Application for Assistance 2002/2003 BC Hydro Beautification Program Proposed Priority Project for 2002 - Nelson Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport3400
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63737
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-2001
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 27
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63737
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-2001
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 27
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bond Street and Nelson Avenue Intersection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport3056
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64086
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jun-2002
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64086
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jun-2002
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bonsor Park - Nelson Avenue Road Dedication - 2002/2003 BC Hydro Beautification Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport2720
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64431
- Meeting Date
- 20-Jan-2003
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 2
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64431
- Meeting Date
- 20-Jan-2003
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 2
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
an earlier date of
construction.
P R O T E C T E D
JUBILEE LABOUR HALL
6884 Jubilee Avenue
1935
Richard Neville, who lived at 6935 Nelson Avenue,
served as a Burnaby councillor in 1924 and is remembered
as the man who gave the CCF party (now the NDP) land on
Maple Avenue on which to build the original
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
Digital Books
Bylaw Number: 11276 - Local Improvement Construction Bylaw No 3, 2001
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw13106
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 11276
- Final Adoption
- 2001 Sep 10
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 11276
- Final Adoption
- 2001 Sep 10
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 11938 - Capital Works, Machinery and Equipment Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No. 20, 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw12444
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 11938
- Final Adoption
- 2005 Jun 20
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 11938
- Final Adoption
- 2005 Jun 20
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 12101 - Capital Works, Machinery and Equipment Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No. 17, 2006
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw12281
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 12101
- Final Adoption
- 2006 Jun 12
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 12101
- Final Adoption
- 2006 Jun 12
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 12722 - Local Area Service Construction Bylaw No. 18, 2009
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw23888
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 12722
- Final Adoption
- 2009 Nov 02
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 12722
- Final Adoption
- 2009 Nov 02
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Contract No. 2006-22; Marine Way at Nelson Avenue Intersection Improvements
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport627
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66517
- Meeting Date
- 12-Jun-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66517
- Meeting Date
- 12-Jun-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Dover Street crosswalk lights, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2540.jpg?width=280)
Dover Street crosswalk lights
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97008
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the assistant director of traffic engineering at the City of Burnaby examining a piece of equipment installed in Dover Street as part of a pilot project for new crosswalk lights. A school crosswalk sign and passing vehicle are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2540
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the assistant director of traffic engineering at the City of Burnaby examining a piece of equipment installed in Dover Street as part of a pilot project for new crosswalk lights. A school crosswalk sign and passing vehicle are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Geographic Features - Sidewalks
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Public Services - Public Works
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby's assistand director of traffic engineering examines the new crosswalk lights, installed as a pilot project, on Dover, between Royal Oak and Nelson."
- Geographic Access
- Dover Street
- Nelson Avenue
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
![Dover Street crosswalk lights, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2540.jpg)
![Earthquake preparedness at Nelson Avenue School, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1650-2.jpg?width=280)
Earthquake preparedness at Nelson Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95849
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students at Nelson Avenue School presenting and learning about their earthquake preparedness supplies.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1650
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students at Nelson Avenue School presenting and learning about their earthquake preparedness supplies.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Nelson Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ponne, Simone
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Nelson elementary"
- Geographic Access
- Irmin Street
- Street Address
- 4850 Irmin Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Earthquake preparedness at Nelson Avenue School, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1650-2.jpg)
Funding for Marine Way/Nelson Avenue Intersection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport1192
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 65953
- Meeting Date
- 30-May-2005
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 65953
- Meeting Date
- 30-May-2005
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Funding for Marine Way / Nelson Avenue Intersection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport649
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66512
- Meeting Date
- 29-May-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66512
- Meeting Date
- 29-May-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Graduating class at Burnaby South High School; Betty Warburton is third from the right in the front row, [1942 or 1943]. Item no. BV004.82.5. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/2000/200400820005.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Betty Blair by Eric Damer October 17, 2012 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory301
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Length
- 0:10:46
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair's memories of popular culture activities that she has enjoyed. Betty discusses listening to the radio, singing around the piano and going out to the theatre as a girl. She also mentions her more recent pottery practice.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair's memories of popular culture activities that she has enjoyed. Betty discusses listening to the radio, singing around the piano and going out to the theatre as a girl. She also mentions her more recent pottery practice.
