Research

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates

1955-2008

Heritage Value

Since the building boom of the 1950s, the Kingsway-Beresford Neighbourhood has maintained a residential character with the exception of the Kingsway corridor, which has become a primary commercial and light industrial sector.

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates

1860

Heritage Value

The street we know as Kingsway is one of the legacies of the Royal Engineers' military defences for New Westminster. The fear of an American attack prompted the construction of the False Creek trail - later known as Vancouver Road and now Kingsway - in 1860 to connect the capital city to the ice-free salt water harbour at English Bay.

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Marlborough Area

Windsor Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Stride Avenue Area

Edmonds Area

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

6830 Sperling Avenue

Associated Dates

1924

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

Built after the end of the First World War, this house features an eclectic blend of Arts and Crafts elements. Constructed for A.E. Brown and a full two storeys in height, it has a front jerkin-headed roof with a jerkin-headed side projection, and a corner wraparound verandah with tapered columns. The house has been maintained in near original condition, with original lapped wooden siding, multi-paned windows and square balusters.

Locality

Edmonds

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

Griffiths Avenue & Kingsway

Associated Dates

1891

Heritage Value

Constructed in 1891 between Edmonds and Highland Park on the Central Park Interurban Line, the steam plant provided power to run the line, then operated by Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. The steam powerhouse was replaced in 1905 by a B.C. Electric substation which was put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. Prior to Burnaby having its own Municipal Hall, Council meetings were often held at the boarding house adjacent to the powerhouse and in 1892, Burnaby’s first Council meeting was held at the boarding house in 1892.

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Griffiths Avenue

Burnaby - Kingsway

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

6650 Southoaks Crescent

Associated Dates

1922-1988

Heritage Value

Burnaby South and Burnaby North were Burnaby's first high schools. The first rooms of the school were built in 1922 on the same grounds as the Kingsway East Elementary School. In 1940, a two-storey building was erected and additions were made in 1963, 1967 and 1972. Kingsway East closed in 1925 and its buildings were used by the high school for Industrial Arts and Home Economics. In the early 1990s, a new "urban education centre" (Burnaby South/B.C. School for the Deaf) was opened, replacing the old Burnaby South High School.

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - 6626 Southoaks Drive

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates

1913

Heritage Value

The years 1911-1912 saw great expansion and settlement in Burnaby and large public works projects were undertaken to service the growing community. One project that was determined to be a necessity was the construction of a proper highway between New Westminster and Vancouver. The Province and the Municipality agreed to share the costs of construction (with Burnaby paying 25% and the Province 75%) and so Kingsway was built to improve the current Vancouver Road. The road was named after the famous King's Way in London, England.

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Marlborough Area

Windsor Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Stride Avenue Area

Edmonds Area

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

6512 Brantford Avenue

Associated Dates

1965

Heritage Value

As housing developments extended north from Kingsway, pupil enrolments grew at Windsor and at Morley Schools so Brantford was built equidistant from the two to help ease enrolment problems. Brantford Elementary school opened in 1965 and was similar in structure to other schools built in Burnaby during this period - no basements, no second stories and no high stairways. Classrooms were built in a line and could easily be added to as enrolments increased. Brantford had room additions in 1969.

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6512 Brantford Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Alan Emmott Centre

Civic Address

6650 Southoaks Crescent

Associated Dates

1913

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The Kingsway East School is a two-storey wood-frame Arts and Crafts styled building. The school, and the adjacent cenotaph and memorial tennis courts, comprise Burnaby South Memorial Park.

Heritage Value

This school structure completed in 1913, the oldest surviving public education building in the city, was intended to be the auditorium and gymnasium for Burnaby’s first high school. However, because of the 1913 recession and the outbreak of the First World War, it was utilized as the Kingsway East Elementary School for the Edmonds District until 1921. Burnaby South High School opened here in 1922, and after it relocated this building was used for a variety of school purposes until it became redundant. The school was rehabilitated for community purposes in 2002-03 and renamed the Alan Emmott Centre to honor a former Mayor of Burnaby. The impressive scale of the Kingsway East School is indicative of the relative size of the community and its growing demand for schooling at the time of construction, illustrating the value that early community residents placed on education. Built to plans of the Burnaby School Board architect, Joseph Henry Bowman (1864-1943), it also indicates the individual values and design control exercised by the school board during this era. It is also significant for its Arts and Crafts style, allied to the typical Craftsman residential vocabulary, which was employed locally for school buildings of the Edwardian era. By using a common architectural vocabulary, this allowed the institution to reflect the values and aspirations of the local community. The Arts and Crafts style also demonstrated an allegiance to British educational antecedents and a demonstration of loyalty to the Mother Country.

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Function

Primary Historic--Primary School

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 016-367-154 Legal Description: Lot 1, District Lot 96, Group 1 New Westminster District, Plan 86581

Boundaries

The Kingsway East School is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6650 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby.

Area

6,070.00

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Structure

Ownership

Public (local)

Documentation

Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - 6626 Southoaks Drive

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

6650 Southoaks Crescent

Associated Dates

1948

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

This memorial comprises a cenotaph and three tennis courts: the former a monument of British Columbia granite inscribed with the names of fifty-one students of Burnaby South High School who lost their lives in the Second World War; and the latter a living memorial to these former students.

Heritage Value

This memorial is important for its spiritual, symbolic, and cultural associations for the former students of Burnaby South High School, and for all youth in the community. The cenotaph is of personal significance to the families of those who lost their lives. The unusual combination of cenotaph and living memorial - the tennis courts - represents a rare statement of a community's commitment to not allow the sacrifice of its youth to be forgotten by providing an active facility which draw people to the place on a regular basis rather than just on occasions of remembrance. As such it is an important symbol of a humanitarian ethic. In combination with the Kingsway East School, now rehabilitated as the Alan Emmott Centre, this memorial represents a valuable haven of green-space and recreation in the high-density urban development that now surrounds it.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Burnaby South High School Cenotaph & Memorial Tennis Courts include the: - location of the cenotaph adjacent to the living memorial - spatial association of this memorial and the remaining school building - physical fabric of both the granite monument and the tennis courts

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Organization

Burnaby South High School

Kingsway East School

Burnaby School Board

Function

Primary Current--Public Feature

Primary Historic--Public Feature

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 016-367-154 Legal Description: Lot 1, District Lot 96, Group 1 New Westminster District, Plan 86581

Boundaries

Burnaby South High School Cenotaph & Memorial Tennis Courts is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6650 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby.

Area

6,070.00

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Structure

Ownership

Public (local)

Documentation

Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - 6626 Southoaks Drive

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

6325 Sperling Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

By-law No. 11978

Enactment Date

17/10/2005

Description

The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is a two and one-half storey, wood-frame Arts and Crafts house with a hipped roof and hipped dormers. Symmetrical in massing, it is distinguished by its masonry verandah columns, foundations and chimneys. It is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street in the Edmonds neighbourhood of South Burnaby.

Heritage Value

The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is significant for illustrating the early development of the Edmonds neighbourhood, a speculative subdivision that was created and marketed during the pre-First World War real estate boom. The area’s proximity to New Westminster, coupled with extensive views and two newly developed streetcar lines, ensured that Edmonds attracted a wave of suburban development. The scale of this house is atypical of the usual suburban lots, and reflects the prominence of this location and its spectacular views. Set on a large lot, the Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is a grand estate home that is one of the earliest, and most prominent, in South Burnaby. This is also an exceptional example of Arts and Crafts architecture, displaying the use of native materials that was a hallmark of the style. The first owners were Jacob Wysong and his wife Margaret. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912. The stonework is exceptional, and the use of rough-cut granite and fieldstone, with overall shingle cladding, recalls the rustic vernacular common in Western park lodges, and evokes a country lifestyle in harmony with nature. The hipped roof was designed with a flat top that acted as a lookout tower that provided views of the surrounding landscape.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Jacob and Margaret Wysong House include its: - prominent corner location in the Edmonds neighbourhood of South Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two and one-half storey plus raised basement height, symmetrical plan, hipped roof with flat top, hipped dormers, and hipped roof over the full open front verandah with a central front gable - masonry elements such as rough-cut granite and fieldstone foundations, verandah columns, stair cheeks, and external and internal chimneys - wooden-frame construction including original cedar shingling on dormers and facing verandah, shingling on remainder of house under later stucco cladding, and surviving original dimensional trim facing verandah and on dormers - Arts and Crafts features such as the use of natural materials, open soffits and angled roof overhang - windows including: double-hung 18-over-1 wooden sash windows; multi-paned casement windows; French doors to verandah; and front door with glazed sidelights - associated landscape features including surrounding mature trees, hedges and perimeter plantings

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Person

Jacob Wysong

Margaret Wysong

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Edmonds

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. 000-497-801

Boundaries

The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6325 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

1087.62

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Documentation

City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

John & Christina Mackie House

Civic Address

6445 Arbroath Street

Associated Dates

1920

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 10314

Enactment Date

15/01/1996

Description

'The Gables' is a one and one-half storey plus basement residence with a distinctive cross-gambrel roof. The foundations and first storey facade are constructed of granite rubble-stone with raised pointing, and the remainder of the house is clad in cedar shingles. It is now part of the Tudor Grove residential complex.

