Cancellation of street ends - DL 189 (East Vancouver Land Co.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription965
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence related to the proposed cancellation of street ends/road allowances in DL 189 made by the East Vancouver Land Company. File also includes 2 white linen plans: lot 218, NWD (1909) on Burrard Inlet and Lots around 1st Street and Water Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2738
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence related to the proposed cancellation of street ends/road allowances in DL 189 made by the East Vancouver Land Company. File also includes 2 white linen plans: lot 218, NWD (1909) on Burrard Inlet and Lots around 1st Street and Water Street.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Dow Fraser & Co. land registry searches
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription569
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains land registry searches completed by Dow Fraser and Co. Ltd. done on behalf of the Corporation of the District of Burnaby as part of the process undertaken by the Municipal Engineer to approve subdivision plans.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2279
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains land registry searches completed by Dow Fraser and Co. Ltd. done on behalf of the Corporation of the District of Burnaby as part of the process undertaken by the Municipal Engineer to approve subdivision plans.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Land Registry Amendment Act
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription480
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence raising objections to Clause 3 of the Land Registry Amendment Act.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2187
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence raising objections to Clause 3 of the Land Registry Amendment Act.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Land Registry Office official
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription394
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between the Municipality of Burnaby and various other lower mainland municipalities relating to the proposed appointment of an official at the Land Registry Office who would facilitate searches at that office.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2090
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between the Municipality of Burnaby and various other lower mainland municipalities relating to the proposed appointment of an official at the Land Registry Office who would facilitate searches at that office.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Land Sales series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription151
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Legal Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created during the land sale process coordinated by the City of Burnaby’s Legal Department. Records include: correspondence, memos, agreements, proposals, tenders, bids, reports, receipts for fees paid, registration of sale agreements, Land Title forms, surveys, appraisal…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Legal Department fonds
- Series
- Land Sales series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created during the land sale process coordinated by the City of Burnaby’s Legal Department. Records include: correspondence, memos, agreements, proposals, tenders, bids, reports, receipts for fees paid, registration of sale agreements, Land Title forms, surveys, appraisals, estimates, legal opinions, as well as maps and other cartographic material.
- History
- In 2017, responsibility for City land sales was transferred to Realty and Lands.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Land tax payments
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription339
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains receipts and correspondence related to the payment of land taxes in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2032
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains receipts and correspondence related to the payment of land taxes in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Sale of land (Collins, Mrs. G. Mc.B.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription375
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land Lots 1 - 4, Block 1, DL 28; sold by the Burnaby School Board to Mrs. Grace Mc. B. Collins.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2068
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land Lots 1 - 4, Block 1, DL 28; sold by the Burnaby School Board to Mrs. Grace Mc. B. Collins.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Kay North subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-[1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Riverway Mission Sunday school classes and the Cropley/Rorison family, as well as a 1914 Deed of Land and 1913 Agreement of Sale of Land for the Cropley family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-[1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Kay North subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-04
- BHS1991-38
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Riverway Mission Sunday school classes and the Cropley/Rorison family, as well as a 1914 Deed of Land and 1913 Agreement of Sale of Land for the Cropley family.
- History
- Kay Rorison North was one of the twin daughters of Burnaby carpenter William Rorison and Alma Cropley Rorison. Kay and her twin Evelyn were nine month old when her parents moved them and her two older brothers, Bill and Hugh, to Burnaby in 1922. Her younger brother, John, was not yet born. Kay's grandmother, Matilda Louise Cropley, bought three acres of land on Marine Drive (then called River Road) in South Burnaby and William built two houses on the property: one for his family and, six years later, one for his wife's widowed mother. They built a barn and kept cows, goats and the occasional pig. Her father built wooden toys and board games for the children. Kay went to Riverway West School with thirty-one other children, with grades one to four taught together in the one-room school house. She also attended Sunday school at Riverway mission for eight years and taught it there for another fifteen. Kay and her husband Doug have two daughters.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- North, Kay Rorison
- Notes
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
- PC269, MSS051
Oakalla Prison fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100561
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created by the Oakalla Prison Farm, including administrative correspondence related to staff appointments and wages, and a staff shortage when employees left to fight in World War I. The records pertain only to staffmembers of the prison and are not directly related to any…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Record No.
