pole over the hot coals. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "A.R.J. [and] H.J. - Lunch." The men are only identified by their initials. 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: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82607

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-172

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82608

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing being felled.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-173

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing being felled.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82609

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree trunk in a clearing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-174

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree trunk in a clearing.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"