Heritage Value

The residence is valued as the house of John Mackie (1879-1937) and Christina Mackie (1881-1959) and is significant as the last house remaining from the original Highland Park subdivision. The area was first laid out in 1902, and then remarketed by C.L. Merritt and Company in 1911 as 'Gilley Park - the Suburb Beautiful.' Located on the B.C. Electric Railway interurban line, this was one of many middle-class commuter suburbs in Burnaby promoted during the Edwardian era. These suburbs were reflective of the City Beautiful Movement, a process of urbanization that sought to create morally, socially and aesthetically uplifting civic environments. The site is significant as a rare example of a modest residence incorporating high quality Arts and Crafts stylistic elements. Unusual for a house of this moderate scale, the foundation, first storey walls and chimney are constructed of rough-dressed granite. John Mackie was a stone mason, and it is assumed that he undertook the work himself. The cross gambrel roof is an unusual feature, relatively uncommon in B.C., from which the house derives its name, ‘The Gables.’

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of 'The Gables' include its: - location in the original Highland Park subdivision - vernacular residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by the one and one-half storey plus basement height, inset porch and symmetrical, rectangular plan - cross-gambrel roof with closed eaves and returned lower edges, clad with cedar shingles - Arts and Crafts influence as exemplified in its use of natural materials such as rough-dressed granite rubble-stone foundation, first storey walls and chimney, and cedar shingle siding on the upper storey - other elements of masonry construction, such as the granite window-box brackets, granite stair cheeks and granite interior chimney with rustic cap - wooden-sash windows - house name, ‘The Gables,’ carved into a granite block on the left-hand pier of the front porch

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Person

John Mackie

Christina Mackie

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

002-837-765

Boundaries

'The Gables' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6445 Arbroath Street, Burnaby.

Area

5453.12

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6445 Arbroath Street

Burnaby - 6577 Southoaks Crescent

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1927 or 1928]

Collection/Fonds

Ethel Derrick collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

136-003

Accession Number

BHS985-5

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 50.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby South High School students seated and standing outside the school building. A sign at the top centre of the building reads, "Burnaby South / High School."

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1940 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds

Helen Davy collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

138-004

Accession Number

BHS985-8

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.7 x 13.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photographic postcard of a class of young women at Burnaby South High School posed outside of the building.

Subjects

Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-028

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of students and staff at Burnaby South High School. Thomas "Tom" Chalmers is identified as number eight.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Names

Chalmers, Thomas "Tom"

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-036

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Pearson family home at 2215 Inverness Street (later renumbered and renamed 6693 Arcola Street) built by George Pearson after arriving from the Prairies.

Subjects

Buildings - Residences - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Inverness Street

Burnaby - Arcola Street

Burnaby - 6693 Arcola Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 23, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-525

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a view of Kingsway looking east from the corner of Kingsway and Sperling Avenue.

Photographer

Ross, Martha

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

June 1938

Collection/Fonds

Richard Hardy family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

570-017

Accession Number

2014-16

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of teachers, Tommy Sanderson and Mabel nee Young (Hardy) outside Burnaby South High School in Burnaby.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Sanderson, Thomas

Hardy, Mabel

Young, Mabel

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note on verso reads: "BSHS / June 1938 / Mabel Young / Tommy Sanderson"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1964

Collection/Fonds

Krewenchuk family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

582-006

Accession Number

2015-05

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mary Krewenchuk (nee Chiveldeff) standing in front of a large rhododendron with red flowers outside her home at 7460 Salisbury Avenue. Mary and Mike Krewenchuk built the house and lived here from 1967 to the 1970s. which she owned and operated with her husband Mike Krewenchuk.

Names

Krewenchuk, Mary

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 7460 Salisbury Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1913 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-225

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of William Walker, a member of a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby The land was cleared by blasting. The tree in this picture measured 24 feet in circumference.

Subjects

Land Clearing

Plants - Trees

Names

Walker, William

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1913] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-226

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of land clearing by a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby. William Walker was a member of this crew. The land was cleared by blasting.

