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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail overlooking Burrard Inlet that runs down a hill through some evergreen trees.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Material Details: "You asked me how / far the CPR Line / was from our lot / It is within 1/4 mile / This was taken / right above the / CPR line, there is / quite a sharp descent / from here down to the / line If the piece of / bush to the left was / cut you would see 2nd narrows bridge" written in pencil on the back of the photo.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail overlooking Burrard Inlet that runs down a hill through some evergreen trees.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Trails; Geographic Features - Inlets

Accession Code: BV007.45.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on notes on the reverse of the photograph

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Cottage in the woods

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82641

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows cottages, one possibly belonging to Louisa Vidal, near a lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-194

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows cottages, one possibly belonging to Louisa Vidal, near a lake.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Cabins; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "1925"

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Knight Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-172

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82608

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing being felled.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-173

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing being felled.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82609

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree trunk in a clearing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-174

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree trunk in a clearing.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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Yellow Point

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a lakeside.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-190

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a lakeside.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page reads: "Yellowpoint [sic]"

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Frost's Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34305

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 12.3 cm on page 17.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tree-lined path labelled "On Frost's Road." The photograph was taken in Surrey in the Tynehead area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 12.3 cm on page 17.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tree-lined path labelled "On Frost's Road." The photograph was taken in Surrey in the Tynehead area.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Trails

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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ARJ and HJ at Lunch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34421

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting beside a campfire. A pot is suspended by wooden pole over the hot coals. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "A.R.J. [and] H.J. - Lunch." The men are only identified by their initials. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travell…

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 : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting beside a campfire. A pot is suspended by wooden pole over the hot coals. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "A.R.J. [and] H.J. - Lunch." The men are only identified by their initials. 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: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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By the water

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows houses on the shore of a body of water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-186

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows houses on the shore of a body of water.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Cabins; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "1925"

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Clearing in the forest

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a clearing in a forest.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-180

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a clearing in a forest.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Alouette Dam / 1925"

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Cottage in the woods

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a cottage, possibly belonging to Louisa Vidal, in the middle of the woods.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-193

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a cottage, possibly belonging to Louisa Vidal, in the middle of the woods.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Cabins; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Deer in the woods

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two deer foraging in the woods. According to the inscription the photograph was likely taken when camping at an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 6 cm

Material Details: inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "A couple of deer/ snapped just below/ camp. They are quite/ thick there."

Scope and Content: Photograph of two deer foraging in the woods. According to the inscription the photograph was likely taken when camping at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Animals - Deer; Geographic Features - Forests

Accession Code: BV985.5814.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Logs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a clearing in a forest.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-179

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a clearing in a forest.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Alouette Dam / 1925"

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Logs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82630

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a pile of logs in a clearing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-183

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a pile of logs in a clearing.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "1925"

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Trail in the Woods

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-579

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Trail through the forest

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39261

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 7.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location. An open gate and fence can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 7.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-580

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail going through the forest at an unknown location. An open gate and fence can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Animals - Dogs; Structures - Fences

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Trail through the forest, [1920] thumbnail

Bridge over fast flowing river

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19310

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

Deer Lake Gibraltar

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34312

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "Gibraltar" rock at mouth of Deer Lake Creek. This photograph was taken during the winter of 1924 and the lake is frozen over with ice. The surface of the lake is covered with marks made by ice skates. Deer Lake Creek is historically known as Deer Lake Brook.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "Gibraltar" rock at mouth of Deer Lake Creek. This photograph was taken during the winter of 1924 and the lake is frozen over with ice. The surface of the lake is covered with marks made by ice skates. Deer Lake Creek is historically known as Deer Lake Brook.