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Exhibition Grounds after Fire, 1929

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26 cm

Item No.: 020-135

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Exhibition Grounds at Queen's Park in New Westminster after a fire that destroyed the buildings. Dust or smoke can be seen rising in the background and the ground is covered by debris.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Peers photograph album series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 020-135

Accession Number: BHS2007-4

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Exhibition Grounds at Queen's Park in New Westminster after a fire that destroyed the buildings. Dust or smoke can be seen rising in the background and the ground is covered by debris.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: British Columbia - New Westminster; British Columbia - New Westminster - Queen's Park

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Bonfire at night

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1898]

Collection/Fonds: Patterson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 14 cm

Item No.: 322-002

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bonfire at night. There are a number of people, barely visible, sitting on the other side of the fire.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1898]

Collection/Fonds: Patterson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 322-002

Accession Number: BHS995-16

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 14 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bonfire at night. There are a number of people, barely visible, sitting on the other side of the fire.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Car Parked Near Exhibition Grounds after Fire, 1929

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.1 cm on page 17.5 x 26 cm

Item No.: 020-136

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile parked alongside the debris left by a fire at the New Westminster Exhibition grounds in 1929. Smoke or dust can be seen rising in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Peers photograph album series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 020-136

Accession Number: BHS2007-4

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.1 cm on page 17.5 x 26 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile parked alongside the debris left by a fire at the New Westminster Exhibition grounds in 1929. Smoke or dust can be seen rising in the background.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: British Columbia - New Westminster; British Columbia - New Westminster - Queen's Park

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Speech given by Florence Hart Godwin May 28, 1973 - Track 5

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's description of her family's stories of the New Westminster fire. She also mentions B.R. Hill and his three sons, Claude, Frank and Minard Hill.

Date Range: 1898-1917

Length: 0:05:22

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's description of her family's stories of the New Westminster fire. She also mentions B.R. Hill and his three sons, Claude, Frank and Minard Hill.

Date Range: 1898-1917

Photo Info: Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart (later Godwin), and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill (later Peers) in the woods at the south side of Deer Lake photographed by W.T. Cooksley [1908]. Item no. HV976.139.3

Length: 0:05:22

Subject: Natural Phenomena - Fires

Geographic Access: British Columbia - New Westminster

Interviewer: Burnaby Arts Council

Interview Date: May 28, 1973

Scope and Content: Recording is of a speech given by Florence Hart Godwin at a Burnaby Arts Council meeting held May 28, 1973. Major themes discussed are: pioneer families and early residences in the Burnaby Lake District.

Biographical Notes: Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:33:50

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Interviewee Name: Godwin, Florence Hart

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives collection

Series: Oral History series

Item No.: MSS137-005-1_Track_5

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Audio Tracks

Track five of speech given by Florence Hart Godwin

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Interview with Alfred Bingham June 10, 1975 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's memories of the fires in Burnaby during his first year of marriage to Ada.

Date Range: 1919-1920

Length: 0:08:28

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's memories of the fires in Burnaby during his first year of marriage to Ada.

Date Range: 1919-1920

Photo Info: Alfred Bingham standing next to a 1931 Model T Ford, 1932. Item no. HV976.46.4

Length: 0:08:28

Subject: Natural Phenomena - Fires

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Sprott Station

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: June 10, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Alfred Bingham by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 10, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, Pioneers, and the Co-operative Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 1:57:27

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Interviewee Name: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives collection

Series: Oral History series

Item No.: 100-13-20-1_Track_2

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Alfred Bingham

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From Mount Elma 22nd July 1938

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 22, 1938

Collection/Fonds: George Grant fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Item No.: 243-063

Scope and Content: Photograph of smoke billowing from the Campbell River fire, seen from Mount Elma. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 22, 1938

Collection/Fonds: George Grant fonds

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 243-063

Accession Number: BHS990-06

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of smoke billowing from the Campbell River fire, seen from Mount Elma. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

Photographer: Preston L. Tait

Subjects: Plants - Trees; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Forest fire of July 22nd which formed by a strong North wind threatened the towns of Comox & Courtney [sic] Vancouver Island and other villages. Photo taken from Mt. Elma 4600 ft. Forbidden Plateau 12 miles from the fire. Photo by P.L. Tait. Vancouver B.C."; Handwritten note on facing page reads: "Ordered out 22nd July 1938 ~ but 'the Plateau' was happily ordained 'forbidden' to the Campbell River fire."

