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Haddon family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left) Gordon Haddon and (right) Jimmy Haddon, his cousin, at Burnaby Lake where Eagle Creek flows into it. At the left is the dock at the foot of Piper Avenue. The water was deep and good for swimming.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-426

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left) Gordon Haddon and (right) Jimmy Haddon, his cousin, at Burnaby Lake where Eagle Creek flows into it. At the left is the dock at the foot of Piper Avenue. The water was deep and good for swimming.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Creeks; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Sports - Swimming

Names: Haddon, Gordon; Haddon, Jimmy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Piper Avenue; Eagle Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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Haddon family, 1925 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Climbing onto a diving platform

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1925 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a tank-style swimsuit climbing onto a wooden diving platform in Deer Lake.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a tank-style swimsuit climbing onto a wooden diving platform in Deer Lake.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Accession Code: BV004.22.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1925 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Climbing onto a diving platform, [between 1925 and 1939] thumbnail

Deer Lake Gibraltar

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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.

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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.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Rock Formations

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Brook

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Ruby Boucher

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1928 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ruby Boucher skating on Deer Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1928 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-585

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ruby Boucher skating on Deer Lake.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Skating

Names: Boucher, Ruby

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

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Ruby Boucher, January 1928 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Skating on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people skating on Deer Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-743

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of people skating on Deer Lake.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Skating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Skating on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified girl skating on Deer Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-656

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified girl skating on Deer Lake.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Skating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Skating on Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 photographs : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm each on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album and joined to form one panorama)

Scope and Content: Photograph is a panoramic picture of a group skating at Deer Lake. All are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 3 photographs : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm each on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album and joined to form one panorama)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-657

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a panoramic picture of a group skating at Deer Lake. All are unidentified.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Skating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Skating on the lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1921 and 1922] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a couple, two older boys, and two younger boys and a girl standing on a frozen lake, wearing skates. The three boys have hockey sticks in their hands.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a couple, two older boys, and two younger boys and a girl standing on a frozen lake, wearing skates. The three boys have hockey sticks in their hands.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Skating

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Accession Code: HV976.214.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1921 and 1922] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Skating scene, Kitty Hill's mother centre? Deer Lake ?" An earlier catalogue record conjectures perhaps Kitty Hill's mother is pictured in the centre, and the location is Deer Lake.; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

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Skating on the lake, [between 1921 and 1922] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Alouette Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 21, 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia, mounted on cardboard ; 12.5 x 17 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of men, women, and children on the beach of Alouette Lake. The fourth woman from the left is identified as Charlotte Hill. The man to the right of her is identified as Minard Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 21, 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia, mounted on cardboard ; 12.5 x 17 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-175

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of men, women, and children on the beach of Alouette Lake. The fourth woman from the left is identified as Charlotte Hill. The man to the right of her is identified as Minard Hill.

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

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in black pen on the cardboard reads: "Alouette Lake / June 21, 1925"; Accompanying newspaper clipping attached to album page is titled "Surveyors' Examinations"

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Burnaby Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 050-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

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

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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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 cottages, one possibly belonging to Louisa Vidal, near a lake.

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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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Cultus Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over Cultus Lake towards the mountains. 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: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over Cultus Lake towards the mountains. 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 - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Cultus Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cultus Lake, looking towards the mountains. A wooden pier can be seen in the foreground and a row of cabins are visible on the far shore. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the T…

1 image

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 x 12.2 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cultus Lake, looking towards the mountains. A wooden pier can be seen in the foreground and a row of cabins are visible on the far shore. 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 - Lakes and Ponds; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

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.: 550-073

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

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

Names: Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Louisa Vidal / Herbert Vidal / Dorothy / Alexander"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Gan & Grandad / Aunt Dor & Uncle Bill"

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal, [between 1920 and 1934] thumbnail

Minard and Charlotte Hill

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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 man, three women and two children at Alouette Lake. The man is identified as Minard Hill. The woman on the far right is identified as Charlotte Hill.

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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.: 550-182

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a man, three women and two children at Alouette Lake. The man is identified as Minard Hill. The woman on the far right is identified as Charlotte Hill.

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

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"; Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "1925"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Allouette [sic] Lake / 1925"

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Minard and Charlotte Hill, 1925 thumbnail

Sunnyside

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the embankment of a body of water lined with houses and trees in Toronto, Ontario.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-078

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the embankment of a body of water lined with houses and trees in Toronto, Ontario.

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

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Sunnyside"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Sunnyside"

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Sunnyside, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

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.

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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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Arthur Francis Peers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34492

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.8 x 13.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers on a raft on Texas Lake. Arthur Peers, later of the Royal Canadian Navy and Order of the British Empire worked on the surveys for the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the late 1920s and documented a lot of the work through his photographs.

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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 ; 7.8 x 13.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-199

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers on a raft on Texas Lake. Arthur Peers, later of the Royal Canadian Navy and Order of the British Empire worked on the surveys for the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the late 1920s and documented a lot of the work through his photographs.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Transportation - Rafts; Occupations - Photographers

Names: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Blue River Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34486

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 9.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tree-lined lake identified as the Blue River Lake in Oregon. A cabin can be seen on the opposite shoreline. 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…

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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 ; 6.9 x 9.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-193

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tree-lined lake identified as the Blue River Lake in Oregon. A cabin can be seen on the opposite shoreline. 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.