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Crossing Royal Oak & Rumble Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93686
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses TD Bank, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Baxter's Market are visible. The photograph is taken from a corner of the intersect…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-643
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses TD Bank, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Baxter's Market are visible. The photograph is taken from a corner of the intersection, facing southeast.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Buildings - Commercial
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- van Mannen, Mark
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 91
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Rumble Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Crossing Royal Oak & Rumble Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93687
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses Grace United Pharmacy, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Royal Meats are visible. The photograph is taken from the Gulf gas st…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-644
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses Grace United Pharmacy, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Royal Meats are visible. The photograph is taken from the Gulf gas station parking lot, facing northwest.
- Subjects
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Buildings - Commercial
- Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- van Mannen, Mark
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 92
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Rumble Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![3900 Hastings Street, [between 1965 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/366-010.jpg?width=280)
3900 Hastings Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37381
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken looking west along Hastings Street, in front of the 3900 Block.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 366-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken looking west along Hastings Street, in front of the 3900 Block.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![3900 Hastings Street, [between 1965 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/366-010.jpg)
![Bill Lewarne on handcar, [between 1975 and 1976] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0657_001.jpg?width=280)
Bill Lewarne on handcar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13021
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby councillor Bill Lewarne standing on a handcar in front of the Interurban Tram 1223 at Heritage Village.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby councillor Bill Lewarne standing on a handcar in front of the Interurban Tram 1223 at Heritage Village.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.657
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1976]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See contact sheet: BV020.5.705
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 9-Apr-21
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Yunge-Bateman, Nick
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photograph by / Nick Yunge-Bateman"
- Note in red marker on verso of photograph reads: "50402.2.30"
Images
![Bill Lewarne on handcar, [between 1975 and 1976] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0657_001.jpg)
Burnaby Mountain Parking Lot & Restaurant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93706
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 15, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view of the mountains and park from a hill on Burnaby Mountain Park. The photograph is taken facing north. The photograph shows the parking lot and the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Pavilion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 15, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-663
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view of the mountains and park from a hill on Burnaby Mountain Park. The photograph is taken facing north. The photograph shows the parking lot and the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Pavilion.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Buildings - Civic
- Buildings - Recreational
- Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Names
- Burnaby Mountain Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Surridge, Jack
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 111
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Street Address
- 100 Centennial Way
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![People at Heritage Village site during construction, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0054_0442_001.jpg?width=280)
People at Heritage Village site during construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2396
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Officials - Aldermen and Councillors
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.442
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- September 26, 2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![People at Heritage Village site during construction, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0054_0442_001.jpg)
![People at Heritage Village site during construction, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0054_0443_001.jpg?width=280)
People at Heritage Village site during construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.443
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- September 26, 2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![People at Heritage Village site during construction, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0054_0443_001.jpg)
Tram 1223 on site of Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18420
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban Tram 1223 on the tracks behind the Ice Cream Parlour building in Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The Ice Cream Parlour building is under construction.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban Tram 1223 on the tracks behind the Ice Cream Parlour building in Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The Ice Cream Parlour building is under construction.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.9.55
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2022-03-15
- Photographer
- Lott, Richard
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Negative number 6
Images
Rail classics, vol. 2, no. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1387
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 388.46 RAI v. 2, no. 2
- Place of Publication
- Canoga Park, Calif.
- Publisher
- Challenge Publication Inc.
- Publication Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 82 p. : ill ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Transportation
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- "Commuting in British Columbia, Vancouver's British Columbia Electric Railway was the Canadian Equivalent of the Sprawling Pacific Electric by Ira L. Swett" -- page 40 - 45.
- Details about the "Districts of Interurban line plus descriptions of different interurban cars operating in the system.
Deer Crossing Sign on Road to SFU
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93671
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 18, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the road to Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain, with a deer crossing sign on the right-hand side of the photograph and a car driving ahead. The photograph appears to be taken from a car parked on the shoulder of the road, facing east.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 18, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-628
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the road to Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain, with a deer crossing sign on the right-hand side of the photograph and a car driving ahead. The photograph appears to be taken from a car parked on the shoulder of the road, facing east.