Geographic Access: British Columbia - Vancouver Island

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Kitchener Street and Charles Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Item No.: 010-070

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire that is part of land clearing on the 4200 blocks of Kitchener Street and Charles Street. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 010-070

Accession Number: BHS2007-4

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire that is part of land clearing on the 4200 blocks of Kitchener Street and Charles Street. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Land Clearing

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Kitchener Street; Burnaby - 4200 Block Kitchener Street

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Edmonds House fire

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 4 Dec. 1982]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 5 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Item No.: 618-036

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs that document the damage caused by a fire at the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired (also known as Edmonds House). Three of these photographs were enlarged through the inter-negative process to 11'' x 14'' col. prints for a juried exhibition of British Columbian P…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 4 Dec. 1982]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Item No.: 618-036

Accession Number: 2015-15

Physical Description: 5 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs that document the damage caused by a fire at the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired (also known as Edmonds House). Three of these photographs were enlarged through the inter-negative process to 11'' x 14'' col. prints for a juried exhibition of British Columbian Photographers, put on by the Burnaby Photographic Society in 1988.

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Civic - Community Centres

Names: Edmonds House

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Note in blue ink on ABC Photocolor envelope reads: "Print Full Frame"

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Nighttime fire at Lumberland

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Material Details: The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee.; Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Lumberland / Aug 24 /70".

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Names: Farmer, Joanne; Lumberland

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Lougheed Highway; Burnaby - 5650 Lougheed Highway

Accession Code: BV017.42.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Dawson-Delta Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 05-Jun-2018

Notes: Title based on content of photograph.

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Nighttime fire at Lumberland

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Material Details: The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee.; Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Lumberland / Fire Aug 24 /70".

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Names: Farmer, Joanne; Lumberland

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Lougheed Highway; Burnaby - 5650 Lougheed Highway

Accession Code: BV017.42.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Dawson-Delta Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 05-Jun-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Nighttime fire at Lumberland

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Material Details: The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee.; Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Lumberland Fire / Aug 24 /70".

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Names: Farmer, Joanne; Lumberland

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Lougheed Highway; Burnaby - 5650 Lougheed Highway

Accession Code: BV017.42.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Dawson-Delta Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 05-Jun-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Nighttime fire at Lumberland

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm

Material Details: The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee.; Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Lumberland / Fire Aug 24 /70".

Scope and Content: Photograph of a nighttime fire at Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway.

Administrative History: Joanne Farmer and family lived at 5510 Buchanan Street, 2 blocks above the Lougheed Highway.

Other Title Information: Title based on content of photograph.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Names: Farmer, Joanne; Lumberland

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Lougheed Highway; Burnaby - 5650 Lougheed Highway

Accession Code: BV017.42.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 24 Aug. 1970

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Dawson-Delta Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 05-Jun-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Kapoor Sawmill Fire

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Item No.: 370-092

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Flames, smoke and a building frame are visible.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 370-092

Accession Number: BHS999-03

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Flames, smoke and a building frame are visible.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Kapoor Sawmill

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Kapoor Sawmill Fire

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Item No.: 370-093

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Smoke and building frames are visible. Two men are standing in the left foreground.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 370-093

Accession Number: BHS999-03

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Smoke and building frames are visible. Two men are standing in the left foreground.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Kapoor Sawmill

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.23

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday, January 14, 1947; See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but toolate to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."

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Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. Mill buildings are engulfed in flames. There is snow on the ground.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. Mill buildings are engulfed in flames. There is snow on the ground.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited; Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday January 14, 1947

Images

Aftermath of Kapoor Sawmill fire

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: January 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of the fire at Kapoor Sawmill that took place January 14, 1947. A building frame remains standing on the left along with a large metal-roofed building on the right. In the foreground, a fire hose is visible.

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of the fire at Kapoor Sawmill that took place January 14, 1947. A building frame remains standing on the left along with a large metal-roofed building on the right. In the foreground, a fire hose is visible.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Accession Code: BV999.55.44

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: January 1947

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Railway trestle fire

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: August 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway trestle fire from a distance. The dark area on left side of the photograph may be the edge of a bridge from where the photograph was taken. Very little details are visible in the smoke. Location is not identified.

