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Cost of Installing Flasher Signals at Edmonds Street and Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue and Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49493
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49259
- Meeting Date
- 11-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49259
- Meeting Date
- 11-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Cost Sharing for the Installation of a Signal at the Douglas Road Great Northern Railway Crossing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49211
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48810
- Meeting Date
- 24-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48810
- Meeting Date
- 24-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48651
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48327
- Meeting Date
- 28-Jun-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48327
- Meeting Date
- 28-Jun-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Costs Involved in the Installation of a Safety Crossing at Sperling Avenue and the Great Northern Railway Track
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46627
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46412
- Meeting Date
- 2-Sep-1952
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46412
- Meeting Date
- 2-Sep-1952
- 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
Crossing - Gilmore Avenue and Great Northern Railway Tracks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport40587
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 36999
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-1960
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 37
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 36999
- Meeting Date
- 24-Aug-1960
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 37
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Crossing of the Great Northern Railway Tracks at Cariboo Road at Mileage 147.2 of the 3rd Subdivision of the Cascade Division
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport37082
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 33683
- Meeting Date
- 6-Oct-1964
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 62
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 33683
- Meeting Date
- 6-Oct-1964
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 62
- Item No.
- 1
- 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.
Douglas Road Crossing of the Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32414
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 29018
- Meeting Date
- 3-Nov-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 69
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 29018
- Meeting Date
- 3-Nov-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 69
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Douglas Road Crossing of the Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport34274
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 30906
- Meeting Date
- 16-Oct-1967
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 67
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 30906
- Meeting Date
- 16-Oct-1967
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 67
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Easement Granted to Great Northern Railway Company through Lot 1, DL 75 and Block 3, DL 130
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46956
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46938
- Meeting Date
- 29-Oct-1951
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 46938
- Meeting Date
- 29-Oct-1951
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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
Gilmore Avenue and Great Northern Railway Tracks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport40964
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 36648
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1960
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 36648
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1960
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35887
- 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.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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.
- 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, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-133.jpg?width=280)
Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38814
- 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.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- 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.
- 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-133.jpg)
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 at Willingdon Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport36559
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 32279
- Meeting Date
- 20-Apr-1965
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 30
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 32279
- Meeting Date
- 20-Apr-1965
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 30
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Great Northern Railway construction, [1904] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-168.jpg?width=280)
Great Northern Railway construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38849
- 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.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-168.jpg)
![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