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![Excel Soccer Camp, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2075.jpg?width=280)
Excel Soccer Camp
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96405
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two young soccer players taking part in a drill at the Excel Soccer Camp at the Cariboo Oval park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2075
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two young soccer players taking part in a drill at the Excel Soccer Camp at the Cariboo Oval park.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Sports - Soccer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Players practice a passing drill at the Excel Soccer Camp, held at the Cariboo Oval over March break."
- Geographic Access
- 16th Avenue
- Street Address
- 8670 16th Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Excel Soccer Camp, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2075.jpg)
![Fourth Annual BC Special Olympics soccer tournament, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2357.jpg?width=280)
Fourth Annual BC Special Olympics soccer tournament
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96799
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ron Burg, of the Coquitlam Whitecaps, and Regan Inkin, of the Prince George Vikings, in action during a game at the Fourth Annual BC Special Olympics soccer tournament at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2357
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ron Burg, of the Coquitlam Whitecaps, and Regan Inkin, of the Prince George Vikings, in action during a game at the Fourth Annual BC Special Olympics soccer tournament at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Ron Burg, of the Coquitlam Whitecaps, and Regan Inkin, of the Prince George Vikings, battle for the ball at the Fourth Annual BC Special Olympics soccer tournament, at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. More than 120 athletes and coaches from around the province participated in the tournament."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Sports Complex
- Kensington Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
![Fourth Annual BC Special Olympics soccer tournament, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2357.jpg)
![Gary Walters, [between 1970 and 1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-1263.jpg?width=280)
Gary Walters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56682
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1970 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Central soccer player Gary Walters.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1970 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1263
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Central soccer player Gary Walters.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Names
- Walters, Gary
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gary Walters, [between 1970 and 1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-1263.jpg)
![Gary Walters, [between 1970 and 1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-562.jpg?width=280)
Gary Walters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45668
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1970 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Central soccer player Gary Walters.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1970 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-562
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Central soccer player Gary Walters.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Names
- Walters, Gary
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gary Walters, [between 1970 and 1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-562.jpg)
George Mrsic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45321
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Mrsic when he was a member of the Simon Fraser University soccer team.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-216
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Mrsic when he was a member of the Simon Fraser University soccer team.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Names
- Mrsic, George
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Thompson, John M.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gerry Heaney, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2502.jpg?width=280)
Gerry Heaney
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96947
- 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 Gerry Heaney, a former Vancouver Whitecaps player, playing with a soccer ball as promotion for his summer soccer camp, Goalgetters.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2502
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gerry Heaney, a former Vancouver Whitecaps player, playing with a soccer ball as promotion for his summer soccer camp, Goalgetters.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Persons - Athletes
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Gerry Heaney, a former player with the old Vancouver Whitecaps, will be running a summer soccer camp, Goalgetters."
Images
![Gerry Heaney, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2502.jpg)
Geuther Guenaur versus Mike Michaluk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45587
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 9, 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Geunther Guenaur colliding into Mike Michaluk during a game of men's soccer.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 9, 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 18 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-481
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Geunther Guenaur colliding into Mike Michaluk during a game of men's soccer.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "GUENTHER GUENAUR MIKE MICHALUK"
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School soccer team, [1926] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-283.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School soccer team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37695
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Gilmore Avenue School soccer team at Woodland Park. Houses are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-283
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Gilmore Avenue School soccer team at Woodland Park. Houses are visible in the background.
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School soccer team, [1926] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-283.jpg)
![Girls' soccer game, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2699.jpg?width=280)
Girls' soccer game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97302
- 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 two unidentified girls during a soccer game. One player's jersey reads "Langley."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2699
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified girls during a soccer game. One player's jersey reads "Langley."
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Sports - Soccer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Girls' soccer game, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2699.jpg)
![Goalie Bob Hope, [between 1979 and 1981] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-499.jpg?width=280)
Goalie Bob Hope
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45605
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1979 and 1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Vernon goalie Bob Hope leaping into the air to make a save during a game of men's high school soccer. Pierro Manetta of Burnaby North is to his right, hoping he fumbles.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1979 and 1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-499
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Vernon goalie Bob Hope leaping into the air to make a save during a game of men's high school soccer. Pierro Manetta of Burnaby North is to his right, hoping he fumbles.
