"Structures" found 77 records

Ad Hoc Committee on Dog Control subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1983-1989

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 5 folders of textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of committee records for the Ad Hoc Committee on Dog Control including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and terms of reference.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1983-1989

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Council Committee series

Subseries: Ad Hoc Committee on Dog Control subseries

Physical Description: 5 folders of textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of committee records for the Ad Hoc Committee on Dog Control including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and terms of reference.

History: The Ad Hoc Committee on Dog Control was established by Council on May 25, 1987. Council, at the regular Council meeting held on November 20, 1989 adopted a report to reorganize the committee structure by grouping related subjects and establishing 5 standing committees. The Ad Hoc Committee on Dog Control was dissolved and all matters relating to dog control became the responsibility of the Community Issues and Social Planning Committee.

Media Type: Textual Record

Administrative Fee Structure - Upland consents for leases of waterlots in North Arm of the Fraser River opposite Municipally owned properties

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport19735

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 1300

Meeting Date: 5-Aug-1980

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 50

Item No.: 24

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 1300

Meeting Date: 5-Aug-1980

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 50

Item No.: 24

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 1300

5-Aug-1980 Meeting Minutes

B.C. Electric Railway Franchise - Agreement

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription382

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1913

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual records and architectural drawings

Scope and Content: File contains records relating to agreements made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Railway Co., for rail line extensions. File also includes a blueprint plan of station structures for Vancouver Fraser Valley and Southern Railway Co. and a newspaper clipping.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1913

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual records and architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2075

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains records relating to agreements made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Railway Co., for rail line extensions. File also includes a blueprint plan of station structures for Vancouver Fraser Valley and Southern Railway Co. and a newspaper clipping.

Media Type: Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case. File includes original newspaper clipping.

Bell's Dry Goods exhibit collection series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1974-2012, predominant 1974-1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 129 photographs + 10 cm of textual records + approx. 6 architectural drawings + 1 video recording

Scope and Content: Series consists of records pertaining to the moving, restoration, exhibit and repair of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store building that was relocated from Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1974. The building was set up as a permanent exhibit on sit…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 129 photographs + 10 cm of textual records + approx. 6 architectural drawings + 1 video recording

Scope and Content: Series consists of records pertaining to the moving, restoration, exhibit and repair of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store building that was relocated from Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1974. The building was set up as a permanent exhibit on site at Burnaby Village Museum. The majority of the records were created by museum and City of Burnaby staff. Series is arranged into four subseries: 1) Restoration, upgrades and repairs subseries 2) Bell's building photographs subseries 3) Bell's exhibit photographs subseries 4) Bell's research files subseries

History: The Bell's Dry Goods building was built in 1922 by Clifford Tuckey with a small lean to structure on the back housing a kitchen and bedroom. The building was located on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue in Burnaby. William Bell (1884-1952) and Flora Bell (nee Connell) (1889-1953) immigrated to Burnaby from Scotland between 1917 and 1918. In about 1924, the building was purchased by William and Flora Bell. Flora operated "Bell's Dry Goods" store out of the building and the couple lived at the back of the store. William worked as a driver for a local lumber mill. Bell's Dry Goods was in operation in this one storey building between 1925 and 1937 with the building address, 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street). In 1927, they moved to a house located on Thirteenth Avenue while they converted the back of the store to include the East Burnaby Post Office. In 1937, the Bells moved the one storey "Bell's Dry Goods" building a little further north and built a two storey building on the corner. Flora continued to operate Bell's Dry Goods on the ground level of the new building until 1941 and the couple lived upstairs. The new two storey building assumed the address of 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street) and the older one storey building obtained a new address of 1316 Sixth Street (later 7685 Sixth Street). The East Burnaby Post Office continued to operate at 1314 Sixth Street until about 1954. On December 1, 1937, Maurice Whitechurch moved his Whitechurch Hardware store into the one storey building which he rented out from the Bells. In 1943, Maurice Whitechurch purchased the building from the Bells and Whitechurch Hardware store continued to operated at this location until the Spring of 1973. In June 1973, Mr. Fergie Will bought the store and the building was donated to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). In August 1974, the building was relocated from it's location on Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village. Sometime prior to the move, the extension at the rear of the building was removed. After the building was moved to Heritage Village, some exterior repairs were completed including the installation of exterior siding at the rear of the building and installation of large wood sliding door. The building opened as a carpentry shop exhibit in 1975. In March 1976, an extension at the rear of the building was rebuilt by museum staff. The building underwent several repairs and restorations between 1992 and 1996 and was closed to the public. Due to structural problems, the extension was demolished in 1992. Between 1993 and 1996, the building underwent a series of exterior and interior structural repairs to restore it to Bell's Dry Goods store which included the rebuilding of the extension at the rear of the building and the moving of the building onto a new foundation. The newly restored building opened as Bell's Dry Goods store (exhibit) on August 6, 1996. On November 23, 1992, the building was designated a heritage building under Heritage Designation Bylaw 1992, Bylaw Number 9807.

