"Lake City Area" found 15 records

Lake City Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: When Simon Fraser University opened in 1965, approximately sixteen industrial properties had been developed in the Lake City Industrial Park. In addition, significant tracts of land in the western portion had been pre-cleared and graded in anticipation of additional development, while most of the eastern half remained forested. Some of the early companies to locate in the area were Nabob Foods, Volkswagen Canada, British Columbia Television Broadcasting, Simpson Sears, and H.Y. Louie Company Limited. Both Imperial Oil and Shell Oil established petroleum storage and distribution facilities in the area. Initially a heavy industrial area, by 1979, single family neighbourhoods south of Lougheed Highway and west of Eagle Creek had been largely developed. By the mid1980's, the Burnaby 200 multi-family development along Forest Grove Drive had also been completed.

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

Images

Aerial photograph of Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby north of Lougheed Highway and west of Sperling Avenue.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-014

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby north of Lougheed Highway and west of Sperling Avenue.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5061:119 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:118 to the west and BC5061:120 to the east

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sperling-Broadway Area; Lake City Area; Government Road Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby north of Broadway and west of Sperling Avenue.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-015

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby north of Broadway and west of Sperling Avenue.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5061:120 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:119 to the west and BC5061:121 to the east

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sperling-Broadway Area; Lake City Area; Government Road Area; Burnaby Mountain Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby north of Broadway and west of Sperling Avenue.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-016

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby north of Broadway and west of Sperling Avenue.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5061:121 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:120 to the west and BC5061:122 to the east

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sperling-Broadway Area; Lake City Area; Government Road Area; Burnaby Mountain Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby with Lougheed Highway running west to east through the middle of the photograph and the Trans Canada Highway in the lower left segment.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-029

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby with Lougheed Highway running west to east through the middle of the photograph and the Trans Canada Highway in the lower left segment.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5062:22 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5062:23 to the west and B.C. air photograph BC5062:21

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood); Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area; Government Road Area; Burnaby Lake Area; Lyndhurst Area; Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby Lake Area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby with Burnaby Lake to the south and Broadway to the north.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-028

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby with Burnaby Lake to the south and Broadway to the north.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5062:23 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5062:24 to the west and B.C. air photograph BC5062:22 to the east

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area; Government Road Area; Burnaby Lake Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-003

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5061:83 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:84 to the west and BC5061:82 to the east

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood); Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area; Burnaby Mountain Area; Lake City Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5061:82 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:83 to the west and BC5061:81 to the east.

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area; Lake City Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and Port Moody

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain, north of Broadway .

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-017

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain, north of Broadway .

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5061:122 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:121 to the west and BC5061:123 to the east

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area; Burnaby Mountain Area; Lyndhurst Area

Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and Port Moody

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of North Road and Burnaby Mountain to the west and Port Moody to the east, north of Broadway (Como Lake Avenue).

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1963

Collection/Fonds: Allan Amundsen collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 561-018

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-08

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of North Road and Burnaby Mountain to the west and Port Moody to the east, north of Broadway (Como Lake Avenue).

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Province of British Columbia

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; This photo is indentified as BC5061:123 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:122 to the west and BC5061:124 to the east

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area; Burnaby Mountain Area

Burnaby Mountain Oil Storage

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.2 x 19.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of oil storage tanks on Burnaby Mountain, possibly those of Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Co. at the top of Underhill Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.2 x 19.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 109-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of oil storage tanks on Burnaby Mountain, possibly those of Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Co. at the top of Underhill Avenue.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Shellmont Street; Underhill Avenue

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

Images

Burnaby Mountain Oil Storage, [1960] thumbnail

Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1954-1963

Length: 00:05:41

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s memories of what familiar places were like in 1954 and how they had changed when he returned to Burnaby in 1963, particularly mentioning Kingsway, Grandview, and the Lake City industrial park on Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s memories of what familiar places were like in 1954 and how they had changed when he returned to Burnaby in 1963, particularly mentioning Kingsway, Grandview, and the Lake City industrial park on Burnaby Mountain

Date Range: 1954-1963

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:05:41

Subjects: Buildings; Buildings - Commercial - Drive-In Theatres; Industries; Transportation - Automobiles

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area; Douglas-Gilpin Area; Maywood Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Images

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Don Brown

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Interview with Mary Lumby by Kathy Bossort January 8, 2016 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1965-2003

Length: 0:12:46

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about her career as a teacher in Burnaby at Douglas Road, Suncrest and Stride schools, and her move to the Parkcrest neighborhood in Burnaby in 1977 and in 1983 to Forest Hills. She talks about visiting Burnaby Mountain Park and the Owl & Oa…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about her career as a teacher in Burnaby at Douglas Road, Suncrest and Stride schools, and her move to the Parkcrest neighborhood in Burnaby in 1977 and in 1983 to Forest Hills. She talks about visiting Burnaby Mountain Park and the Owl & Oarsman restaurant, and the history of the development of Forest Hills in the 1980s.

Date Range: 1965-2003

Length: 0:12:46

Names: Douglas Road School; Suncrest School; Stride Avenue School; Burnaby Mountain Park

Subjects: Education; Occupations - Teachers; Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Forest Grove Drive

Planning Study Area: Parkcrest-Aubrey Area; Lake City Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: January 8, 2016

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Mary Lumby conducted by Kathy Bossort. Mary Lumby was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Mary Lumby’s experience living in Forest Hills, raising her children there, and her involvement in community groups and advocating for improved community services in the Forest Hills and Forest Grove neighbourhoods, and her later move to UniverCity. She talks about the history of the Forest Hills subdivision and what she liked about living there, its links with Forest Grove, and challenges facing both communities as a result of their isolation. Her description of living in UniverCity provides an interesting comparison in how community is created. Mary Lumby also talks about her teaching career, her volunteer activities especially related to the environment, the relationship Trans Mountain tank farm had with adjacent neighbourhoods when she lived in Forest Hills, and what the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area means to her.

Biographical Notes: Mary Lumby was born in Vancouver B.C. She moved to Burnaby and the Parkcrest area in 1977, and then to the new Forest Hills subdivision. Later she moved into another developing community, UniverCity, at the top of Burnaby Mountain and adjacent to the Simon Fraser University campus. Mary has been an active community member, volunteer and community advocate. She has been particularly interested in environmental issues, as a teacher, volunteer coordinator for civic events, and citizen representative on Burnaby’s Environment Committee. She continues to be active in community affairs and enjoys living on Burnaby Mountain.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:31:47

Interviewee Name: Lumby, Mary M.

Interview Location: Mary Lumby's home in Burnaby

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Mary Lumby

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Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1950-1990

Length: 00:06:16

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.

Date Range: 1950-1990

Photo Info: Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712

Length: 00:06:16

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Buildings - Civic; Buildings - Industrial; Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Lake City Area; Burnaby Mountain Area; Kingsway-Beresford Area; Douglas-Gilpin Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: April 4, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.

Total Tracks: 10

Total Length: 00:56:44

Interviewee Name: Morin, Severin "Sev"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.