"Recreational Activities" found 79 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of eight adults and five children with fish and fishing poles. A tent can be seen in the background. Identified, standing (l to r): Francis Peers, Robert Travers, unidentified, Alice Travers, Mike Peers, unidentified, Bob Peers, Annie Peers, and Betty Peers. The children in f…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-456

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of eight adults and five children with fish and fishing poles. A tent can be seen in the background. Identified, standing (l to r): Francis Peers, Robert Travers, unidentified, Alice Travers, Mike Peers, unidentified, Bob Peers, Annie Peers, and Betty Peers. The children in front are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Peers, Francis J.; Travers, Robert; Travers, Alice; Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"; Peers, William John "Bob"; Peers, Annie Elizabeth Frisby; Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Fish on the beach

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two fish lying on the sand next to a bottle and bucket.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-085

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two fish lying on the sand next to a bottle and bucket.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Gordon Presbyterian Church children

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children from Gordon Presbyterian Church in costume for the play "Tom Thumb's Wedding." They are posed outside Morton Hall (possibly located at Edmonds Street and Humphries Avenue). Identified: Leonard Moxham, bottom row, one from left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children from Gordon Presbyterian Church in costume for the play "Tom Thumb's Wedding." They are posed outside Morton Hall (possibly located at Edmonds Street and Humphries Avenue). Identified: Leonard Moxham, bottom row, one from left.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Gordon Presbyterian Church; Moxham, Leonard

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; Humphries Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Gordon Presbyterian Church children, [1915] (date of original), copied 1987 thumbnail

Government Docks, New Westminster

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39576

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-895

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Government Docks, New Westminster, 1910 thumbnail

Group having a picnic

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39256

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 8.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and three men having a picnic. All are seated on a blanket spread with food and two of the men are holding eggs. All are unidentified and the location is unknown. A caption written above the photograph reads: "Picnics 1919."

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 8.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-575

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and three men having a picnic. All are seated on a blanket spread with food and two of the men are holding eggs. All are unidentified and the location is unknown. A caption written above the photograph reads: "Picnics 1919."

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Group portrait in the woods

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six other women. Charlotte Vidal is second from the left and Dorothy Vidal is on the far right.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-057

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six other women. Charlotte Vidal is second from the left and Dorothy Vidal is on the far right.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Group portrait in the woods, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82456

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six unidentified women and four unidentified men. Charlotte Vidal is sixth from the left and Dorothy Vidal is fourth from the left.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-058

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six unidentified women and four unidentified men. Charlotte Vidal is sixth from the left and Dorothy Vidal is fourth from the left.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Transportation - Boats

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on verso reads: "S S Luz Blanca"

Images

Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six unidentified women and four unidentified men. Charlotte Vidal is sixth from the left and Dorothy Vidal is fourth from the left.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-059

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six unidentified women and four unidentified men. Charlotte Vidal is sixth from the left and Dorothy Vidal is fourth from the left.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Transportation - Boats

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on verso reads: "S S Luz Blanca #3 / 1917"

Images

Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca, 1917 thumbnail

Herbert, Charlotte, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1905 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a man, two girls, and a boy identified as Herbert Penrose Vidal, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill, Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis, and Alexander E. E. "Bill" Vidal. The children are in the stream and the man is sitting beside a campfire.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1905 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-035

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a man, two girls, and a boy identified as Herbert Penrose Vidal, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill, Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis, and Alexander E. E. "Bill" Vidal. The children are in the stream and the man is sitting beside a campfire.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Herbert Penrose

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Herbert Vidal / Charlotte / Dorothy / Alex / Near Philadelphia"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "near Philadelphia / Grandad / Mom / Aunt Dor / Uncle Bill"

Images

Herbert, Charlotte, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal, [between 1905 and 1910] thumbnail

Herbert Penrose Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a portrait of a man identified as Herbert Penrose Vidal smoking a pipe and holding possibly a golf club.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-045

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a portrait of a man identified as Herbert Penrose Vidal smoking a pipe and holding possibly a golf club.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Golf

Names: Vidal, Herbert Penrose

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note at bottom of album page in pencil reads: "H P Vidal"; Note in black pen on verso reads: "H P Vidal"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "New Westminster / 1914"

Images

H.T. Ceperley and friends

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36250

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 4.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of H.T. Ceperley and his friends parked next to a bridge, about to go fishing. The car looks to be a Packard.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Art Gallery subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 4.5 x 6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 241-028

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of H.T. Ceperley and his friends parked next to a bridge, about to go fishing. The car looks to be a Packard.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Ceperley, H.T.