- 66669
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2022-13
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created by the Oakalla Prison Farm, including administrative correspondence related to staff appointments and wages, and a staff shortage when employees left to fight in World War I. The records pertain only to staffmembers of the prison and are not directly related to any prison inmates.
- History
- The Oakalla Prison Farm was a model prison farm on 185 acres (75 ha) of land next to Deer Lake, Burnaby. The Oakalla Prison Farm was a full-service facility that originally opened on September 2, 1912, and was initially designed to hold 150 men and women. The first inmate was William Daley, sentenced on July 31, 1912 to serve a year of hard labor for stealing some fountain pens valued at over $10. By April 30, 1913, some 328 prisoners had passed through the jail's doors. In 1916, the women's section officially opened, and in 1942, the women's unit opened on the grounds as a separate facility. It was renamed as the "Lakeside Correctional Centre for Women" in 1979. The original women's unit was expanded in 1953, and consisted of two cottage-style buildings. By the 1950s, the population was well over 1000. As a working farm, the prison had its own dairy, vegetable gardens, and livestock. Executions in British Columbia were primarily carried out in Oakalla; after 1919, it was the sole penitentiary where executions took place. The first execution was that of 25 year-old Alex Ignace on August 29, 1919. 44 prisoners were executed by hanging at Oakalla from 1919 until the death penalty was abolished in 1959. In 1959, the last execution in British Columbia took place at Oakalla, with the hanging of former sailor Leo Mantha, aged 33. Oakalla was also one of the locations that undertook the experiment of performing cosmetic surgery on inmates to remove deformities that made prisoners "more likely to offend". The experiment was led by Dr. Edward Lewison, and continued into the mid-1960s. Procedures were conducted on 450 inmates, voluntarily. In 1970, the prison was renamed as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre (LMRCC) The farm portion of the prison, providing work for the inmates and food in the prison, closed in 1979 and 64 acres of land were transferred to the City of Burnaby. This land was included in the existing Deer Lake Park that was adjacent to the prison. Originally designed to house a maximum of 484 prisoners, Oakalla's population peaked in 1962-1963 at 1,269 inmates. With population averages of over 600, overcrowding was always a problem. In the institution's final years, two nationally-spotlighted events occurred. 13 maximum security prisoners escaped on New Year's Day, 1988, following an uprising on December 27, 1987, and on November 22, 1983, a violent and costly riot took place. Rioters caused more than $150,000 damage in a two-day spree. Oakalla was closed down on June 30, 1991, and was developed into a new residential housing development and an expansion of the park. Prisoners from Oakalla were then moved to various other Correctional Facilities in British Columbia, including but not limited to the Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre (VPSC), the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (FRCC), and the Alouette Regional Correctional Centre (ARCC), later Alouette Correctional Centre for Women. Source: https://wikimapia.org/8004045/Former-site-Lower-Mainland-Correctional-Centre-Oakalla-Prison-Farm Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakalla_Prison
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Contracts and agreements series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription138
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of contracts and agreements made between Burnaby and other parties, including individuals, companies, and governments relating to all aspects of municipal affairs. Early contracts and agreements are largely related to the municipality’s land transactions and infrastructure, and inc…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of contracts and agreements made between Burnaby and other parties, including individuals, companies, and governments relating to all aspects of municipal affairs. Early contracts and agreements are largely related to the municipality’s land transactions and infrastructure, and include conveyances, deeds of land, expropriations, and quit claim deeds. The Clerk is responsible for keeping these records.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Ettinger family papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65745
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of legal documents related to the Ettinger family of Burnaby including an agreement for sale of land, a deed of land and a Vital Statistics Act form Schedule D - Particulars of Birth.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ettinger family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS147-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of legal documents related to the Ettinger family of Burnaby including an agreement for sale of land, a deed of land and a Vital Statistics Act form Schedule D - Particulars of Birth.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Mortgage (Fearn, Mrs. I. E. D.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription333
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains land registry, correspondence, and other notes related to a mortgage held by Ida Elizabeth Douglas Fearn for land on block 5, DL 91.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2026
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains land registry, correspondence, and other notes related to a mortgage held by Ida Elizabeth Douglas Fearn for land on block 5, DL 91.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Mortgage (Taylor, Alfred E.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription332
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1919
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains land registry, correspondence, and other notes related to a mortgage held by Alfred E. Taylor for the land on block 24, DL 35.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1919
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2025