- Names
- Hope, Bob
- Manetta, Pierro
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "VERNON goalie MAKES GREAT SAVE - THATs Bby's # 9 on left"
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Vernon goalie Bob Hall leaps for a save with Burnaby North's Pierro Manetta standing by."
Images
![Goalie Bob Hope, [between 1979 and 1981] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-499.jpg)
![Goalie failing to make the save, [between 1979 and 1981] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-474.jpg?width=280)
Goalie failing to make the save
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45580
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1979 and 1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Carson Graham's goalie Brookman failing to make the save during a men's high school soccer game against Alpha.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1979 and 1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-474
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Carson Graham's goalie Brookman failing to make the save during a men's high school soccer game against Alpha.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "CG goalie BROCKMAN beat for ALPHA goal"
Images
![Goalie failing to make the save, [between 1979 and 1981] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-474.jpg)
Goalie makes a save
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45603
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a goalie in mid-air as he makes a save during a game of men's high school soccer. Both teams are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-497
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a goalie in mid-air as he makes a save during a game of men's high school soccer. Both teams are unidentified.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Local Soccer" and "St. Thomas"
Images
Greg Shannon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45317
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Greg Shannon when he was a member of the Simon Fraser University soccer team.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-212
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Greg Shannon when he was a member of the Simon Fraser University soccer team.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Names
- Shannon, Greg
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Thompson, John M.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![High school soccer game, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3173.jpg?width=280)
High school soccer game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98093
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players (one from Argyle Secondary School) in action during a high school soccer game.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3173
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players (one from Argyle Secondary School) in action during a high school soccer game.
- Subjects
- Persons - Adolescents
- Sports - Soccer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![High school soccer game, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3173.jpg)
![High school soccer game, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3357.jpg?width=280)
High school soccer game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98347
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during a high school soccer game.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3357
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during a high school soccer game.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Persons - Students
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in an October 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![High school soccer game, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3357.jpg)
![High school soccer game, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3361.jpg?width=280)
High school soccer game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98351
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during a high school soccer game.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3361
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during a high school soccer game.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Sports - Soccer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in an October 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![High school soccer game, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3361.jpg)
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory477
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Length
- 00:13:27
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his frien…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his friend Mark Stockdale who was second president of the club for 16 years and creator of the rose garden on Burnaby Mountain.
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:13:27
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Sports - Soccer
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- 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 computerization in business 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
- 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.
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Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track six of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_6.mp3
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory479
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Length
- 00:10:17
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s founding and operation of the youth soccer exchange with Washington State, and the importance of soccer to the community. He discusses the problem of isolation between north and south Burnaby, planned development in Burnaby, and the contributi…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s founding and operation of the youth soccer exchange with Washington State, and the importance of soccer to the community. He discusses the problem of isolation between north and south Burnaby, planned development in Burnaby, and the contributions of Ratepayer groups and volunteers
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:10:17
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- 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 computerization in business 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
- 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
Audio Tracks
Track eight of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track eight of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_8.mp3![Ismaili Club soccer game, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2617.jpg?width=280)
Ismaili Club soccer game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97089
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during the Ismaili Club round robin soccer tournament at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2617
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during the Ismaili Club round robin soccer tournament at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ray, Steve
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Ismaili club round robin tournament at Burnaby Lake Fields on Saturday as two senior teams played each other."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Sports Complex
- Kensington Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
![Ismaili Club soccer game, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2617.jpg)
Jamie Rogers and Ed Tuson defending the play
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45602
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fraser Valley defenders Jamie Rogers (15) and Ed Tuson successfully defending the play for their goalie Mark Kinder, who had fallen on the ground. Included in this photograph of a men's high school soccer game is Burnaby's Glen MacDonald attempting the shot which failed to score.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-496
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fraser Valley defenders Jamie Rogers (15) and Ed Tuson successfully defending the play for their goalie Mark Kinder, who had fallen on the ground. Included in this photograph of a men's high school soccer game is Burnaby's Glen MacDonald attempting the shot which failed to score.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "# 15 JAMIE ROGERS - F.V. GLEN MacDONALD - BBY. MARK KINDER - F.V. GOALIE. ED TUSON - F.V."
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SCORING CHANCE FOILED: Fraser Valley defenders Jamie Rogers (15) and Ed Tuson were nearby to help keeper Mark Kinder, who was down and out of the play, but Burnaby's Glen MacDonald failed to score on the play."
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