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Account of Expenditure re Great Northern Railway Accident
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport75782
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81127
- Meeting Date
- 8-Jan-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81127
- Meeting Date
- 8-Jan-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Account of Proceedings Before the Board of Railway Commisioners re Great Northern Railway Crossing at Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport70463
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 734671
- Meeting Date
- 24-Nov-1919
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 734671
- Meeting Date
- 24-Nov-1919
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application to Railway Board for Permission to Construct Crossings Over Great Northern Railway and BC Electric Railway at Gilmore Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67838
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58693
- Meeting Date
- 29-Oct-1928
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58693
- Meeting Date
- 29-Oct-1928
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Authorization of Completion of Work at Great Northern Railway Crossing Cariboo Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67946
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58823
- Meeting Date
- 10-Oct-1921
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58823
- Meeting Date
- 10-Oct-1921
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Councillor Lawson Submitted Locations for Street Lights in Ward 5 (a) Madison Avenue and Oxford Street (b) Alpha Avenue and Keefer Street (c) Esmond Avneue and Douglas Road (d) Boundary Avenue and BC Electric Railway & Great Northern Railway Tracks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport71507
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 736239
- Meeting Date
- 27-Sep-1920
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 736239
- Meeting Date
- 27-Sep-1920
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Crossings - Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription807
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement for the construction of a sidewalk by the Railway Company, and correspondence related to these transactions. File also includes blueprint plan of sidewalk over [GNR] tracks and right of way for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby, 1931; blueprint "Sketch Showing Sigh…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2558
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement for the construction of a sidewalk by the Railway Company, and correspondence related to these transactions. File also includes blueprint plan of sidewalk over [GNR] tracks and right of way for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby, 1931; blueprint "Sketch Showing Sight Clearance and Distances and Sperling Avenue Grade Crossing" [c1945]; and blueprint "Plan of Proposed Road Crossing of Phillips Avenue."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Great Northern Railway Account re Crossing Signal at Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69047
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60086
- Meeting Date
- 23-Oct-1922
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60086
- Meeting Date
- 23-Oct-1922
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Great Northern Railway crossing, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110009.jpg?width=280)
Great Northern Railway crossing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3095
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.2 x 15.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Great Northern Railway crossing meeting a road that appears to have run parellel to the railway on a bluff. On the left side of the photograph is a small hut beside a sign that reads, "Railway Crossing." Two unidentified men are standing outside of the hut. An earlier catalogue re…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.2 x 15.8 cm
- Material Details
- Inscribed on negative, and printed backwards on contact print, l.r. "G.N.RAILWAY......../SHEWI [rest of the word illegible] INTERSECTION). CROSSING.../ [illegible word] ROAD. LOOKING NORTH"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Great Northern Railway crossing meeting a road that appears to have run parellel to the railway on a bluff. On the left side of the photograph is a small hut beside a sign that reads, "Railway Crossing." Two unidentified men are standing outside of the hut. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that the crossing street is North Road, and the photograph was taken looking northwest into Burnaby. Inscribed on negative, lower right: "G.N. Railway /Shewi [rest of the word illegible] Intersection) Crossing / [illegible word] Road. Looking North."
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1914]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
Images
![Great Northern Railway crossing, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110009.jpg)
Great Northern Railway re Request for Culvert being Placed
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76227
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81183
- Meeting Date
- 5-Feb-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81183
- Meeting Date
- 5-Feb-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Great Northern Railway - Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway & Navigation Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription792
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, Council minutes, and a notice of sittings of the Board of Railway Commissioners regarding the installation of double tracking by the Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway & Navigation Co., from Sapperton to Still Creek. File also includes correspondence pertaining to …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2542
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, Council minutes, and a notice of sittings of the Board of Railway Commissioners regarding the installation of double tracking by the Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway & Navigation Co., from Sapperton to Still Creek. File also includes correspondence pertaining to the Great Northern Railway siding (spur line) at Douglas Road and Pole Line Road (Sperling Avenue).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Lowering Burnaby Lake and Great Northern Railway Co Offer to Contribute to Cost
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69038
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60077
- Meeting Date
- 23-Oct-1922
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60077
- Meeting Date
- 23-Oct-1922
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Notice of Sitting re Application to Remove Burnaby Lake Great Northern Railway Station to Piper Siding
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport75464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 74864
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jul-1911
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 74864
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jul-1911
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Offer for Cedar on DL 124 South of Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport70419
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 75355
- Meeting Date
- 1-Feb-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 75355
- Meeting Date
- 1-Feb-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Order re Great Northern Railway Crossing at Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport68315
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 59243
- Meeting Date
- 23-Jan-1922
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 59243
- Meeting Date
- 23-Jan-1922
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Petitions re Great Northern Railway Station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport74881
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 74590
- Meeting Date
- 3-Apr-1911
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 74590
- Meeting Date
- 3-Apr-1911
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Recommendation of the Engineer that a 33 Foot Road Allowance Through Block 19, DL 44 Adjacent and Parallel to the Great Northern Railway be Reserved
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport70234
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73498
- Meeting Date
- 26-Nov-1923
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73498
- Meeting Date
- 26-Nov-1923
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Referral re Signs at Great Northern Railway and British Columbia Electric Railway Crossing on Sperling Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67581
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 59908
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jul-1927
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 59908
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jul-1927
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request to Great Northern Railway Co. re Removal of Cariboo Road Crossing Planking and Grading
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport81238
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 91228
- Meeting Date
- 18-Jul-1921
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 91228
- Meeting Date
- 18-Jul-1921
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
View to a Joint Meeting on the Ground with Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76746
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81370
- Meeting Date
- 5-Mar-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81370
- Meeting Date
- 5-Mar-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Railway embankment, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110004.jpg?width=280)
Railway embankment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1057
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just nort…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just north of the Brunette River, looking southeast toward Coquitlam from Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1914]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Related Material
- for another view of the same railway embankment, see HV972.11.2
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
Images
![Railway embankment, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110004.jpg)