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains land registry, correspondence, and other notes related to a mortgage held by Alfred E. Taylor for the land on block 24, DL 35.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Allman Road - DL 87
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription489
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to the construction of a road in DL 87. File includes a pamphlet with an advertisement for land auction and plan of subdivision of lots 1, 2 and 5 of Lot 87 and a 20 1/2 acre part in the northwest section of Lot 87.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2196
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to the construction of a road in DL 87. File includes a pamphlet with an advertisement for land auction and plan of subdivision of lots 1, 2 and 5 of Lot 87 and a 20 1/2 acre part in the northwest section of Lot 87.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
B.C. Gazette Extras
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription386
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File includes "The British Columbia Gazette Extra" regarding minimum land sale prices.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2079
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes "The British Columbia Gazette Extra" regarding minimum land sale prices.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Lake station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription579
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to a proposed subdivision of the land owned by Prudential Investment Co. Ltd., near Burnaby Lake Station.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2289
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to a proposed subdivision of the land owned by Prudential Investment Co. Ltd., near Burnaby Lake Station.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Bylaws series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription136
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of all bylaws passed, signed and sealed by the municipal Council of Burnaby, as well as drafts of bylaws that did not receive final adoption or a final reading. Bylaws pertain to all aspects of municipal government, including, but not limited to, public works, land and building reg…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Bylaws series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of all bylaws passed, signed and sealed by the municipal Council of Burnaby, as well as drafts of bylaws that did not receive final adoption or a final reading. Bylaws pertain to all aspects of municipal government, including, but not limited to, public works, land and building regulation, taxation, finance, licensing, public health and safety, and recreation and culture. Series also includes files of correspondence and other documents related to the development of individual bylaws and municipal bylaw elections, as well as appendices to bylaws, including maps, plans, and engineering related comprehensive development drawings (CD plans). Included also are bylaw record books, which list all bylaws and related information, such as dates of reading and final adoption dates. Bylaws are numbered sequentially and are arranged according to bylaw number.
- Formats
- Microfiche copies are available in the Clerk’s Department vault for bylaws number 1 to 10584.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Cancellation of plan 1282 of lots 1/10 and lots 27/36, Block 9, DL 187
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription747
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains petition made by the Board of School Trustees (District of Burnaby) to the County Court of Westminster for the cancellation of Plan 1282, as a result of the Council's decision to grant the land to the School Board and not subdivide it as was originally planned.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2483
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains petition made by the Board of School Trustees (District of Burnaby) to the County Court of Westminster for the cancellation of Plan 1282, as a result of the Council's decision to grant the land to the School Board and not subdivide it as was originally planned.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Cariboo Road bush fire
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription563
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports relating to bush fires that were started on Cariboo Road as a result of land and road work being done in the area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2272
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports relating to bush fires that were started on Cariboo Road as a result of land and road work being done in the area.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Council minutes and agendas series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription140
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2018
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of minutes and agendas of the meetings of Burnaby City Council. Minutes of open Council meetings reflect Council discussions and decisions regarding issues of municipal concern, including, but not limited to, public works, taxation, bylaw enforcement, land development, public healt…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2018
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- File Class
- 2430 09 (add. 2020)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of minutes and agendas of the meetings of Burnaby City Council. Minutes of open Council meetings reflect Council discussions and decisions regarding issues of municipal concern, including, but not limited to, public works, taxation, bylaw enforcement, land development, public health, and administrative decisions. Series includes minutes of “in camera,” or closed, Council meetings in which confidential issues are discussed. Some of the early minute books contain minutes of Court of Revision proceedings as well.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Access to in camera minutes is restricted in accordance with Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act legislation. Contact the City Archives for details.