"Great Northern Railway" found 116 records

Pioneer tales of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1987

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

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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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Pipe Crossing - Great Northern Railway at Mile 240 Plus 35

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 37433

Meeting Date: 9-Mar-1959

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 10

Item No.: 5

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 37433

Meeting Date: 9-Mar-1959

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 10

Item No.: 5

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

Documents

Report 37433

9-Mar-1959 Meeting Minutes

Pipeline Crossing Agreement - Great Northern Railway at Piper Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 36942

Meeting Date: 25-Jul-1960

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 33

Item No.: 16

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 36942

Meeting Date: 25-Jul-1960

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 33

Item No.: 16

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

Documents

Report 36942

25-Jul-1960 Meeting Minutes

Pipeline Crossing Agreement with Great Northern Railway Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 36863

Meeting Date: 20-Jun-1960

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 27

Item No.: 2

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 36863

Meeting Date: 20-Jun-1960

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 27

Item No.: 2

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

Documents

Report 36863

20-Jun-1960 Meeting Minutes

Proposed Overpass - Great Northern Railway at Willingdon Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 32399

Meeting Date: 31-May-1965

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 40

Item No.: 7

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 32399

Meeting Date: 31-May-1965

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 40

Item No.: 7

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

Documents

Report 32399

31-May-1965 Meeting Minutes

Proposed Willingdon Avenue Overpass at Great Northern Railway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 32617

Meeting Date: 7-Sep-1965

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 60

Item No.: 1

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 32617

Meeting Date: 7-Sep-1965

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 60

Item No.: 1

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

Documents

Report 32617

7-Sep-1965 Meeting Minutes

Proposed Willingdon Avenue Overpass at Great Northern Railway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 32560

Meeting Date: 2-Aug-1965

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 54

Item No.: 30

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 32560

Meeting Date: 2-Aug-1965

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 54

Item No.: 30

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

Documents

Report 32560

2-Aug-1965 Meeting Minutes

Railway embankment

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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 ; 14.8 x 20.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. In the foreground is the railway, and in the midground a steep bluff, on top of which an unidentified man in a suit and a bowler hat is standing. There appears to be a road lined with electric posts close to where the man stands. An earlier catalogue record from…

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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 ; 14.8 x 20.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. In the foreground is the railway, and in the midground a steep bluff, on top of which an unidentified man in a suit and a bowler hat is standing. There appears to be a road lined with electric posts close to where the man stands. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway just north of Brunette Creek on North Road. Also, it notes that the road running by the man is North Road.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Great Northern Railway

Geographic Access: North Road

Accession Code: HV972.11.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Related Material: for another view of the same railway embankment, see HV972.11.4

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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Railway embankment

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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 ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just nort…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just north of the Brunette River, looking southeast toward Coquitlam from Burnaby.