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Photo Info
- Graduating class at Burnaby South High School; Betty Warburton is third from the right in the front row, [1942 or 1943]. Item no. BV004.82.5.
- Length
- 0:10:46
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 17, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 17, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Betty Warburton (later Atkinson) (later Blair) was born in 1926 and grew up at three different locations on Frederick Avenue in Burnaby. She went to school in Burnaby; first at Kingsway West for two years, then Nelson Avenue and then Burnaby South High School where she completed senior matriculation. After graduation, Betty worked for a few years in Vancouver before marrying her first husband Don Atkinson and raising their children in Burnaby. Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair has participated in a range of activities from hiking and Girl Guides to volunteer arthritis care. By the nineteen-sixties she had began to learn pottery and take lessons at Mather House in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 0:59:03
- Interviewee Name
- Blair, Betty Warburton Atkinson
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Graduating class at Burnaby South High School; Betty Warburton is third from the right in the front row, [1942 or 1943]. Item no. BV004.82.5. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/2000/200400820005.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track six of recording of interview with Betty Blair
Track six of recording of interview with Betty Blair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-003/MSS171-003_Track_6.mp3![New Kingsway and Nelson traffic lights, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1818.jpg?width=280)
New Kingsway and Nelson traffic lights
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96113
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an electrician carrying a new LED traffic light over his head at the intersection of Kingsway and Nelson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1818
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an electrician carrying a new LED traffic light over his head at the intersection of Kingsway and Nelson.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Bruce Quigley, of Cobra Electric, carries one of the new LED traffic lights to be installed by his partner, Chongor Lovey, at the corner of Kingsway and Nelson, in Burnaby. The city is replacing the lights at 195 intersections with the new, energy-efficient signals."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![New Kingsway and Nelson traffic lights, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1818.jpg)
Request for Area Rezoning to the R12S District - Block Bounded by Rumble Street, Arthur Avenue, Clinton Street and Nelson Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53301
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69385
- Meeting Date
- 3-Nov-2008
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69385
- Meeting Date
- 3-Nov-2008
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Riverway Sports Complex - Road Dedication for Marine Way - Nelson Avenue Intersection Improvement Project
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport750
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66390
- Meeting Date
- 3-Apr-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66390
- Meeting Date
- 3-Apr-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![South Slope Heritage House Quilt, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2567.jpg?width=280)
South Slope Heritage House Quilt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97035
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nelson Elementary School grade 7 students Rahul Oad, Ryan Bains, and Dorian Brown, with their teacher Lee McAleese displaying their South Slope Heritage House Quilt in the foyer of the Bob Prittie Metrotown Library. The representations on the quilt of heritage homes in Burnaby's South…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2567
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nelson Elementary School grade 7 students Rahul Oad, Ryan Bains, and Dorian Brown, with their teacher Lee McAleese displaying their South Slope Heritage House Quilt in the foyer of the Bob Prittie Metrotown Library. The representations on the quilt of heritage homes in Burnaby's South Slope neighbourhood were researched and painted by twenty-seven Nelson Elementary students.
- Subjects
- Bedding - Quilt
- Persons - Students
- Names
- Nelson Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Grade seven students from Nelson Elementary School get a bird's-eye preview of their South Slope Heritage House Quilt they created, before it is officially unveiled in the foyer of the Bob Prittie Metrotown Library. Rahul Oad, 12, Ryan Bains, 13, and Dorian Brown, 12 are some of the 27 students in Lee McAleese's (r) class who researched and painted representations of actual heritage homes in Burnaby's South Slope neighborhood around their school, and then transformed their drawings and paintings into the 28-panel quilt. It will on display at the library until August 17."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 6100 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![South Slope Heritage House Quilt, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2567.jpg)