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BCGEU Protestors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79500
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 14, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows two members of the BC Government Employees Union, holding a large sign protesting wage and price controls outside the gates of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 14, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-329
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows two members of the BC Government Employees Union, holding a large sign protesting wage and price controls outside the gates of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 5700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
BCGEU Protestors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79502
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 14, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of BC Government Employees demonstrating against wage and price controls outside the fence of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 14, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-330
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of BC Government Employees demonstrating against wage and price controls outside the fence of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).
- Subjects
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 5700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79869
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-471
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gardiner, Robert
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Barns
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80018
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the old barns on the grounds of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-556
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the old barns on the grounds of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Fence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80015
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the fence around the exercise yard at the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-553
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the fence around the exercise yard at the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Grounds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80017
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a lane near the barns on the grounds of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-555
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a lane near the barns on the grounds of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80019
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a house on the grounds of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-557
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a house on the grounds of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80010
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-548
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80011
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-549
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80012
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-550
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80013
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-551
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80014
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a guard at the front door of the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-552
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a guard at the front door of the main block of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Gate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79991
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main gate of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 4700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent). The Centre, commonly called Oakalla, was built around 1911.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-547
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the main gate of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 4700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent). The Centre, commonly called Oakalla, was built around 1911.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Playing Field
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80016
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the playing field at the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 3, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-554
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the playing field at the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- Oakmount Crescent
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- 4700 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Oakalla
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79871
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a close-up of Oakalla Prison Farm, across Deer Lake, with canoeists in the foreground.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-473
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a close-up of Oakalla Prison Farm, across Deer Lake, with canoeists in the foreground.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gardiner, Robert
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Oakalla Prison collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16696
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974]-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs docum…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs document Oakalla Prison in 1991 and were taken during the Open House event or when Burnaby Village Museum staff were granted access to retreive items prior to demolition. A small selection of facility photographs of site and staff are also included.
- Records are arranged into series:
- 1) Oakalla correctional facility records series
- 2) Oakalla correctional facility photographs series
- 3) Oakalla documentary photographs and video series
- History
- The Oakalla Prison Farm (also known as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre) was a model prison farm on 185 acres of land next to Deer Lake in Burnaby. The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was initially designed to hold 150 men and 50 women. By the 1950s, the population was well over one thousand. The prison included a working farm which included a dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. In 1959 the last execution in British Columbia took place at Oakalla. Following a riot and mass escape in the late 1980s, poor conditions, and public outcry, Oakalla closed down in 1991. In the fall of 1991, the prison was opened up to the public whereby tours were conducted of the site. Not long after, buildings were demolished and a residential housing development took it's place. A playground now sits on the former site of the main building. In 1991, staff from Burnaby Village Museum were granted access, documenting the site prior to it's demolition. Many Oakalla artifacts and records were salvaged and accessioned into the Burnaby Village Museum's permanent collection.
- Responsibility
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Accession Code
- BV991.45
- Date
- [1974]-1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also Oakalla artifacts - BV991.45
- Arrangement
- Arrangement of records and series of this collection is based on record creators and subject that. Facility records and photographs were created and collected by Oakalla correctional facility staff and documentary photographs and a video from 1991 were created by Burnaby Village Museum staff.
- Notes
- Title based on content of collection
- Some records within this collection are closed. Contact Burnaby Village Museum for access.