"Great Northern Railway" found 31 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.

Estimate for Construction of Concrete Sidewalks upon the West Side of Gilmore Avenue from Clydesdale Street to Great Northern Railway Right of Way

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56634

Meeting Date: 29-Dec-1930

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: 56634

Meeting Date: 29-Dec-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 56634

29-Dec-1930 Meeting Minutes

Great Northern Railway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1903 (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 building of the Great Northern railway along Burnaby Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1903 (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.: 204-746

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the building of the Great Northern railway along Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Construction - Railroad Construction

Names: Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation at top of photograph reads, "Deer 1903"

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Great Northern Railway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train going through the Burnaby Lake area. The railroad was built along the north shore of Burnaby Lake in 1904.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-133

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train going through the Burnaby Lake area. The railroad was built along the north shore of Burnaby Lake in 1904.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Occupations - Engineers

Names: Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Great Northern Railway, [1905] thumbnail

Great Northern Railway construction

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a work crew working on the Great Northern Railway line that ran along the north shore of Burnaby Lake. The line was built ca. 1904.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-168

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a work crew working on the Great Northern Railway line that ran along the north shore of Burnaby Lake. The line was built ca. 1904.

Subjects: Occupations - Railroad Labourers; Construction - Railroad Construction; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Great Northern Railway construction, [1904] thumbnail

Removal of Brush North and South of Great Northern Railway at Sperling Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64437

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 55619

Meeting Date: 10-Mar-1930

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 55619

Meeting Date: 10-Mar-1930

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 55619

10-Mar-1930 Meeting Minutes

Request for Payment re Paving Boundary Road from Great Northern Railway to Douglas Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56622

Meeting Date: 29-Dec-1930

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: 56622

Meeting Date: 29-Dec-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 56622

29-Dec-1930 Meeting Minutes

Request to the Great Northern Railway Company to Make a Connection Across Their Tracks on Boundary Road for Pedestrian Crossing

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56263

Meeting Date: 22-Sep-1930

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: 56263

Meeting Date: 22-Sep-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 56263

22-Sep-1930 Meeting Minutes

Tenders for Paving Boundary Road from Union Street to Great Northern Railway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56012

Meeting Date: 16-Jun-1930

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: 56012

Meeting Date: 16-Jun-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 56012

16-Jun-1930 Meeting Minutes

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"

Images

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

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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"

Images

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"

Images

GN 1483, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

GN no. 1

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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. 1 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. 1 at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Accession Code: BV985.6114.27

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 # 1"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "840"