"Great Northern Railway" found 34 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 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

2 documents

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

Report 60086

23-Oct-1922 Meeting Minutes

Lowering Burnaby Lake and Great Northern Railway Co Offer to Contribute to Cost

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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

2 documents

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

Report 60077

23-Oct-1922 Meeting Minutes

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

2 documents

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

Report 75355

1-Feb-1926 Meeting Minutes

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

2 documents

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

Report 59243

23-Jan-1922 Meeting Minutes

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

2 documents

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

Report 73498

26-Nov-1923 Meeting Minutes

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

2 documents

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

Report 59908

4-Jul-1927 Meeting Minutes

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

2 documents

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

Report 91228

18-Jul-1921 Meeting Minutes

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54263

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

Basil Pontifex

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37903

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3251

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"

Images

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

GN 1457

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3318

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

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Application to Railway Board for Permission to Construct Crossings Over Great Northern Railway and BC Electric Railway at Gilmore Avenue

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Authorization of Completion of Work at Great Northern Railway Crossing Cariboo Road

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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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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

Documents

Crossings - Great Northern Railway

Great Northern Railway Account re Crossing Signal at Douglas Road

Documents

Lowering Burnaby Lake and Great Northern Railway Co Offer to Contribute to Cost

Documents

Offer for Cedar on DL 124 South of Great Northern Railway

Documents

Order re Great Northern Railway Crossing at Douglas Road

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

Documents

Referral re Signs at Great Northern Railway and British Columbia Electric Railway Crossing on Sperling Avenue

Documents

Request to Great Northern Railway Co. re Removal of Cariboo Road Crossing Planking and Grading

Documents

Surfacing the North Road Sidewalk between Brunette Creek Bridge and the 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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