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, t. [sideways] "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ AUG 3 1938/ Nu- Gloss", l.r. "41 2"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway trestle fire from a distance. The dark area on left side of the photograph may be the edge of a bridge from where the photograph was taken. Very little details are visible in the smoke. Location is not identified.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Transportation - Rail; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Accession Code: BV985.5797.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: August 1938

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 800

Scan Date: 31-Aug-06

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Mills Burning at Barnet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto38342

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1909

Collection/Fonds: Charles Lee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Item No.: 411-001

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the Barnet Mill, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."

1 Image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1909

Collection/Fonds: Charles Lee collection

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 411-001

Accession Number: BHS2000-13

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the Barnet Mill, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: North Pacific Lumber Company

Geographic Access: Burnaby - 8059 Texaco Drive; Burnaby - Texaco Drive; Burnaby - Barnet Village

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Burnaby mill fire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto45458

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Item No.: 480-353

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby planner and chipper mill that caught on fire. Two firemen are visible in the foreground, silhouetted against the flames.

1 Image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 480-353

Accession Number: 2003-02

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby planner and chipper mill that caught on fire. Two firemen are visible in the foreground, silhouetted against the flames.

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BURNABY MILL BURNS ... Burnaby firefighters are silhouetted by flames ripping through a planer and chipper mill early this morning at 5744 Byrne Road. The fire was contained in the main building of the $500,000 mill. Damage has been estimated at $200,000. The cause of the fire is under investigation."

Geographic Access: Burnaby - 5744 Byrne Road; Burnaby - Byrne Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Images

Kapoor Sawmill Fire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto37506

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Item No.: 370-094

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Smoke is visible. A fire department car and hoses are in the foreground.

1 Image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 370-094

Accession Number: BHS999-03

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Smoke is visible. A fire department car and hoses are in the foreground.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Names: Kapoor Sawmill

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Kapoor Sawmill Fire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto37507

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Item No.: 370-095

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Flames, smoke and building frames are in the background. Firefighters with hoses are visible in the foreground.

1 Image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 370-095

Accession Number: BHS999-03

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Flames, smoke and building frames are in the background. Firefighters with hoses are visible in the foreground.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Names: Kapoor Sawmill

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Fire fighters battling fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto15203

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited; Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.24

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947; See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."

Images

Fire fighters battling fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto15204

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited; Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947; See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."

Images

Fire fighters battling fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto15205

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited; Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947; See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."

Images

Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto15206

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire at Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire at Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited; Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947; See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."

Images

Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. A group of bystanders are looking on while firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department fight the blaze.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. A group of bystanders are looking on while firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department fight the blaze.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited; Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday January 14, 1947; See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."

Images

Kapoor Sawmills on fire

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Kapoor sawmill on fire on January 14, 1947. Photograph is taken from the shore looking west up Burrard Inlet. There is snow covering the ground.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Pu…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Kapoor sawmill on fire on January 14, 1947. Photograph is taken from the shore looking west up Burrard Inlet. There is snow covering the ground.

Administrative History: Kappoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Singh Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sargeet Singh Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Sidoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), RunJet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burrard Inlet; Burnaby - Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Storage Location: Digital storage

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

MacPherson Junior High School fire

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1969] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Item No.: 370-061

Scope and Content: Photograph of firemen fighting a fire at MacPherson Junior High School, Rumble Street and MacPherson Avenue. A fence is in the foreground. According the Burnaby Examiner, February 13, 1969, a juvenile was suspected of settting the fire.

1 Image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1969] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 370-061

Accession Number: BHS999-03

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Photograph of firemen fighting a fire at MacPherson Junior High School, Rumble Street and MacPherson Avenue. A fence is in the foreground. According the Burnaby Examiner, February 13, 1969, a juvenile was suspected of settting the fire.

Photographer: Bellinger, Bernard

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: MacPherson Junior High School

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Date based on Burnaby Examiner article Feb. 13, 1969

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Rumble Street; Burnaby - MacPherson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Images

MacPherson Junior High School Fire

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1969] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Item No.: 370-062

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire at MacPherson Junior High School, Rumble Street and MacPherson Avenue. There is a crowd gathered and a lot of smoke. According the Burnaby Examiner, February 13, 1969, a juvenile was suspected of settting the fire.