Subjects

Land Clearing

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1922 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds

Ward Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

280-008

Accession Number

BHS992-10

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby South High School. This photograph was used as promotional material for Ward and Leverington Contractors.

Names

Burnaby South High School

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1920]

Collection/Fonds

Wysong Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

294-001

Accession Number

BHS992-32

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the "Wysong House" in 3/4 view located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Residences - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1920]

Collection/Fonds

Wysong Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

294-002

Accession Number

BHS992-32

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the "Wysong House" located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. This photograph was taken from the other side of Sperling Avenue, on the diagonal. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Residences - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1920]

Collection/Fonds

Wysong Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

294-004

Accession Number

BHS992-32

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the "Wysong House" with a for sale sign on the front steps, located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Residences - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1925]

Collection/Fonds

Wysong Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

294-005

Accession Number

BHS992-32

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boy and his dog sitting on the front steps of the "Wysong House", located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Residences - Houses

Animals - Dogs

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1960]

Collection/Fonds

Wysong Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

294-007

Accession Number

BHS992-32

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph detailing the massing on the "Wysong House", located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Residences - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1960]

Collection/Fonds

Wysong Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

294-009

Accession Number

BHS992-32

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. Jacobsen, the second owner, standing at the side of the "Wysong House" under a large fruit tree. The house is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[194-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-015

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of siblings Lance, Robert and Gladys Woodean, children of Pearl and Ed Woodean, taken on Brantford Avenue.

Names

Mackie, Gladys Woodean

Woodean, Lance

Woodean, Robert

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Brantford Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1941 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-016

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Gladys, Lance and Robert Woodean, children of Pearl and Ed Woodean. This photograph was taken in front of their grandparents' home on Brantford Avenue.

Names

Mackie, Gladys Woodean

Woodean, Lance

Woodean, Robert

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Brantford Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1922 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-019

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Skattebols on Brantford Street.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Brantford Avenue

Burnaby - 6385 Brantford Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[194-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-086

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.0 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of crowded bicycle racks outside of Burnaby South High School.

Subjects

Transportation - Bicycles

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1943 or 1944] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-088

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 11.2 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Burnaby South High School commercial class, Grade 10.

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1942 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-405

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 9.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of the gymnasium at Burnaby South High School.

Subjects

Construction

Buildings - Schools

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1942 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-406

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of the gymnasium at Burnaby South High School.

Subjects

Construction

Buildings - Schools

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1942 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-408

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 9.2 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of classrooms at Burnaby South High School, exterior.

Subjects

Construction

Buildings - Schools

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1942 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-409

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 9.6 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of classrooms at Burnaby South High School, exterior.

Subjects

Construction

Buildings - Schools

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1942 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-410

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 9.6 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of the gymnasium at Burnaby South High School, interior.

Subjects

Construction

Buildings - Schools

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1953 or 1954] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-414

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby South High School senior class.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Burnaby South High School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1914 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds

Disney Family collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

325-028

Accession Number

BHS996-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the front entrance and side yard at Kingsway East School.

Photographer

Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Names

Kingsway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Burnaby - Mission Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1914 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds

Disney Family collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

325-029

Accession Number

BHS996-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the back of Kingsway East School and surrounding fields.

Photographer

Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Names

Kingsway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - Mission Avenue

Burnaby - 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1900]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

461-001

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w : 28 x 35.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a large group of workmen posing for a picture outside the Gilley Bros. logging camp at Imperial and Colborne. All are unidentified.

Subjects

Buildings - Residences - Cabins

Industries - Forestry

Occupations - Lumberjacks

Logging/lumber industry

Names

Gilley Brothers Logging Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - Colborne Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 8, 2009

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Charting Change Project series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

503-032

Accession Number

2009-10

Storage Location

Permanent drive

Physical Description

1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 ppi

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Brantford Elementary School.

Photographer

Pasch, Rebecca

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Names

Brantford Elementary School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6512 Brantford Avenue

Burnaby - Brantford Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 10,1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-049

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a house at 6855 Sperling Avenue.

Photographer

Norton, Paul

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6855 Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November 4, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-060

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a house at 6619 Imperial Street, constructed in 1976.

Photographer

Ross, Martha

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 6619 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 14, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-097

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows apartment building located at the northeast corner of Gilley Avenue and Kingsway.

Photographer

Norton, Paul

Subjects

Buildings - Residences - Apartments

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - 6355 Kingsway

Burnaby - Gilley Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail