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into small seams oflignite, a low rank ofcoal, which can still be seen on the mountain today and as far west as Coal Harbour in Vancouver. This sheet of rock was raised 336 meters (1200 feet) above sea level to form Burnaby Mountain by tectonic plate movements. In the Shadow by the Sea 7 AE.COLLECTIONS

Burnaby Village Museum NORTH BURNABY Vancouver Heights Capitol Hill Broadview Lochdale/Burnaby Mountain Barnet Burquitlam ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GLOSSARY INDICES Index by Address Index by Owner, Builder & Contractor 2 4 6 8 10 10 26 40 49 60 66 78 94 100 100 124 128 132 138 142 148 150 152 152 154 �also lists

h Anthony R. Hurren — artwork The Corporation of the District of Burnaby The University of British Columbia Library Simon Fraser University Archives The Vancouver Public Library British Columbia Hydro Library �BYGONES OF BURNABY PROLOGUE For 22 years my love affair with Burnaby grew and strengthened

................................................................87 Robert Burnaby, James Lowe & Stahlschmidt, c. 1867...............................87 Henderson & Burnaby Advertisement, 1864.............................................88 Ross Bay Farms, Vancouver Island, c. 1870..............................................89 Robert Burnaby and Kenneth McKenzie

the needs of agricultural produc- tion and the romantic architecture of Victorian homes. However, it was the wealthy men and women of Vancouver and New Westminster during the Edwardian era that spurred the devel- opment of the ultimate suburban retreat in the style of the English Countryside. From

- pioneers were just starting to trickle into the pocket of settlement around Deer Lake i n 1888. It was also three years before the completion of the single rail line between N e w Westminster a n d Vancouver, later to become k n o w n as the B . C . Electric Railway Co.'s Central Park interurban. M o s t

1223 at Kitsilano Shops, Vancouver, c. 1955. Henry Ewert Collection FRIENDS OF INTERURBAN 1223 RESTORATION BOARD, 2001~2007 LEFT TO RIGHT: CAROL RUSH, CICE BROWN, ED ECKLEY, PIXIE MCGEACHIE, DENNIS BROWN, MARGARET MATOVICH ED ECKLEY PHOTOGRAPH �3 F O R W A R D Built in 1912 by the St.Louis Car Company

did not meet their children until much later in life. BV019.10.1, COURTESY OF THE HONG FAMILY. FAMILY LIFE Men in Vancouver Chinatown, 1936. CVA Bu N158.2 The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 was passed on July 1. While many Canadians celebrate Canada Day on July 1, many Chinese Canadians remember it