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Reflections at Croteau

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13 x 8 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Croteau lake at dusk. A site along the way. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13 x 8 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-059

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Croteau lake at dusk. A site along the way. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Tait, Preston L.

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount; Handwritten note on facing page reads: "True beauty dwells in deep retreats / Whose veil is unremoved / Wordsworth"; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 820

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Ruby and Dot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 11 Oct. 1936

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women idenified as Ruby and Dot standing outside in front of large cedar bushes.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women idenified as Ruby and Dot standing outside in front of large cedar bushes.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens; Plants - Trees

Accession Code: BV996.6.116

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 11 Oct. 1936

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "Ruby & Dot"; Caption of album page reads: "Oct 11/36 / THANKSGIVING / SEATTLE"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Snow covered trees in forest

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of snow covered trees in a forest.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of snow covered trees in a forest.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Plants - Trees

Accession Code: BV022.32.64

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Snow covered trees in forest, [191-] thumbnail

Snow Owl / Burnaby Lake Snow Pictures

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1970 and 2001]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists photographs of a snow-covered Burnaby Lake and a snowy owl perched on a large tree stump.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1970 and 2001]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-020

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists photographs of a snow-covered Burnaby Lake and a snowy owl perched on a large tree stump.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Plants - Trees; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from negative envelope

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Snow Owl / Burnaby Lake Snow Pictures, [between 1970 and 2001] thumbnail

Still Creek Flora

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 6 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists photographs of colourful flora around Still Creek. Flower species have not been identified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 6 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists photographs of colourful flora around Still Creek. Flower species have not been identified.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Plants - Trees; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from slide sheet; Note purple and blue ink on original slide sheet read: "Still Creek / Flora / 1991"

Geographic Access: Still Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Trees in the Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1990]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of trees at an unspecified location within the Deer Lake park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1990]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 422-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2001-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of trees at an unspecified location within the Deer Lake park.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Wolf, Jim

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue; Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Two large walnut trees

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of two large walnut trees on either side of a trail in Robert Burnaby Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of two large walnut trees on either side of a trail in Robert Burnaby Park.

Subjects: Plants - Trees; Geographic Features - Trails

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Two large walnut trees, [194-] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail

Two women and man in forest

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and one man balanced on large fallen trees within a thickly wooded forest. The people could be members of the Love or Stanley families.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and one man balanced on large fallen trees within a thickly wooded forest. The people could be members of the Love or Stanley families.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Plants - Trees

Names: Love Family; Stanley Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.308

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Two women and man in forest, [191-] thumbnail

Woman standing on tree stump

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman holding an axe and standing on a tree stump next to a large felled tree. The ground and branches of trees are covered with a blanket of snow.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman holding an axe and standing on a tree stump next to a large felled tree. The ground and branches of trees are covered with a blanket of snow.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Plants - Trees; Geographic Features - Forests

Accession Code: BV022.32.63

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Woman standing on tree stump, [191-] thumbnail

Yale Creek

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek; a dry creek bed with a large tree lying across it. 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.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-068

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek; a dry creek bed with a large tree lying across it. 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.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Bridge over fast flowing river

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [c. 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bridge over a fast flowing river with muddy riverbanks on either side and forest in the distance.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm

Material Details: Photograph is over exposed, washing out some of the detail

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bridge over a fast flowing river with muddy riverbanks on either side and forest in the distance.

Subjects: Natural Geographic Features; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways; Geographic Features - Rivers; Structures - Bridges

Accession Code: BV022.32.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [c. 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Bridge over fast flowing river, [c. 1910] thumbnail

Burnaby rivers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of people with Burnaby rivers and creeks. Photographs depict BCIT river conservationist Mark Angelo posing in Deer Lake Brook by Burnaby Village Museum, and Lorna Johnson, Gordie Cook, and Jack McAfee enjoying Fraser Foreshore Park by the Fraser River.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2800

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of people with Burnaby rivers and creeks. Photographs depict BCIT river conservationist Mark Angelo posing in Deer Lake Brook by Burnaby Village Museum, and Lorna Johnson, Gordie Cook, and Jack McAfee enjoying Fraser Foreshore Park by the Fraser River.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2800-1 and 535-2800-2: "Mark Angelo, of BCIT, who's made it his mission to save and preserve Burnaby's rivers and creeks, says he's particularly proud of Deer Lake Brook, as it babbles through Burnaby Village Museum, on its way to Burnaby Lake."; Caption from metadata for 535-2800-3: "Lorna Johnson hits a tennis ball out into the Fraser River at Fraser Foreshore Park, to her dog, Keiko."; Caption from metadata for 535-2800-4: "Gordie Cook and Jack McAfee shoot the breeze and enjoy the sunshine along the Fraser River, at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Brook; Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park; Fraser River

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area; Big Bend Area

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At the river's edge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Beach with mountains in the background

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unknown beach with mountains in the background. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-825

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unknown beach with mountains in the background. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Beach with mountains in the background, [1880] thumbnail

Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Mayor Doug Drummond and another unidentified person posing by the Fraser River in Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2524

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Mayor Doug Drummond and another unidentified person posing by the Fraser River in Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Geographic Features - Rivers; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Drummond, Douglas P. "Doug"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park, [2000] thumbnail

Cable Crossing at Mile 57

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34397

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over a river towards Cheam Peak, which is visible in the background. A cable can be seen stretching over the river. 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-Provinc…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-104

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over a river towards Cheam Peak, which is visible in the background. A cable can be seen stretching over the river. 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.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Cable Crossing at Mile 57, 1926 thumbnail

Construction of dykes on Nicomen Island

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34330

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 13.5 cm on page 17.5 x 22.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm and field along the Fraser River next to dykes that are being built on Nicomen Island.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 13.5 cm on page 17.5 x 22.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-037

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm and field along the Fraser River next to dykes that are being built on Nicomen Island.

Subjects: Construction; Geographic Features - Dykes; Geographic Features - Rivers; Agriculture - Farms

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Construction of dykes on Nicomen Island, 1927 thumbnail

Dreadnought Island

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34418

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 7.7 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dreadnought Island in the middle of the river. 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.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 7.7 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-125

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dreadnought Island in the middle of the river. 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.