"Great Northern Railway" found 37 records

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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

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 crossing

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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…

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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."

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Roads

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

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Great Northern Railway crossing, [1914] thumbnail

Great Northern Railway re Request for Culvert being Placed

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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

2 documents

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

Report 81183

5-Feb-1910 Meeting Minutes

Great Northern Railway - Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway & Navigation Co.

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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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

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

Notice of Sitting re Application to Remove Burnaby Lake Great Northern Railway Station to Piper Siding

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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

2 documents

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

Report 74864

10-Jul-1911 Meeting Minutes

Petitions re Great Northern Railway Station

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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

2 documents

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

Report 74590

3-Apr-1911 Meeting Minutes

Surfacing the North Road Sidewalk between Brunette Creek Bridge and the Great Northern Railway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70350

Meeting Date: 27-Sep-1943

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70350

Meeting Date: 27-Sep-1943

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 70350

27-Sep-1943 Meeting Minutes

View to a Joint Meeting on the Ground with Great Northern Railway

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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

2 documents

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

Report 81370

5-Mar-1910 Meeting Minutes

Basil Pontifex

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1948 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex at the Great Northern Railway tracks located around the Burnaby Lake area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1948 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-491

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex at the Great Northern Railway tracks located around the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway; Pontifex, Basil

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

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Basil Pontifex, January 1948 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

GN 1350

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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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1350 traveling past an unidentified location.

1 image

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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1350 traveling past an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Accession Code: BV985.6114.23

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "GN 1350"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "695"; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph crosses out the stamp: "5" and reads: "94"

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GN 1350, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

GN 1371 in Vancouver

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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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1371 in Vancouver.

1 image

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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1371 in Vancouver.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV985.6114.39

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-19

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "G.N. 1371/ Van"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "694"

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GN 1371 in Vancouver, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

GN 1457

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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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1457 at an unidentified location.

1 image

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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1457 at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Accession Code: BV985.6114.91

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 note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "G.N. 1457"

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GN 1457, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

GN 1459

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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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1459 traveling past an unidentified location.

1 image

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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1459 traveling past an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Accession Code: BV985.6114.24

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "GN 1459"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "840"

Images

GN 1459, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

GN 1483

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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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1483 at an unidentified location.

1 image

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 Great Northern Railway locomotive no. 1483 at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Accession Code: BV985.6114.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "GN 1483"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "694"

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Account of Expenditure re Great Northern Railway Accident

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Account of Proceedings Before the Board of Railway Commisioners re Great Northern Railway Crossing at Douglas Road

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Application for a Crossing over the Great Northern Railway Tracks at Phillips Avenue

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Cost of Installing Flasher Signals at Edmonds Street and Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue and Great Northern Railway

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Cost Sharing for the Installation of a Signal at the Douglas Road Great Northern Railway Crossing

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Cost Sharing with Great Northern Railway Company for the Installation of Two Flashing Lights and Bell at the Double Track Crossing of Douglas Road and Great Northern Tracks

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Crossings - Great Northern Railway

Great Northern Railway crossing

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Great Northern Railway re Request for Culvert being Placed

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Great Northern Railway - Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway & Navigation Co.

Notice of Sitting re Application to Remove Burnaby Lake Great Northern Railway Station to Piper Siding

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Petitions re Great Northern Railway Station

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Surfacing the North Road Sidewalk between Brunette Creek Bridge and the Great Northern Railway

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View to a Joint Meeting on the Ground with Great Northern Railway

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Basil Pontifex

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GN 1350

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GN 1371 in Vancouver

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GN 1457

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GN 1459

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GN 1483

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