Media Type: Photograph

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

Images

H.T. Ceperley and friends, [1914] thumbnail

Interview with Alekxos Sarter by Kathy Bossort October 16, 2015 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory579

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1960

Length: 0:21:54

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s historical overview of early public recreation, and intentions to set aside parkland, on Burnaby Mountain; Acting-Commissioner Richard Bolton’s signing of By Law 1772 that created Barnet Mountain Park in 1942; and her explanation about the fun…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s historical overview of early public recreation, and intentions to set aside parkland, on Burnaby Mountain; Acting-Commissioner Richard Bolton’s signing of By Law 1772 that created Barnet Mountain Park in 1942; and her explanation about the function and kinds of park dedications used in Burnaby.

Date Range: 1910-1960

Length: 0:21:54

Names: Bolton, Richard; Barnet Mountain Park; Burnaby Mountain Park

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Planning; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 16, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Alekxos Sarter conducted by Kathy Bossort. Alekxos Sarter was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain from Alekxos Sarter’s perspective and experience as employee in the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The interview provides an excellent explanation of the history and function of kinds of park dedications used by the City of Burnaby; an overview of issues around including the Trans Mountain tank farm in the conservation area; and the background to the land use and ownership disagreement between the City of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, its resolution, and the subsequent development of SFU’s UniverCity. Alekxos Sarter talks about Richard Bolton, Burnaby’s Acting-Commissioner who was responsible for dedicating the first park on Burnaby Mountain in 1942, and the creation of a park named after him in UniverCity.

Biographical Notes: Alekxos Sarter was born in Vancouver in 1961, to Daine and Kasandra Sarter. She grew up in North Vancouver and since 1994 has lived on a sailboat in False Creek. After attending UBC where she studied landscape architecture, she was hired by the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services in 1986. Working first in parks design, Alekxos quickly moved into parks planning, her preferred career. As Research Officer she covers research, planning, public consultation, parks and facility inventory, parkland acquisition, among other duties.

Total Tracks: 9

Total Length: 2:20:47

Interviewee Name: Sarter, Alekxos T.

Interview Location: City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Alekxos Sarter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-005/MSS196-005_Track_3.mp3

Interview with Rick Sporns by Kathy Bossort October 30, 2015 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory606

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-2015

Length: 0:17:11

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s discussion of the value of natural areas to Burnaby, the city’s history of protecting green spaces, and the complementary role the Pavilion area plays in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. He talks about how the rose garden and “Playground of…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s discussion of the value of natural areas to Burnaby, the city’s history of protecting green spaces, and the complementary role the Pavilion area plays in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. He talks about how the rose garden and “Playground of the Gods” sculptures (Kamui Mintara) help Pavilion area visitors more fully appreciate the mountain setting. He also talks about the history of the construction of the Kamui Mintara sculptures.

Date Range: 1900-2015

Length: 0:17:11

Names: Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden; Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Kamui Mintara; Central Park

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Planning; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 30, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Rick Sporns conducted by Kathy Bossort. Rick Sporns was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Rick Sporn’s description of the history and design of Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden and the significance of the Centennial Pavilion area in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Rick Sporns also talks about his career with the City of Burnaby’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, management of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area, and the value of natural areas to Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Richard Sporns was born in 1957 in Daly Municipality, Manitoba, to Ulrich and Charlotte Sporns. The family moved to the Burquitlam Area of Burnaby in about 1965. Rick Sporns obtained his BSc degree in biology at SFU and a degree in landscape architecture at UBC. In 1985 he began his career in the City of Burnaby’s Park, Recreation and Cultural Services department where he currently is Assistant Manager - Parks Design. Rick was responsible for designing Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden, a legacy project proposed by Mark Stockdale to commemorate Burnaby’s 1992 Centennial. The rose garden opened to the public July 18, 1992.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 1:01:40

