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Boston Bar Creek on the Kettle Valley Railroad

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railway bed running alongside a creek at the foot of a forested mountain. Power lines can be seen running in the foreground. The caption to the photograph reads: "Boston Bar Creek on the KVR."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-158
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railway bed running alongside a creek at the foot of a forested mountain. Power lines can be seen running in the foreground. The caption to the photograph reads: "Boston Bar Creek on the KVR."
Subjects
Geographic Features - Creeks
Geographic Features - Valleys
Transportation - Rail
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Fed up, far from home and no fish!

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34419
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 4.2 x 8.8 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man sitting alongside railroad tracks in Yale under a sign that reads: "PORTIA". A caption below the photograph reads: "Fed up, far from home and no fish!" Portia was a station for the Kettle Valley Railroad - a number of those stations were named after Shakespeare characters by K…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 4.2 x 8.8 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-126
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man sitting alongside railroad tracks in Yale under a sign that reads: "PORTIA". A caption below the photograph reads: "Fed up, far from home and no fish!" Portia was a station for the Kettle Valley Railroad - a number of those stations were named after Shakespeare characters by KVR President James Warren. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Names
Kettle Valley Railroad
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Grieve family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66379
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1908-1966
Collection/Fonds
Grieve family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1908-1966
Collection/Fonds
Grieve family fonds
Physical Description
14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2011-04
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
History
William Ewart “Bill” Grieve was born at Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (then the North-West Territories), on August 15, 1885. He was the eldest child of John and Flora Grieve. Bill attended school at Qu’Appelle until he was 12 years old and went to work at a furniture store. In October of 1902, at the age of 17, he moved to the Okanagan and worked on a Kettle Valley Railroad construction camp for four years. Bill enlisted at Kamloops in 1915 and served overseas as a member of the 72nd Seaforth Battalion. He was wounded at the Battle of Lens in August of 1917 and was invalided home in November of 1917. On April 14, 1920, William Ewart “Bill” Grieve married Christine. Bill’s ill health sent them to California for a year but by April of 1923, they had returned to Canada and bought a house at 3925 Triumph Street in North Burnaby. Bill worked as manager of the Used Car Department of Johnston Motors Ltd in Vancouver for the next twenty years. He retired in 1946 and opened his own used car business at 4507 East Hastings Street, Burnaby. Christine Grieve was a life-long member of the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada. Christine and Bill had two sons, Kenneth Ewart “Ken” and William Ronald “Ronald.” Ken was born about 1922. By 1928, he was in grade three at Gilmore Avenue School and by 1948, he was at the University of British Columbia. Ken died prior to March of 2006. Ronald was born about 1929 and was 13 years old during World War II. Like his older brother before him, he attended the University of British Columbia. He later married and had children, one of whom was Catherine E. “Cathy” Grieve (later Linowski). Ronald died April 7, 1970, at the age of 41. Bill served as president of the North Burnaby Liberal Association for four years and was liberal candidate for the Burnaby Provincial riding at the General Election in 1937. He also served on the Burnaby School Board from 1943 to 1957 consecutively. Bill died April 1, 1969 at the age of 83.
Media Type
Textual Record
Creator
Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
MSS155, photo catalogue 523
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Iago Station, KVR

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34422
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken looking up the Kettle Valley Railroad towards a station identified as Iago Station in Hope. A number of Kettle Valley Railroad stations were named after Shakespeare characters by KVR President James Warren. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled t…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-129
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph taken looking up the Kettle Valley Railroad towards a station identified as Iago Station in Hope. A number of Kettle Valley Railroad stations were named after Shakespeare characters by KVR President James Warren. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations
Names
Kettle Valley Railroad
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Up the Coquihalla, June 1925

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34420
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up the valley on the Kettle Valley Railroad. Power lines and cleared forests can be seen in the foreground. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway du…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-127
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up the valley on the Kettle Valley Railroad. Power lines and cleared forests can be seen in the foreground. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Valleys
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail