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Heritage Value: Between 1905 and 1924, the Broadview neighbourhood in Burnaby was settled by almost 100 families who saw the advantage of living in an area that was served by two railway lines - the B.C. Electric Railway and the Great Northern Railway. Touted as being only a 20 minute car ride to the city centre, this neighbourhood expanded during the early 1920s with the promise of a new direct access road to the city being built by the Great Northern Railway company and new blocks being opened up on two government reserves adjoining it.

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

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Burnaby Civic Employees Union Memorial Fountain

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: This memorial granite drinking fountain is a monument to Burnaby’s municipal employees who lost their lives in the First World War. It has been relocated from its original setting to a shaded arterial pathway within the Burnaby Village Museum.

Associated Dates: 1923

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Associated Dates: 1923

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date: 23/11/1992

Description: This memorial granite drinking fountain is a monument to Burnaby’s municipal employees who lost their lives in the First World War. It has been relocated from its original setting to a shaded arterial pathway within the Burnaby Village Museum.

Heritage Value: The fountain is an early civic monument with superior massing and detail, constructed of local materials by local stonemason William Williamson. It was erected by the Burnaby Civic Employees Union (now CUPE Local 23) in 1923, on Burnaby’s original Municipal Hall grounds located at Kingsway and Edmonds Street, to honour their members who lost their lives in the First World War, commemorated by an engraved memorial at the top of the fountain. It signifies an important connection with the early strength and prominence of the civic labour union in Burnaby, as this was a memorial erected by the union members themselves, rather than by the civic government. Many war memorials were constructed across Canada after the end of the First World War, however, most are static, inviting passive contemplation. This memorial is unusual in its combination of functions; its use as a drinking fountain invites active participation. The memorial also includes a stone drinking bowl for dogs at the bottom left of the memorial, further illustrating the daily functional use of the fountain. The heritage value for this fountain also lies in its interpretive value within the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The fountain was moved to the Burnaby Village Museum in 1974.

Defining Elements: The character defining features of the Burnaby Civic Employees Union Memorial Fountain include its: - distinctive form with central water fountain - construction of rough-dressed local B.C. granite - engraved memorial at the top - carved emblematic maple leaf - drinking fountain function - dog drinking bowl

Locality: Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Organization: Burnaby Civic Employees Union; CUPE Local 23; Burnaby Village Museum

Builder: William Williamson

Function: Primary Current--Monument; Primary Historic--Monument; Secondary Current--Museum

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D. No. 011-030-356 Legal Description: Parcel 1, District Lot 79 and District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District, Reference Plan 77594

Boundaries: Burnaby Village Museum is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.

Area: 38,488.63

Contributing Resource: Building; Structure; Landscape Feature

Ownership: Public (local)

Documentation: Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Names: Burnaby Civic Employees Union; Burnaby Village Museum

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

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Central Park

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1891

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Associated Dates: 1891

Heritage Value: In 1860, as the Royal Engineers constructed the road from New Westminster to Vancouver (now Kingsway), a military reserve was set aside at the trail's highest point along the ridge. This reserve provided a particularly good scenic look-out since the original forest had burned down prior to 1860, the remaining stumps offered unobstructed views. By the 1880s, the city council of both New Westminster and Vancouver eyed the reserve as potential recreation ground. As construction of the tram line was underway, the Provincial Government moved to designate the whole reserve as a park. On January 14, 1891, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia proclaimed it as a public recreation ground.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Request for Provincial Government to Classify Douglas Road from New Westminster to Vancouver as a Primary Highway

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Request for Provincial Government to Classify Marine Drive as a Primary Highway

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Request for Union of BC Municipalities to Take Up with Government the Amendment of Municipal Act in Connection with Group Insurance

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Request to Governement re Sale of Government Land to Settlers

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Request to Provincial Government to Classify Douglas Road and Broadway from Boundary Road to North Road as a Secondary Highway

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Request to Provincial Government to Vary Specifications re Boundary Road and Sperling Avenue

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Request to the Provincial Government re Further Extension of the Paving of Hastings-Barnet Road

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Resolution Asking Provincial Government to Consider Improving Bend on Hastings Barnet Road at Delta Avenue

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Resolution for Council to Ask the Provincial Government for Relief of Landowners in the Agricultural Class and Suggest that Section 224 Sub Section (3) of the Municipal Act be Amended

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Resolution re Application to the Federal and Provincial Government for Financial Assistance for a Four Day Work Test in Respect of Civic and Other Works

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Resolutions re (1) Approaching Provincial Government for Improved Lighting on Kingsway (2) Request for Ward 6 Ratepayers Sewerage Scheme for Vitrified Pipe instead of Cement Pipe

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Resolution That the Municipal Boundaries be Disregarded in So Far as They Relate to High Schools or Technical Schools and that Such Schools be Provided and Maintained by the Provincial Government

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Road Oil to be Laid on Kent Street and Government Street

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Street Light Installed on Government Street Near the Bridge

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Supplial of Diphtheria Anti-Toxin and Other Requisite Diological Products by Provincial Government

Telephone Box Key Furnished to Mr. Newman of Cariboo Road and Government Street

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Thomas Haddon Contract for Laying Puncheon, Field Rocking, and Gravelling on Phillips Avenue and Government Street

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Broadview Neighbourhood

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Burnaby Civic Employees Union Memorial Fountain

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Central Park

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