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Capitol Hill Community Hall

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Public building.

Associated Dates: 1948

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Howard Avenue

Associated Dates: 1948

Description: Public building.

Heritage Value: The Capitol Hill Community Hall was designed by local architect Harold Cullerne (1890-1976). After Cullerne returned from service during the First World War, he joined J.H. Bowman in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. After Bowman retired in 1934, Cullerne practiced on his own, continuing to work on schools and institutional buildings, such as the Art Deco Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver. In 1944, Cullerne designed a community hall for Capitol Hill; the scheme was delayed, and redesigned before it was finally built after the end of the Second World War. A simple front gabled roof hall structure, this hall is a monument to community spirit, erected by community members on a volunteer basis, and used for community events for over half a century. The hall replaced two earlier structures, both destroyed by fire, that had served the same purpose.

Locality: Capitol Hill

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Architect: Harold Cullerne

Ownership: Public (local)

Names: Cullerne, Harold; Capitol Hill Community Hall

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Civic; Buildings - Civic - Community Centres

Street Address: 361 Howard Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Capitol Hill Community Hall, 2013.. Oblique view.. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Capitol Hill Community Hall, 2013. (West elevation. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.
Exterior view of the Capitol Hill Community Hall, 2013. (View from the northwest. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.
Historic view of the Capitol Hill Community Hall under construction, 1948. (Oblique view. Historic Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby Archives 258-001. thumbnail

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Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 5

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:55 min)

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording continues with the topic of recreation. The next questions pertain to restrictions on children at the time, cultural diversity, living arrangements, and toys. Cice is asked to describe her best and worst memories. She mentions that there were few restrictions …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:55 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Date of Interview: May 13, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording continues with the topic of recreation. The next questions pertain to restrictions on children at the time, cultural diversity, living arrangements, and toys. Cice is asked to describe her best and worst memories. She mentions that there were few restrictions on children, and discusses the nature of community at the time. She comments on the cultural and religious backgrounds of the people she knew. Cice describes her family’s home and living arrangements, and how they reflected her family’s situation. She recalls a favourite toy.

History: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 13 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Children

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 5, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0003_005.mp3

Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12337

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Josephine Chow Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: February 7, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:43:19

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. The farm is situated in the Big Bend area along Marine Drive and is still in operation today. 0:00-08:45 Josephine Chow provides some historical background on the history of “Hop On Farm” and her family in British Columbia. She tells of how her grandfather Gay Tim Hong and three partners pooled money together to purchase twelve acres on Marine Drive in 1951. Prior to this, most of them farmed on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation Reserve for 20-30 years. It all began when her great grandfather Sui Wing Hong, first came to Canada from China and slowly brought over her grandfather, father and other members of the family. Her grandfather, Gay Tim Hong went back and forth between Canada and China at least four times since he and her grandmother had four children including her father, who was born in 1931. Her father came to Canada at 10 years of age to live with his father. Josephine’s great grandfather came to Vancouver from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). 8:46- 14:20 Josephine provides the names of her siblings from the eldest to the youngest; Pauline, Josephine (herself), Catherine, Noreen, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. She describes what life was like on the farm with her parents working from sunrise to sunset. The family farmed vegetable produce taking orders from local stores in the lower mainland. Often the children helped their parents with the orders starting at eight or nine years of age. Other workers on the farm travelled by bus from Vancouver’s Chinatown. She also tells of how her father was an animal lover and raised chickens, pigeons, geese, koy, goldfish and dogs. 14: 21 – 16:56 Josephine describes what Burnaby was like during the time that she grew up in the late 1950s. She explains that Burnaby was very quiet with nothing being open on Sundays. On the farm, she and her siblings would entertain themselves by playing games like soccer, baseball and kick ball or also by catching frogs, snails, caterpillars and ladybugs. There were neighbours living on Marine Drive and almost every house had someone who we went to the same elementary school. The neighbourhood children would often come to play with them on their farm. 16:56- 26:47 Josephine describes how when they were young there were farms all around them and how on Sunday drives with her father, they would go to feed horses or look at the cows. Josephine shares that her elder sister Pauline was the only one born in China and how when she first arrived that she lived on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations Reserve with their parents before they moved to Burnaby. Josephine recollects that most of her friends were farmer’s kids from the neighbourhood but while in school, she had more Caucasian friends. Josephine and her siblings attended Glenwood Elementary on Marine Drive and later Junior Secondary at McPherson Park (grades 8-10) and Burnaby South Senior Secondary (grades 11-12. ). She shares some of her experiences while attending school. She said that there were about a dozen Asians in school with her, mostly from farming families in the “Flats”. 26:48- 30:45 Josephine describes what life was like for her and her siblings after school. They often helped on the farm when they got home, usually taking care of orders for green onions. Her mother made dinner and did all of the cooking for family and workers on the farm as well as working in the fields. Her father did all of the grocery shopping in Vancouver’s Chinatown two or three times per week where he purchased meat and fish. She says that her grandfather, often travelled by bus every Saturday or Sunday to meet up with friends in Chinatown. Extracurricular activities for her and her siblings included volley ball and soccer as long as it didn’t interfere with their work schedule on the farm. 30:46- 37:03 Josephine describes what occurred while living at home, the food they ate, shopping and attending Chinese school. Her mother cooked only Chinese food, she didn’t know how to cook “Western food”. For school lunches, the kids made their own sandwiches. She tells of a Chinese language school arranged by Mrs. Joe [sic] who lived on Gilley Road and was Canadian born Chinese. Mrs. Joe [sic] also arranged an English class for farmer’s wives on Tuesday nights in which her mother attended. Josephine recollects learning Mandarin from Mrs. Joe [sic] a few days a week after her regular school. Chinese school took place at Riverway School on Meadow Avenue in Burnaby. Mrs. Joe also taught them a lot about Chinese culture including Kung Fu, Chinese Dance and Chinese brush painting. 37:04- 39:39 Josephine describes Medical Care for her and her family in the 1950s and 1960s. She tells of a female Chinese doctor in Vancouver, Dr. Madeline Chung. Dr. Chung was responsible for delivering a lot of Chinese babies including Josephine. The family also visited herbalists in Vancouver Chinatown. They would often buy herbs for colds etc. Josephine also tells of how her parents stayed in touch with family in China by writing letters. Her mother’s family, including her parents and siblings were still in China while most of her father’s family were here in Canada. 39:40- 43:19 – In closing, Josephine shares how life is much busier now and of how she misses the quietness of her days growing up. She briefly describes her life on the family farm now and how different it is from when her parents worked the farm. She explains how farming methods have changed and how they don’t have to work as hard as her parents did.

History: Interviewee biography: Josephine Chow (nee Hong) is the second eldest child of Chan Kow Hong and Sui Ha Hong. In 1925, Josephine's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong immigrated to Canada from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). In 1952, her father, Chan Kow Hong joined his father, Gay Tim Hong and by 1953, he established "Hop On Farms" in the Big Bend area of Burnaby near Marine Drive. Josephine grew up on the farm with her parents and six siblings; Pauline, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. In 1969, Josephine's elder sister Pauline and her husband Jack Chan took over the family farm and in 1972 their father and grandfather moved to Kamloops to open a restaurant. As an adult, Josephine worked in several different areas including owning and running her own Aesthetics business. Josephine eventually retired and returned to the farm to assist her siblings. The farm is still in operation. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agriculture - Farms; Education; Buildings - Schools; First Nations reserves - British Columbia

Names: Chow, Josephine; Glenwood Elementary School; McPherson Park Junior Secondary School; ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Accession Code: BV020.6.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Related Material: See also BV017.36*

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of interview; Photograph info: Gary Hong and Chan Kow Hong harvesting celery at Hop-On Farms [1969]. BV017.36.4

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Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020, [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2020_0006_0001_001.mp3

Jack Nichols at the parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 24, 1946 (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 ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-752

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Persons - Crowds; Events - May Day; Events - Parades; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Nichols, Jack

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue; Royal Oak Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Images

Jack Nichols at the parade, May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Valleyview Community Centre celebrations

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 12.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of costumed children at the Valleyview Community Centre celebrations. One girl is dressed as a cake with two candles. The cake partially reads, "Anniversary / [Valleyview] Fair." There is a crowd watching as the children pass by.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 12.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 009-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of costumed children at the Valleyview Community Centre celebrations. One girl is dressed as a cake with two candles. The cake partially reads, "Anniversary / [Valleyview] Fair." There is a crowd watching as the children pass by.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Persons - Crowds; Events

Names: Valleyview Community Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Valleyview Community Centre celebrations, [1940] thumbnail

"Argu-In" cabin on Mount Seymour

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's snow covered log cabin "Argu-In" looking down slope, through the trees on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's snow covered log cabin "Argu-In" looking down slope, through the trees on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

"Argu-In" on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2923

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's log cabin, "Argu-In" located on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. The cabin is surrounded by snow covered trees. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's log cabin, "Argu-In" located on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. The cabin is surrounded by snow covered trees. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

"Argu-In" on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2924

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a side view of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's cabin "Argu-In" looking through snow covered trees on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. The cabin was located on Mount Seymour.Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymou…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a side view of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's cabin "Argu-In" looking through snow covered trees on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. The cabin was located on Mount Seymour.Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

"Argu-In" on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2925

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a side view of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's log cabin "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. There is a bit of snow on the ground and smoke coming from the chimney. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seym…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a side view of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's log cabin "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. There is a bit of snow on the ground and smoke coming from the chimney. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

"Argu-In" on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2937

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's of log cabin "Argu-In" surrounded by large drifts of snow. The cabin is located on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after th…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's of log cabin "Argu-In" surrounded by large drifts of snow. The cabin is located on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bridge over the creek in front of "Argu-In" cabin on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2921

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a snow covered bridge leading to Jack and Pixie McGeachie's log cabin on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a snow covered bridge leading to Jack and Pixie McGeachie's log cabin on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bridge over the creek in front of thumbnail

Bridge to "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2926

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's snow covered log cabin, "Argu-In" with a snow covered wooden bridge leading up to it. The photograph is taken from under the bridge which leads to the cabin on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's snow covered log cabin, "Argu-In" with a snow covered wooden bridge leading up to it. The photograph is taken from under the bridge which leads to the cabin on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Mount Seymour cabin "Argu-In" in the snow

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2916

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log cabin named "Argu-In" covered in snow on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Pixie McGeachie is waving out the window of the cabin. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver from 1938 unt…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log cabin named "Argu-In" covered in snow on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Pixie McGeachie is waving out the window of the cabin. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Names: McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"; McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"

Accession Code: BV008.17.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Mount Seymour cabin "Argu-In" in the snow

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2917

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log cabin named "Argu-In" covered in snow with a large snow drift in front on Mount Seymour. Pixie McGeachie is leaning out the window of the cabin. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log cabin named "Argu-In" covered in snow with a large snow drift in front on Mount Seymour. Pixie McGeachie is leaning out the window of the cabin. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Names: McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"

Accession Code: BV008.17.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Pixie McGeachie in the window of "Argu-In"

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2919

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log cabin named "Argu-In" covered in snow with a large snow drift in front on Mount Seymour. Pixie McGeachie is leaning out the window of the cabin. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of log cabin named "Argu-In" covered in snow with a large snow drift in front on Mount Seymour. Pixie McGeachie is leaning out the window of the cabin. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Names: McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"

Accession Code: BV008.17.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Pixie McGeachie in the window of thumbnail

Snow covered cabin on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2929

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie's McGeachie's log cabin, "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. There is a very high snow drift in the foreground and just the roof of the cabin is visible through the trees. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie's McGeachie's log cabin, "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. There is a very high snow drift in the foreground and just the roof of the cabin is visible through the trees. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Snow covered cabin on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2931

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a side view of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's cabin, "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. The log cabin is covered with snow and surrounded by snow covered trees. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymo…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a side view of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's cabin, "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. The log cabin is covered with snow and surrounded by snow covered trees. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Accession Code: BV008.17.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Snow covered cabin on Mount Seymour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2935

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's snow covered log cabin "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. There is a man (Jack McGeachie?) stairing out the window of the second floor. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series: Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack and Pixie McGeachie's snow covered log cabin "Argu-In" on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. There is a man (Jack McGeachie?) stairing out the window of the second floor. Jack McGeachie and friends, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained a cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Names: McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"

Accession Code: BV008.17.24

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 7

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory470

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1936-1990

Length: 00:04:34

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.

Date Range: 1936-1990

Length: 00:04:34

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Archives; Buildings - Civic - Museums

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 21, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:43:35

Interviewee Name: Nixon, Al

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.