"Geographic Features - Mountains" found 133 records

Scope and Content: Photographic album of locations in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, and other locations in British Columbia and Alberta. Photographs are reproductions of photographs taken between approximately 1880-1900, which were collected and pasted into the album.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Fraser Wilson subseries

Physical Description: 1 album (61 photographs : b&w) ; 26.5 x 31.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 492-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: BHS1988-06

Scope and Content: Photographic album of locations in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, and other locations in British Columbia and Alberta. Photographs are reproductions of photographs taken between approximately 1880-1900, which were collected and pasted into the album.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Cities; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Wilson, Fraser

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of item; Table of contents of pictures and page numbers pasted in the front cover of the album; 1 photograph loose in between pages 12-13 of the album; reproduction of a photograph from Vancouver City Archives.

View of a Lake, City, and Mountains

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59024

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of a lake and residential neighbourhood, with the North Shore mountains in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1430

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a lake and residential neighbourhood, with the North Shore mountains in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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View of a Lake, City, and Mountains, ca.1983 thumbnail

Unidentified mountain range and river

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39505

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a person sitting on a hillside, looking off into the distance at an unidentified mountain range and river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-824

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a person sitting on a hillside, looking off into the distance at an unidentified mountain range and river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Unidentified mountain range and river, [1880] thumbnail

Beach with mountains in the background

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39506

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unknown beach with mountains in the background. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-825

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unknown beach with mountains in the background. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Beach with mountains in the background, [1880] thumbnail

Mountainside plank road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription446

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.3 x 11.0 cm mounted on cardboard 24.5 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile parked on the side of a plank road by a mountain rising steeply to the right of the image. An unidentified man is seen leaning on the fence at the side of the plank road.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Series: Hugh H. Stewart photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.3 x 11.0 cm mounted on cardboard 24.5 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile parked on the side of a plank road by a mountain rising steeply to the right of the image. An unidentified man is seen leaning on the fence at the side of the plank road.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Geographic Features - Mountains

Accession Code: HV979.50.189

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Mountainside plank road, [190-] thumbnail

The Lions

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57710

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Shore mountains, including the Lions, taken through a grove of trees.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details: Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 487-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Shore mountains, including the Lions, taken through a grove of trees.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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The Lions, [between 1910 and 1914] thumbnail

Burrard Inlet in winter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3902

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Vancouver Heights streetscape in winter. There is snow on the ground. One of the houses across the street has what appears to be a radio mast in the front yard. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet with Mount Seymour in the background.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 16 cm

Material Details: "Burrard Inlet - winter" written in ink on back of photo. "37" written in pencil on back of photo.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Vancouver Heights streetscape in winter. There is snow on the ground. One of the houses across the street has what appears to be a radio mast in the front yard. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet with Mount Seymour in the background.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Inlets; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Accession Code: BV007.45.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on content of the photograph

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Burrard Inlet in winter, [192-] thumbnail

Second Narrows

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3903

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm

Material Details: Hand-written text in red ink on the front of the stereograph card reads: "2nd Narrows".

Scope and Content: Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Inlets; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Accession Code: BV007.45.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on notation below the photograph

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82490

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-073

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Louisa Vidal / Herbert Vidal / Dorothy / Alexander"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Gan & Grandad / Aunt Dor & Uncle Bill"

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal, [between 1920 and 1934] thumbnail

Ice Palace at Banff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1446

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of a palace like structure made of ice blocks at the top of a slope. There are two door openings in the structure, and trees on either side. There are snow covered forested mountains in the background. According to the inscription on the photograph, the ice palace is at Banff circa 1921,…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Material Details: inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "1921", in black ink, t. "Rutherford./ This is the ice/ palace at Banff./ The toboggan slide/ is through the door/ marked. The slide is 1/2 mile/ down the mt. It is/ about 2 1/2 ft wide +/ iced. Believe me/ you come down in/ a hurry,/ Made of blocks of ice", stamped, l.l. [sideways] "4 4"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a palace like structure made of ice blocks at the top of a slope. There are two door openings in the structure, and trees on either side. There are snow covered forested mountains in the background. According to the inscription on the photograph, the ice palace is at Banff circa 1921, and is the starting point of a toboggan slide ride.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Accession Code: BV985.5821.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1921

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

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Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34563

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 050-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Grouse Mountain hike

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35682

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

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 Butcher children on a Grouse Mountain hike. Left to right: Thelma Butcher, Dorothy Butcher and Violet Butcher. The picture was taken by their friend, Alfie, who scared Violet by jumping from rock to rock for a better camera angle as the Butcher girls crossed the Capilano bridge e…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

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.: 204-540

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Butcher children on a Grouse Mountain hike. Left to right: Thelma Butcher, Dorothy Butcher and Violet Butcher. The picture was taken by their friend, Alfie, who scared Violet by jumping from rock to rock for a better camera angle as the Butcher girls crossed the Capilano bridge en route.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hiking; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Butcher, Dorothy; Butcher, Thelma; Lynds, Violet Butcher

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Grouse Mountain hike

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35683

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

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 two of the Butcher sisters, (left to right) Thelma Butcher and Violet Butcher. The sisters are stopping on a Grouse Mountain trail to make coffee from melted snow. Note the Rogers golden syrup tin over the fire.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

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.: 204-541

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of two of the Butcher sisters, (left to right) Thelma Butcher and Violet Butcher. The sisters are stopping on a Grouse Mountain trail to make coffee from melted snow. Note the Rogers golden syrup tin over the fire.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hiking; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Butcher, Thelma; Lynds, Violet Butcher

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Grouse Mountain hike

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35684

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

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 Butcher children on a Grouse Mountain hike. Left to right: Thelma Butcher, Violet Butcher and Dorothy Butcher. The photograph was taken 300 feet from the summit, and the girls felt strange standing in the snow in summer clothing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

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.: 204-542

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Butcher children on a Grouse Mountain hike. Left to right: Thelma Butcher, Violet Butcher and Dorothy Butcher. The photograph was taken 300 feet from the summit, and the girls felt strange standing in the snow in summer clothing.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hiking; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Butcher, Dorothy; Butcher, Thelma; Lynds, Violet Butcher

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Yale, BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34368

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph looking down the C.P.R. tracks towards the town of Yale. 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.

1 image

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 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-075

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph looking down the C.P.R. tracks towards the town of Yale. 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: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Yale, BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34369

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of railway tracks along a river at a location identified as Yale, B.C. 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.

1 image

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 : sepia ; 7 x 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-076

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of railway tracks along a river at a location identified as Yale, B.C. 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: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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