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Engineer, or the n e w l y a r r i v e d emigrant found himself would be most alluring. T o the Engineer, fresh from the M o t h e r l a n d , where a densely populated condition prevailed, where game was private property, and h u n t i n g was poaching, to the fresh, unfettered freedom of a land teeming w

of Halkomelem speaking Central Coast Salish First Nations. The Saleelwat peoples whose permanent village site was at "Tetimexwten" (Belcarra) was one historic group that would have used the land and shoreline of Barnet to gather food and other resources. The life of aboriginal peoples here was organized around

at Edmonds, Lougheed and Brentwood, creating focus for commercial and residential redevelopment. In South Burnaby growth was accelerated by the introduction of SkyTrain in 1986. This new tax base has enabled the community to rapidly expand public services and acquire park land, illustrated by the creation

Before the advent of settlers in the last half of the 19th century, the mass of land now known as Burnaby was host to tall timbers and an abundance of wildlife. Bordered by the mighty Fraser River on one side and the salt- waters of the Burrard Inlet on the other, this peaceful area lay waiting

Burnaby, Numbers: 24, 29, 39 and 40 reproduced with permission of Pat Burnaby and Meg Kennedy Shaw. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Burnaby, Robert, 1828-1878 Land of Promise Includes biographical references and index. ISBN 0-9692828-5-0 1.Burnaby, Robert

properties. As part of the land acquisition process the City of Burnaby has acquired many of the area's fin- est buildings and landscapes. The importance of this collection of heritage resources was recog- nized in some of the earliest plans for the devel- opment of the park and formally protected during

at Second Street school in 1928. Teacher, not pictured, was Miss Evans. George Leaf T he incorporation of Burnaby as a municipality was still a good four years i n the future w h e n the Burgess family arrived i n Canada from England i n 1888, staying temporarily i n N e w Westminster a n d b u y i n g land