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CPR Engine after falling over an embankment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34364
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Frase…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-071
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
CPR passenger train wreckage in Ontario
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45211
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many w…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-097
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many wounded was Burnaby school teacher; sculpture and painter Jack Hardman.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- United Press International (UPI) Radio Telephoto
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:14:54
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the operation and location of the Olofson’s mink ranch, the challenges of raising mink, and when the family gave up the farm in 1950/51. She describes how she and her sister Anita Lea used a bicycle to go to school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the operation and location of the Olofson’s mink ranch, the challenges of raising mink, and when the family gave up the farm in 1950/51. She describes how she and her sister Anita Lea used a bicycle to go to school.
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:14:54
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson'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
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track two of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_2.mp3
Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
workers were recruited to complete the western
portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway over treach-
erous terrain, connecting British Columbia to Nova
Scotia and creating a safe and efficient transcon-
tinental transportation system in the new nation
本拿比的历史由数次的华人移民浪潮塑造而
成，
这些浪潮各自贡献了不同的文化知识、
饮食传统和语言。
当华人移民
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
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![Three men with tractor, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0350_001.jpg?width=280)
Three men with tractor
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19928
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men with a tractor on a farm in Champion, Alberta. Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley is seated in the drivers' seat of the tractor and two men are standing next to the tractor. One of the men is holding a gas can. There are farm buildings and metal storage drums in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men with a tractor on a farm in Champion, Alberta. Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley is seated in the drivers' seat of the tractor and two men are standing next to the tractor. One of the men is holding a gas can. There are farm buildings and metal storage drums in the background.
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.350
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Note in white ink on album page reads: "Champion._Alta"
Images
![Three men with tractor, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0350_001.jpg)
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4306
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4307
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4308
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70 / Lougheed Hiway".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4310
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4311
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg?width=280)
Wrecked rail cars
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV979.54.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg)