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Duncan & Margaret McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested ar…
Associated Dates
1902
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Associated Dates
1902
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 12183
Enactment Date
11/12/2006
Description
Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
Heritage Value
‘Glen-Lyon’ is valued as an excellent example of a privately-owned Edwardian era country estate built at the turn of the nineteenth century. The property retains significant heritage features including the Edwardian era mansion with rustic Arts and Crafts features, and elements of a working agricultural landscape. The property was originally the Royal City Mills logging camp, and in 1900 was purchased by Duncan Campbell McGregor (1853-1929) and Margaret Jane McGregor (1875-1960), who named their estate ‘Glen-Lyon’ after Duncan McGregor’s birthplace in Perthshire, Scotland. The McGregors were active in municipal affairs and social activities, and played a significant role in the early development of Burnaby. Duncan McGregor served as a city councillor from 1909 to 1912 and was elected reeve of Burnaby in 1913. Margaret McGregor was instrumental in the formation and fundraising activities of the Victoria Order of Nurses in Burnaby. Additionally, the site is historically significant for its association with early social welfare and correctional reform. The estate was sold in 1926 to an inter-denominational religious organization called the Home of the Friendless, which used it as their B.C. headquarters. The organization was charged with several cases of abuse and neglect in 1937, after which a Royal Commission was formed that led to new legislation to regulate and license all private welfare institutions. 'Glen-Lyon' was sold to the provincial government, and was dedicated in 1939 by the Lt.-Gov. E.W. Hamber for use as the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders (later renamed the New Haven Correction Centre). The Borstal movement originated in England in the late nineteenth century, as an alternative to sending young offenders and runaways to prisons by providing reformatories that focused on discipline and vocational skill. This site’s role as the first North American institution devoted to the Borstal School philosophy was historic, and influenced corrections programs across Canada. The site retains significant features from its development in 1939 as the Borstal School, including a large gambrel-roofed barn designed by Chief Provincial Architect Henry Whittaker of the Department of Public Works that is the only remaining structure of its kind in Burnaby. Between 1941 and 1945 the mansion housed the Provincial School for the Deaf and Blind when the Borstal School was closed temporarily as a war measure during the Second World War.
Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion include its: - location on a sloping site with expansive southern exposure, adjacent to Marine Drive - residential form, scale and massing of the house as exemplified by its two and one-half storey height, above-ground basement and rectangular plan - Arts and Crafts elements of the house such as its stone foundation, multi-gabled roof line with steep central hipped roof, symmetrical cross-gables, side shed dormers, bellcast upper walls sheathed in cedar shingles and lower walls sheathed in narrow clapboard - original exterior features of the house such as the full width front verandah with square columns, central staircase on the southern elevation, original doors and stained glass windows; and the irregular fenestration such as double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows, bay windows, and projecting windows in the gable ends - original interior features of the house such as the U-shaped main stair designed around two symmetrically placed Ionic columns, and interior trim on the main floor including boxed beams and fireplaces - gambrel-roofed barn with roof vent with finial, sliding hay loft and access doors, small multi-pane windows, and lapped wooden siding - associated landscape features such as the original garden plantings with some exotic and many native specimen trees; the original log pond and its concrete Marine Drive causeway and culvert; rockeries and a rose garden
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Organization
Home of the Friendless
Borstal School
New Haven Correction Centre
Architect
Henry Whittaker
Function
Primary Historic--Estate
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
003-004-661
Boundaries
'Glen-Lyon' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4250 Marine Drive, Burnaby.
Area
230873.18
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Names
McGregor, Duncan C. (1853-1929)
Whittaker, Henry
Home of the Friendless
Borstal School
New Haven Correction Centre
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities
Buildings - Residential
Street Address
4250 Marine Drive
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Duncan & Margaret McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon' New Haven Barn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark852
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Designed in a vernacular architectural style, the New Haven Barn is a large gambrel-roofed barn located on the Edwardian era McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon,' overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain and near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
Associated Dates
1939
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Other Names
Home of the Friendless, New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders, New Haven Correction Centre
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
Home of the Friendless, New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders, New Haven Correction Centre
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Associated Dates
1939
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 12183
Enactment Date
11/12/2006
Description
Designed in a vernacular architectural style, the New Haven Barn is a large gambrel-roofed barn located on the Edwardian era McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon,' overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain and near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
Heritage Value
The site is historically significant for its association with early social welfare and correctional reform. The estate was sold in 1926 to an inter-denominational religious organization called the Home of the Friendless, which used it as their B.C. headquarters. The organization was charged with several cases of abuse and neglect in 1937, after which a Royal Commission was formed that led to new legislation to regulate and license all private welfare institutions. 'Glen-Lyon' was sold to the provincial government, and was dedicated in 1939 by the Lt.-Gov. E.W. Hamber for use as the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders (later renamed the New Haven Correction Centre). The Borstal movement originated in England in the late nineteenth century, as an alternative to sending young offenders and runaways to prisons by providing reformatories that focused on discipline and vocational skill. This site’s role as the first North American institution devoted to the Borstal School philosophy was historic, and influenced corrections programs across Canada. The New Haven Barn is a significant feature from its development in 1939 as the Borstal School, designed by Chief Provincial Architect Henry Whittaker of the Department of Public Works, and is the only remaining structure of its kind in Burnaby.
Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of the New Haven Barn include its: - gambrel-roofed barn with roof vent with finial, sliding hay loft and access doors, small multi-pane windows, and lapped wooden siding
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Organization
Home of the Friendless
Borstal School
New Haven Correction Centre
Architect
Henry Whittaker
Function
Primary Historic--Estate
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
003-004-661
Boundaries
'Glen-Lyon' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4250 Marine Drive, Burnaby.
Area
230873.18
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Names
Whittaker, George
New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders
New Haven Correction Centre
Borstal School
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities
Buildings - Agricultural
Street Address
4250 Marine Drive
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Car accident scene

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79975
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 5, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 22.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a head on crash on Canada Way involving two cars and rescue workers attending the scene.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 5, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 22.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0589
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of a head on crash on Canada Way involving two cars and rescue workers attending the scene.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Public Services - Policing
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Transportation - Fire Trucks
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Mario Bby 281 / 76% BbyNW 3 02/05"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Car accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78828
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 24, 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile crash on an overpass. A police officer, firefighter and an unidentified woman are standing by the wrecked vehicles. The exact location of the crash is unknown.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 24, 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0144
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile crash on an overpass. A police officer, firefighter and an unidentified woman are standing by the wrecked vehicles. The exact location of the crash is unknown.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Public Services - Policing
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Langdeau, Brian
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black and red ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 211 Brian / Bby 3 80%"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Car Accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78858
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 14, 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile crash with a John Deere grader. Police and firefighters are standing behind the wrecked vehicle. The crash occurred in the 8400-block Winston Street, Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 14, 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 23 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0169
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile crash with a John Deere grader. Police and firefighters are standing behind the wrecked vehicle. The crash occurred in the 8400-block Winston Street, Burnaby.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Public Services - Policing
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cooke, Bill
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "02/14 422 - Bby - Bill Cooke / BNW p. 3 / 89%"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Car Accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78935
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 20, 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a car flipped upside down, it appears to have collided with a New Westminster Police car.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 20, 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0210
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of a car flipped upside down, it appears to have collided with a New Westminster Police car.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Public Services - Policing
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cooke, Bill
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bill Cook Bby/NW 759C / NW - 1 - 63%"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Car Accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80040
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 5, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer standing beside an unidentified woman holding her child after a car accident at Marlborough and Kingsway.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 5, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0628
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer standing beside an unidentified woman holding her child after a car accident at Marlborough and Kingsway.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Public Services - Policing
Names
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Chow, Chung
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "82% bby p. 14 / Bby Chung Chow / 527"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Car Accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80600
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 10, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of police, fire and ambulance on scene at a car accident on Marine Drive. One car in flipped over and there is a stretcher one scene.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 10, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0868
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of police, fire and ambulance on scene at a car accident on Marine Drive. One car in flipped over and there is a stretcher one scene.
Subjects
Public Services - Policing
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Names
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black and pink ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Mario 1791 56% / Bby p.5"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Car Accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80784
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 17, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a car accident on Willingdon Avenue, in front of Brentwood mall involving a 1998 Volvo that collided with a British Columbia Transit bus, two sign poles, and a light pole. Royal Canadian Mounted Police and firemen are on scene.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 17, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-1041
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of a car accident on Willingdon Avenue, in front of Brentwood mall involving a 1998 Volvo that collided with a British Columbia Transit bus, two sign poles, and a light pole. Royal Canadian Mounted Police and firemen are on scene.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Public Services - Policing
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Names
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Ponne, Simone
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "53% 2823 Bby Simone "in colour" / Bby p. 20"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Car Accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81292
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1995 and 1998]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of first responders at the scene of a car accident.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1995 and 1998]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-1436
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of first responders at the scene of a car accident.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Public Services - Policing
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Blissett, Rebecca
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "3608 A Bby Rebecca"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Ambulance workers at a car accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97019
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified ambulance workers tending to the unidentified occupants of a car involved in a three-vehicle accident on Kingsway by Sperling.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-2551
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified ambulance workers tending to the unidentified occupants of a car involved in a three-vehicle accident on Kingsway by Sperling.
Subjects
Emergency Services - Ambulance Services
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Emergency workers tend to two injured occupants in a small pick-up truck, the middle vehicle in a three-vehicle accident during Wednesday's rush hour, on Kingsway, just west of Sperling."
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Sperling Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
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Police at the SkyTrain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97948
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 Burnaby RCMP and other police interacting with people the RCMP suspected of crimes on the SkyTrain. Photographs depict Burnaby RCMP Sergeant Barry Hickman searching a suspect's mouth and two unidentified officers looking at an unidentified person's ID, with the SkyTrain…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-3074
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Burnaby RCMP and other police interacting with people the RCMP suspected of crimes on the SkyTrain. Photographs depict Burnaby RCMP Sergeant Barry Hickman searching a suspect's mouth and two unidentified officers looking at an unidentified person's ID, with the SkyTrain visible in the background.
Subjects
Occupations - Police Officers
Public Services - Policing
Transportation - Public Transit
Transportation - Skytrain
Names
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-3074-1: "Sargeant Barry Hickman, of the Burnaby RCMP, searches a suspect's mouth during a crime crackdown along Skytrain on Wednesday. Hickman says drug dealers often hide their drugs in their mouths, under the tongue."
Caption from metadata for 535-3074-2: "Police forces from Vancouver to Surrey, combine with Skytrain constables and immigration officials to crack down on crime and drug dealing along Skytrain."
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Car Accident scene