Accession Code: BV019.52; BV020.5

Date: 1974-2012, predominant 1974-1996

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Title based on contents of series; Further accruals are expected; Some records within this collection are subject to FIPPA; For other records and photographs associated with this building, see also Century Park Museum Association fonds and Burnaby Village Museum fonds and Jesse Love farmhouse fonds

Boats docked at a bay

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.4 x 9.9 cm mounted on paper 13.6 x 18.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boats docked at a pier at an unidentified bay.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.4 x 9.9 cm mounted on paper 13.6 x 18.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boats docked at a pier at an unidentified bay.

Subjects: Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Bays

Accession Code: HV972.50.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Photographer: Dean, H.M.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boats docked at a bay, [between 1908 and 1911] thumbnail

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34771

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.6 x 12.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cariboo Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gerald Davy subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.6 x 12.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 133-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cariboo Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Davy, Gerald

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Brunette River

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34772

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gerald Davy subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 133-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Davy, Gerald

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

Geographic Access: Brunette River

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34773

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.1 x 12.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gerald Davy subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.1 x 12.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 133-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Davy, Gerald

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Brunette River

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby Arts Council - Committee Structure

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56388

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39816

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Burnaby heritage resource inventory : Metrotown (including the historic communities of Central Park, Patterson, McKay, West Burnaby, Jubilee, Royal Oak)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1117

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Watson, Ann A.

Publication Date: 1986

Call Number: 971.1 BUR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.1 BUR

Author: Watson, Ann A.

Place of Publication: [Burnaby, B.C.]

Publisher: Burnaby Historical Society

Publication Date: 1986

Physical Description: v, 144 p. : ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby; Buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby; Burnaby (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Metrotown (Burnaby, B.C.); Directories

Notes: "August 1986"--Cover.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-125) and index.

Burnaby Substation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [September 1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to S…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [September 1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John DeForest subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 293-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-30

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to Sperling Avenue (built for this project and called Pole Line Road) and then south to this site at the corner of Griffiths and the old Central Park interurban line (later this section was called the Highland Park line). This substation was constructed to convert the alternating current being delivered from the Buntzen power plant to direct current for the operation of the tram cars operating on the Central Park interurban route. The new brick substation replaced the wood fed steam powered 1891 Powerhouse that operated south of this site, across the tracks until its closure on May 31,1905. It was demolised in the late 1920s. This brick substation originally known as the Burnaby Substation, eventually became known as the Newell Substation. The original brick building was replaced by a new structure in 1930, which was demolished in the 1960s in favour of the open field substation that continues to operate on the same site today at 7260 Griffiths Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Powerhouses

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Griffiths Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Burnaby Substation, [September 1907] thumbnail

Burnaby Tennis Club's Request to Leave up Air Support Structure from 1984 May 01 to September 30 - Burnaby Lake Sports Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 3206

Meeting Date: 26-Mar-1984

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 23

Item No.: 16

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 3206

Meeting Date: 26-Mar-1984

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 23

Item No.: 16

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 3206

26-Mar-1984 Meeting Minutes

Burnaby Tennis Club's Request to Leave up their Air Support Structure from 1984 May 01 to 1984 June 30

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport17033

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 3290

Meeting Date: 7-May-1984

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 33

Item No.: 9

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 3290

Meeting Date: 7-May-1984

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 33

Item No.: 9

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 3290

7-May-1984 Meeting Minutes

Capilano Dam

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Capilano Dam in North Vancouver. In the background can be seen what appears to be the caretaker's cottage.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-118

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Capilano Dam in North Vancouver. In the background can be seen what appears to be the caretaker's cottage.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Structures - Dams

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Capilano Dam

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38800

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Capilano Dam in North Vancouver. In the background can be seen what appears to be the caretaker's cottage.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-119

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Capilano Dam in North Vancouver. In the background can be seen what appears to be the caretaker's cottage.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Structures - Dams

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Central Park Entrance

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 23, 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Central Park entrance on Kingsway. A car can be seen exiting the park, and the tracks of the Skytrain Expo line are in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 23, 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 11.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 145-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1985-15

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Central Park entrance on Kingsway. A car can be seen exiting the park, and the tracks of the Skytrain Expo line are in the background.

Subjects: Structures - Arches

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Central Park Entrance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34861

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 23, 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Central Park entrance on Kingsway. The tracks of the Skytrain Expo line can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 23, 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 11.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 145-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1985-15

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Central Park entrance on Kingsway. The tracks of the Skytrain Expo line can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Structures - Arches

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Claude Hill Running on Dock

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39531

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in bathing suit, running towards the camera on a dock at Deer Lake. An unidentified woman is swimming in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-850

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in bathing suit, running towards the camera on a dock at Deer Lake. An unidentified woman is swimming in the background.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Claude Hill Running on Dock, 1905 thumbnail

Cormorants

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1991

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of cormorants. In three of the photographs cormorants are perched on wooded structures on Burnaby Lake; in the forth a cormorant is depicted taking flight from the water. The cormorants are medium-to-large sized birds with dark feathers and long, thin yellow bills.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1991

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of cormorants. In three of the photographs cormorants are perched on wooded structures on Burnaby Lake; in the forth a cormorant is depicted taking flight from the water. The cormorants are medium-to-large sized birds with dark feathers and long, thin yellow bills.