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Surridge, Jack
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 77
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Kensington Overpass Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93631
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 22, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Kensington Overpass area by Lougheed Highway and Sperling Avenue. The overpass was not yet constructed at the time of this photograph but was under discussion by the City of Burnaby Council. The photograph is taken from the side of the road, facing south.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 22, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-588
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Kensington Overpass area by Lougheed Highway and Sperling Avenue. The overpass was not yet constructed at the time of this photograph but was under discussion by the City of Burnaby Council. The photograph is taken from the side of the road, facing south.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Surridge, Jack
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 37
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Sperling Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Semi-trailer truck at Marine and Byrne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36106
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 7, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a semi-trailer truck that is having trouble turning on the hill and crossing the intersection, at the same time that a pick-up truck is passing through at Marine and Byrne.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 7, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Columbian Newspaper subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 222-029
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-19
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a semi-trailer truck that is having trouble turning on the hill and crossing the intersection, at the same time that a pick-up truck is passing through at Marine and Byrne.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping glued to verso of photograph reads: "Trucks get into difficulties on the uphill junction with Marine Drive", and credits the photograph to: "Columbian photo by Bas..." (the paper has been cut). Inference has been made that it was photographed by Columbian photographer Basil King.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
Highrises on Kingsway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93692
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of high-rises apartment buildings and the neighbourhood along Kingsway by Central Park. The photograph is taken from a high point, facing east down Kingsway. The Central Park Veterinary Hospital, Central Park Place, a railway crossing, a gas station, and the Central Park Gate are visible…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-649
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of high-rises apartment buildings and the neighbourhood along Kingsway by Central Park. The photograph is taken from a high point, facing east down Kingsway. The Central Park Veterinary Hospital, Central Park Place, a railway crossing, a gas station, and the Central Park Gate are visible in the photograph.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
- Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Monuments
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Chapman, Fred
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 97
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
BC studies, Number 11, Fall 1971
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary798
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 388.4 ROY
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- BC Studies
- Publication Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 85 p. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- Notes
- ISSN:0005-2949
- Includes an article: "Regulating the British Columbia electric railway : the first public utilities commission in British Columbia", by Patricia E. Roy.
![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg?width=280)
Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory443
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Length
- 00:07:58
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:07:58
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne 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 mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- 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 business computerization 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
![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track three of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_3.mp3
Byrne Creek
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36107
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 7, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Byrne Creek at a road's edge.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 7, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Columbian Newspaper subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 222-030
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-19
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Byrne Creek at a road's edge.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping glued to verso of photograph reads: "Byrne Creek...fish habitat and a problem for developers."
- Geographic Access
- Byrne Creek
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
![3900 Albert Street, [between 1965 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/366-018.jpg?width=280)
3900 Albert Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37389
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the north side of 3900 Albert Street, looking west. The Vancouver Heights Baptist Church can be seen to the far right (at the corner of Albert Street and Ingleton Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 366-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the north side of 3900 Albert Street, looking west. The Vancouver Heights Baptist Church can be seen to the far right (at the corner of Albert Street and Ingleton Avenue).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Ingleton Avenue
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 3900 Albert Street
- 271 Ingleton Avenue
- 3977 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![3900 Albert Street, [between 1965 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/366-018.jpg)
![3900 Albert Street at Ingleton Avenue, [between 1965 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/366-019.jpg?width=280)
3900 Albert Street at Ingleton Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37390
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking west along the north side of Albert Street from the 3900 Block. At the far right can be seen the Vancouver Heights Baptist Church, at the intersection of Albert and Ingleton Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 366-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking west along the north side of Albert Street from the 3900 Block. At the far right can be seen the Vancouver Heights Baptist Church, at the intersection of Albert and Ingleton Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Ingleton Avenue
- Street Address
- 3900 Albert Street
- 271 Ingleton Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![3900 Albert Street at Ingleton Avenue, [between 1965 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/366-019.jpg)
Burris Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36530
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burris Street, including the "new" townhouse complex at One Arbour Lane when it was under construction.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 289-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-24
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burris Street, including the "new" townhouse complex at One Arbour Lane when it was under construction.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burris Street
- Mayview Circle
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![From 1855 18th Avenue, [1972 or 1973] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-263.jpg?width=280)
From 1855 18th Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37675
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1972 or 1973] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken from the front of 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue), looking north down the street in the snow.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1972 or 1973] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-263
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken from the front of 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue), looking north down the street in the snow.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Copied from col. photograph
- Geographic Access
- 18th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![From 1855 18th Avenue, [1972 or 1973] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-263.jpg)