Agreement re Sidewalk Crossing over Great Northern Railway at Gilmore Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport61646
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54561
- Meeting Date
- 13-Jul-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54561
- Meeting Date
- 13-Jul-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Authorization of Sidewalk Construction Over Great Northern Railway Tracks at Gilmore Avneue and Boundary Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64037
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55262
- Meeting Date
- 1-Jun-1931
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55262
- Meeting Date
- 1-Jun-1931
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Constitution of District Improvement Area for the Purpose of Constructing Concrete Sidewalks upon the West Side of Gilmore Avenue from Clydesdale Street to Great Northern Railway Right of Way
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65442
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 56633
- Meeting Date
- 29-Dec-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 56633
- Meeting Date
- 29-Dec-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Construction of Sewer on Boundary Road from Great Northern Railway to Grandview Highway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64621
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55854
- Meeting Date
- 19-May-1930
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55854
- Meeting Date
- 19-May-1930
- 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.
Estimate for Construction of Concrete Sidewalks upon the West Side of Gilmore Avenue from Clydesdale Street to Great Northern Railway Right of Way
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65443
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
Request for Payment re Paving Boundary Road from Great Northern Railway to Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65431
- 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
- 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
Request to the Great Northern Railway Company to Make a Connection Across Their Tracks on Boundary Road for Pedestrian Crossing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65185
- 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
- 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
Tenders for Paving Boundary Road from Union Street to Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64828
- 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
- 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
![GN 1350, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0023_001.jpg?width=280)
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.
- 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.
- 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0023_001.jpg)
![GN 1371 in Vancouver, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0039_001.jpg?width=280)
GN 1371 in Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3267
- 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.
- 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.
- 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0039_001.jpg)
![GN 1457, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0091_001.jpg?width=280)
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.
- 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.
- 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0091_001.jpg)
![GN 1459, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0024_001.jpg?width=280)
GN 1459
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3252
- 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.
- 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.
- 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0024_001.jpg)
![GN 1483, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0032_001.jpg?width=280)
GN 1483
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3260
- 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.
- 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.
- 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0032_001.jpg)
![GN no. 1, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0027_001.jpg?width=280)
GN no. 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3255
- 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.
- 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.
- 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"
Images
![GN no. 1, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0027_001.jpg)
![Travelling freight train, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0090_001.jpg?width=280)
Travelling freight train
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3317
- 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 a Seattle bound Great Northern Railway freight train travelling along the tracks and blowing smoke.
- 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 a Seattle bound Great Northern Railway freight train travelling along the tracks and blowing smoke.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.90
- 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 contents of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "G.N. Freight Seattle Bound"
Images
![Travelling freight train, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0090_001.jpg)
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Digital Books
Bylaw Number: 8444 - Highway Exchange Bylaw No 5, 1985
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw15934
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 8444
- Final Adoption
- 1985 Dec 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 8444
- Final Adoption
- 1985 Dec 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
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THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY?
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
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Chinese railroad workers participated in the construction of the
Great Northern Railway in BC, circa 1909. RBCM d-07548
INVESTIGATE!
The Chinese railway workers who helped build the
CPR received less pay, and performed dangerous
work. Do you think that
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV022.8.1
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
- Contributor
- City of Burnaby
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Physical Description
- 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese--British Columbia--History
- Pharmacy--Canada
- Pharmacy--United States
- Pharmaceutical museums
- Directories
- Object History
- Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
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