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79922
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 29, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a tow truck removing a car from accident on Grandview Highway. A fire truck is also on the scene.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 29, 1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0582
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of a tow truck removing a car from accident on Grandview Highway. A fire truck is also on the scene.
Subjects
Transportation - Fire Trucks
Transportation - Trucks
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Langdeau, Brian
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 5 52% / 225 Bby Brian"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory507
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1947-1954
Length
00:05:44
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
Date Range
1947-1954
Photo Info
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
Length
00:05:44
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 26, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown 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 Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
01:35:07
Interviewee Name
Brown, Donald N. "Don"
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 computerization in business 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
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
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.
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Parade of Mounted Police

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1393
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a parade lead by an open car, with a driver, two men with top hats and two women inside. Behind them, a large group of Royal Canadian Mounted Police are following. The setting is Granville and Hastings in Vancouver. Visible in the background are crowds of people at the street side, Po…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Material Details
Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner.
The stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden [illegible]/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a parade lead by an open car, with a driver, two men with top hats and two women inside. Behind them, a large group of Royal Canadian Mounted Police are following. The setting is Granville and Hastings in Vancouver. Visible in the background are crowds of people at the street side, Post Office, Royal Bank and "Famous Furs" store.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Buildings - Public - Post Offices
Public Services - Policing
Transportation - Horses
Names
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Bank of Canada
Famous Furs
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.5767.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
Photographs BV985.5765.1 - BV985.5769.1 are of the same parade at the same location.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Parade of Mounted Police

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1394
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police participating in a parade at Granville and Hastings in Vancouver. Visible in the background are crowds of people at the street side, Post Office, Royal Bank and "Famous Furs" store.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Material Details
Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner.
The stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden [illegible]/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police participating in a parade at Granville and Hastings in Vancouver. Visible in the background are crowds of people at the street side, Post Office, Royal Bank and "Famous Furs" store.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Buildings - Public - Post Offices
Public Services - Policing
Transportation - Horses
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Famous Furs
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.5768.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
Photographs BV985.5765.1 - BV985.5769.1 are of the same parade at the same location.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Automobile accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1499
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[after 1924]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Dodge coupe with its front end in an icy, snow covered ditch, and the rest of the body hanging on the slope.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Dodge coupe with its front end in an icy, snow covered ditch, and the rest of the body hanging on the slope.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Transportation - Automobiles
Accession Code
BV999.55.48
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[after 1924]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For other photographs depicting the retrieval of a damaged car in snow, see BV999.55.47 - .49 They may be of the same or related events.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Bus crash

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97928
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bus overturned on the side of a road after an accident. The mountains are visible in the background and two people, wearing a suit and a reflective vest, are beside the bus with a piece of heavy machinery.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-3054
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bus overturned on the side of a road after an accident. The mountains are visible in the background and two people, wearing a suit and a reflective vest, are beside the bus with a piece of heavy machinery.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Transportation - Buses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
Less detail

Damaged car

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1501
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile damaged after an accident on a dirt roadway.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Material Details
Light leak occurred at time of exposure causing an unreadable area on the right side of the photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile damaged after an accident on a dirt roadway.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Transportation - Automobiles
Accession Code
BV999.55.50
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[193-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Damaged cars

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1502
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two automobiles damaged after an accident on a dirt roadway.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Material Details
Light leak occurred at time of exposure causing an unreadable area at the center of the photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of two automobiles damaged after an accident on a dirt roadway.
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Transportation - Automobiles
Accession Code
BV999.55.51
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[193-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

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