1 Image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1969] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 370-062

Accession Number: BHS999-03

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire at MacPherson Junior High School, Rumble Street and MacPherson Avenue. There is a crowd gathered and a lot of smoke. According the Burnaby Examiner, February 13, 1969, a juvenile was suspected of settting the fire.

Photographer: Bellinger, Bernard

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: MacPherson Junior High School

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Date based on Burnaby Examiner article Feb. 13, 1969

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Rumble Street; Burnaby - MacPherson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Images

Fire at Maywood Elementary School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1, 1979, published June 16, 1971

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm

Item No.: 480-203

Scope and Content: Photograph of three firemen in the mist of extinguishing a fire at Maywood Elementary School. The fire gutted four classrooms as well as the school library before it was brought under control.

1 Image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1, 1979, published June 16, 1971

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Item No.: 480-203

Accession Number: 2003-02

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm

Media Type: Photograph

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Photograph of three firemen in the mist of extinguishing a fire at Maywood Elementary School. The fire gutted four classrooms as well as the school library before it was brought under control.

Photographer: King, Basil

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Fire Fighters; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Names: Burnaby Fire Department; Maywood Elementary School

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SCHOOL BURNS... Burnaby firefighters douse the charred timbers of a classroom at Maywood Elementary School, 4567 Imperial, Burnaby, after an early morning fire gutted four classrooms and the school library. Cause of the two-alarm blaze is under investigation, but the fire is believed to have started in one of the classrooms. The fire was brought under control about an hour after being reported at 5:12 a.m."

Geographic Access: Burnaby - 4567 Imperial Street; Burnaby - Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Chapter II: Agricultures in the Wilderness p. 18

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

1 Digital Chapter

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Geographic Access: New Westminster; Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Douglas Road

Name Access: Hill, Claude; Hill, Bernard R; Stride, Eber; Douglas Road School; Lister, Ellen

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Chapter II: Agricultures in the Wilderness p. 19

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

1 Digital Chapter

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Geographic Access: New Westminster; Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Douglas Road

Name Access: Hill, Claude; Hill, Bernard R; Stride, Eber; Douglas Road School; Lister, Ellen

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Chapter II: Agricultures in the Wilderness p. 20

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

1 Digital Chapter

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Geographic Access: New Westminster; Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Douglas Road

Name Access: Hill, Claude; Hill, Bernard R; Stride, Eber; Douglas Road School; Lister, Ellen

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Chapter II: Agricultures in the Wilderness p. 21

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

1 Digital Chapter

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Geographic Access: New Westminster; Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Douglas Road

Name Access: Hill, Claude; Hill, Bernard R; Stride, Eber; Douglas Road School; Lister, Ellen

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Chapter II: Agricultures in the Wilderness p. 22

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

1 Digital Chapter

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Geographic Access: New Westminster; Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Douglas Road

Name Access: Hill, Claude; Hill, Bernard R; Stride, Eber; Douglas Road School; Lister, Ellen

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Chapter II: Agricultures in the Wilderness p. 23

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

1 Digital Chapter

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Geographic Access: New Westminster; Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Douglas Road

Name Access: Hill, Claude; Hill, Bernard R; Stride, Eber; Douglas Road School; Lister, Ellen

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Chapter II: Agricultures in the Wilderness p. 24

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

1 Digital Chapter

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Bygones of Burnaby

Book: Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1977

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Geographic Access: New Westminster; Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Douglas Road

Name Access: Hill, Claude; Hill, Bernard R; Stride, Eber; Douglas Road School; Lister, Ellen

Digital Book

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Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:07:21 min)

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s best and worst memories of his childhood, and cultural differences in his community. Bob recalls participation in favourite activities as his best memories, and notes that children of the time were not restricted in their play. He talks of ma…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Storage Location: Digital collection

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:07:21 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s best and worst memories of his childhood, and cultural differences in his community. Bob recalls participation in favourite activities as his best memories, and notes that children of the time were not restricted in their play. He talks of making an enterprise of harvesting and selling cascara bark during WWII, when prices rose. Bob describes his worst memories, which are of fires, a flood, and bad fog, and how he was nearly killed as a passenger in a wagon whose horse bolted. He recalls that his family was a minority among the Ukrainian families in the neighborhood.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.