"Geographic Features - Rivers" found 33 records

Interview with Tony Fabian by Eric Damer October 10, 2012 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory326

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1971-2012

Length: 0:09:30

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Tony Fabian's memories of the development of the Fraser River Foreshore and the Confederation Community Centre (previously named Confederation House).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Tony Fabian's memories of the development of the Fraser River Foreshore and the Confederation Community Centre (previously named Confederation House).

Date Range: 1971-2012

Photo Info: Tony Fabian relaxing at a picnic table, [1970]. Item no. 549-026.

Length: 0:09:30

Names: Confederation Community Centre

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Parks

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 10, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Tony Fabian conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 10, 2012. Major theme discussed: environmental conservation practices in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Tony Fabian was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan in 1934. He and his wife moved to Burnaby in 1957, where he worked for the telephone company and raised a family. Tony has been an advocate for preservation of parklands and watercourses, helping to protect Burnaby and Deer Lake Parks and to create the Burnaby Fraser Foreshore and Barnet Marine Parks in the early nineteen-seventies, serving as a member of Burnaby’s Parks and Recreation Commission. Tony Fabian was presented with the 2008 City of Burnaby Environment Award for Community Stewardship.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:47:48

Interviewee Name: Fabian, Tony

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Tony Fabian relaxing at a picnic table, [1970]. Item no. 549-026. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of recording of interview with Tony Fabian

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-009/MSS171-009_Track_5.mp3

New Brunette Dam construction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35462

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931 (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 construction of new Brunette River dam.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931 (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.: 204-320

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of new Brunette River dam.

Subjects: Structures - Dams; Geographic Features - Rivers; Construction

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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New Brunette Dam construction, 1931 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

New Brunette River dam construction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35465

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931 (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 construction of new Brunette River dam and Cariboo Road bridge.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931 (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.: 204-323

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of new Brunette River dam and Cariboo Road bridge.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Structures - Dams; Geographic Features - Rivers; Construction

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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New Brunette River dam construction, 1931 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

The Rhine River at Cologne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39491

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.3 x 16 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Rhine River at Cologne. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

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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 : b&w ; 9.3 x 16 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-810

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Rhine River at Cologne. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39486

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified river in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

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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 ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-805

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified river in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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River and town on the English Coast

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39452

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a river and town on the English Coast. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

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 ; 9.6 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-771

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a river and town on the English Coast. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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River and town on the English Coast, [1880] thumbnail

Salmon Gillnetter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35666

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (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 Joe Stacey in the Fraser River in a fishing boat, a 28-foot gillnetter.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (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.: 204-524

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joe Stacey in the Fraser River in a fishing boat, a 28-foot gillnetter.

Subjects: Transportation - Boats; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Salmon Gillnetter, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Suspension bridge at Hazelton

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34357

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a suspension bridge built above a river at a location identified as near Hazelton, BC. A caption included with this picture reads: "Bridge built by Indians at Hazelton." An unidentified man can be seen in the foreground.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-064

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a suspension bridge built above a river at a location identified as near Hazelton, BC. A caption included with this picture reads: "Bridge built by Indians at Hazelton." An unidentified man can be seen in the foreground.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Suspension bridge at Hazelton

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34358

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.8 x 20.4 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a suspension bridge built above a river at a location identified as near Hazelton, BC. A caption included with this picture reads: "Bridge built by Indians at Hazelton."

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.8 x 20.4 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-065

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a suspension bridge built above a river at a location identified as near Hazelton, BC. A caption included with this picture reads: "Bridge built by Indians at Hazelton."

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Train travelling along the track

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1708

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a train travelling along track that crosses over a river and through a mountain range. The location has not been identified.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a train travelling along track that crosses over a river and through a mountain range. The location has not been identified.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: BV985.6114.102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Train travelling along the track, [between 1930 and 1949] 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

Images

Unidentified mountain range and river, [1880] thumbnail

Unidentified village along a river in Germany

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39484

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified village along a river in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

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 : b&w ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-803

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified village along a river in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Palaces; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Unidentified village along a river in Germany, [1880] thumbnail

Wings over the Elbow River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19413

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man doing a swan dive into the Elbow River, Alberta.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man doing a swan dive into the Elbow River, Alberta.

Subjects: Sports - Diving; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: BV996.6.97

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1935

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "Wings over the / Elbow River"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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River and town on the English Coast

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Salmon Gillnetter

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Suspension bridge at Hazelton

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Suspension bridge at Hazelton

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Train travelling along the track

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Unidentified mountain range and river

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Unidentified village along a river in Germany

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Wings over the Elbow River

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