Interviewee Name: Sporns, Richard "Rick"

Interview Location: City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Rick Sporns

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-008/MSS196-008_Track_4.mp3

Interview with Tony Fabian by Kathy Bossort October 29, 2015 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory599

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1860-1995

Length: 0:15:57

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s description of the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain, the creation of the Pavilion area in 1957, the history of proposals for how Burnaby Mountain could be used, the land transfer to SFU in 1963, and difficulty accessing the m…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s description of the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain, the creation of the Pavilion area in 1957, the history of proposals for how Burnaby Mountain could be used, the land transfer to SFU in 1963, and difficulty accessing the mountain for recreation prior to 1965. He also talks about the dispute between SFU and the City of Burnaby over land ownership and control.

Date Range: 1860-1995

Length: 0:15:57

Names: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Simon Fraser University

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 29, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Tony Fabian conducted by Kathy Bossort. Tony Fabian was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Tony Fabian’s part in park creation and protection of natural areas in Burnaby, particularly as a member of the Park and Recreation Commission in the 1970s; his childhood and how that contributed to his land ethic; and the history of the uses made of and setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Tony S. Fabian was born in 1934 in north Saskatchewan. At less than a year old Tony, along with his siblings, was removed from his family home and eventually placed with an immigrant farm family. As a child he worked on the farm and witnessed what he considered abusive treatment of the land and farm animals. When he was about 12 years old his adoptive family moved to the BC coast where he went on his own, working for a variety of farmers in Richmond and Delta. At 19 he contracted polio, quit farm work, and found work with the telephone company. In 1956 Tony married, and in 1957 he and his wife moved to a home on Hardwick Street in Burnaby where he still lives. Tony entered civic politics in the 1960s when he objected to development on Hardwick Park and became concerned about the destruction of Burnaby’s natural landscapes. He became a life long advocate for preserving natural areas and helped to create large parks in Burnaby on the foreshore of the Fraser River and on Burrard Inlet. He served as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission 1970-1975, is a long time volunteer with the Burnaby Lake Park Association, and continues to stay current on local and regional environmental issues. In 2008 Tony was presented with the City of Burnaby Environment Award for Community Stewardship.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:43:22

Interviewee Name: Fabian, Tony S.

Interview Location: Tony Fabian's home in Burnaby

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Tony Fabian

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-007/MSS196-007_Track_4.mp3

Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory442

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1893-1944

Length: 00:05:35

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

1 image 1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

Date Range: 1893-1944

Photo Info: Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012

Length: 00:05:35

Names: Lewarne, Ethel Leer

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Persons - Children

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: March 14, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 1:34:40

Interviewee Name: Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Images

Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Bill Lewarne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_2.mp3

Jean Dickson and James Edward Hall

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36243

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 4.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jean Dickson and James Edward Hall standing in the garden at Fairacres, next to a wooden table full of food and drink.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Art Gallery subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 4.5 x 8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 241-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jean Dickson and James Edward Hall standing in the garden at Fairacres, next to a wooden table full of food and drink.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names: Hall, James Edward; Dickson, Jean

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Jean Dickson and James Edward Hall, [1914] thumbnail

Kitty Hill and Florence Hart boating on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill (turned away) and Florence Hart boating on Deer Lake. Written around the border of the photograph is the following: "You would look away just as I took this. Do you remember how cross I was about it?" The boathouse is most likely that belonging to Kitty's father, Claude H…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-090

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill (turned away) and Florence Hart boating on Deer Lake. Written around the border of the photograph is the following: "You would look away just as I took this. Do you remember how cross I was about it?" The boathouse is most likely that belonging to Kitty's father, Claude Hill, on Deer Lake.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Boathouses; Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Godwin, Florence Hart

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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