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![Back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0275_001.jpg?width=280)
Back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1116
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photgraph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla Prison. A tall chain link gate stands at the entrance in front of a one storey brick building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photgraph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla Prison. A tall chain link gate stands at the entrance in front of a one storey brick building.
- History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm site in October 1991
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.275
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- June 7, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "BACK GATE ENTRANCE / TO EAST WING KITCHEN"
- Photograph was stapled to sheet of white looseleaf paper, three holes on left side and removed
Images
![Back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0275_001.jpg)
![Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0044_002.jpg?width=280)
Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1115
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under eac…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under each (from left to right, top row) "Port Arms"; "Easy Ready" ; "Kneeling"; "Standing"; "Hip"; (from left to right middle row) "Easy Ready"; "Standing"; "Unloading"; "Instinctive "Chest""; "Instinctive Hip"; (from left to right bottom row)"Kneeling Tradional"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Sitting".
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.44
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Panel with 14 photographs was originally enclosed within a thin wood frame with glass (60 x 74 cm) with photographs adhered to a blue sheet of poster board (56.2 x 70.8 cm - poster board was extremely faded; original colour can be seen as residue on backs of photographs); 14 colour photographs : 8.89 x 12.7 cm. Frame, glass and poster board disposed of due to poor condition. A reference photograph was created prior to destruction of frame and dismantling of photographs on board.
- Individual photographs were removed from board and described at item level BV991.45.595 to .BV991.45.606
Images
![Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0044_002.jpg)
![Lower Regional Correctional Centre, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0541_001.jpg?width=280)
Lower Regional Correctional Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17073
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Oakalla Prison (Lower Regional Correctional Centre).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Oakalla Prison (Lower Regional Correctional Centre).
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.541
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1985]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- note in black ink on slide frame reads: "OAKALLA"
Images
![Lower Regional Correctional Centre, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0541_001.jpg)
![Main gate of Oakalla, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0539_001.jpg?width=280)
Main gate of Oakalla
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17071
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main gate of Oakalla Prison (Lower Regional Correctional Centre) with car outside of the entrance.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main gate of Oakalla Prison (Lower Regional Correctional Centre) with car outside of the entrance.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.539
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1985]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- note in black ink on slide frame reads: "OAKALLA / MAIN GATE / c. 1985?"
Images
![Main gate of Oakalla, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0539_001.jpg)
Oakalla cell block
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17070
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Mar. 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cell block inside Oakalla Prison.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cell block inside Oakalla Prison.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.538
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Mar. 1985
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- note in black ink on slide frame reads: "OAKALLA / MAR 85
Images
Oakalla correctional facility photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18952
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 23 photographs + 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility photographs including photographs of the site and buildings along with a few photographs of correctional facility staff.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 23 photographs + 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility photographs including photographs of the site and buildings along with a few photographs of correctional facility staff.
- Accession Code
- BV991.45
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
![Oakalla hospital, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0540_001.jpg?width=280)
Oakalla hospital
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17072
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Oakalla Prison hospital (Lower Regional Correctional Centre).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Oakalla Prison hospital (Lower Regional Correctional Centre).
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.540
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1985]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on slide frame reads "Oakalla hospital / 1985?"
Images
![Oakalla hospital, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0540_001.jpg)
Oakalla Prison collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16696
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974]-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs docum…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs document Oakalla Prison in 1991 and were taken during the Open House event or when Burnaby Village Museum staff were granted access to retreive items prior to demolition. A small selection of facility photographs of site and staff are also included.
- Records are arranged into series:
- 1) Oakalla correctional facility records series
- 2) Oakalla correctional facility photographs series
- 3) Oakalla documentary photographs and video series
- History
- The Oakalla Prison Farm (also known as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre) was a model prison farm on 185 acres of land next to Deer Lake in Burnaby. The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was initially designed to hold 150 men and 50 women. By the 1950s, the population was well over one thousand. The prison included a working farm which included a dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. In 1959 the last execution in British Columbia took place at Oakalla. Following a riot and mass escape in the late 1980s, poor conditions, and public outcry, Oakalla closed down in 1991. In the fall of 1991, the prison was opened up to the public whereby tours were conducted of the site. Not long after, buildings were demolished and a residential housing development took it's place. A playground now sits on the former site of the main building. In 1991, staff from Burnaby Village Museum were granted access, documenting the site prior to it's demolition. Many Oakalla artifacts and records were salvaged and accessioned into the Burnaby Village Museum's permanent collection.
- Responsibility
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Accession Code
- BV991.45
- Date
- [1974]-1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also Oakalla artifacts - BV991.45
- Arrangement
- Arrangement of records and series of this collection is based on record creators and subject that. Facility records and photographs were created and collected by Oakalla correctional facility staff and documentary photographs and a video from 1991 were created by Burnaby Village Museum staff.
- Notes
- Title based on content of collection
- Some records within this collection are closed. Contact Burnaby Village Museum for access.
Oakalla prison correctional officer 2765
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16689
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified correctional officer of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used for identification purposes. Officer is dressed in uniform with the numbers "4214" displayed below.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified correctional officer of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used for identification purposes. Officer is dressed in uniform with the numbers "4214" displayed below.
- History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm site in October 1991
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.418
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 1000
- Scan Date
- June 7, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Oakalla prison correctional officer 4214
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16688
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified correctional officer of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used to identification purposes. Officer has short hair and mustache, dressed in uniform with the numbers "4214" displayed below.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified correctional officer of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used to identification purposes. Officer has short hair and mustache, dressed in uniform with the numbers "4214" displayed below.
- History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm site in October 1991
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.417
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 1000
- Scan Date
- June 7, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Pohl"
![Oakalla Prison Farm buildings and grounds, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0505_001.jpg?width=280)
Oakalla Prison Farm buildings and grounds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3126
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grounds and buildings of Oakalla Prison Farm looking north towards Deer Lake. An open field is visible in the foreground with a barn and other other farm buildings located down the slope towards the lake.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grounds and buildings of Oakalla Prison Farm looking north towards Deer Lake. An open field is visible in the foreground with a barn and other other farm buildings located down the slope towards the lake.
- History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm site in October, 1991
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.505
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 1200
- Scan Date
- 2022-01-10
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Oakalla Prison Farm buildings and grounds, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0505_001.jpg)
Oakalla prison staff 4192
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1117
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified staff member of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used to identification purposes. Staff member appears to be female with short hair, dressed in dark jacket and white shirt with the numbers "4192" displayed below (bottom half of numbers are not visible).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified staff member of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used to identification purposes. Staff member appears to be female with short hair, dressed in dark jacket and white shirt with the numbers "4192" displayed below (bottom half of numbers are not visible).
- History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm site in October 1991
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.416
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 1000
- Scan Date
- June 7, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph