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Edmonds Coal and Wood truck

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]

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 Murdoch McMurray with a fuel truck. He bought into Edmonds Coal and Wood, 1500 Edmonds Street (later renumbered 7260 Edmonds Street).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]

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.: 204-686

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Murdoch McMurray with a fuel truck. He bought into Edmonds Coal and Wood, 1500 Edmonds Street (later renumbered 7260 Edmonds Street).

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Industries - Trucking; Occupations - Truck Drivers

Names: Edmonds Coal and Wood; McMurray, Murdoch

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7260 Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Edmonds Coal and Wood truck

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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 to right) Jack McMurray (older brother and partner in Edmonds Coal and Wood), Murdoch McMurray with baby son, Bob, and Emerson Doran (business partner). The truck is decorated, possibly for a May Day parade.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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.: 204-687

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Jack McMurray (older brother and partner in Edmonds Coal and Wood), Murdoch McMurray with baby son, Bob, and Emerson Doran (business partner). The truck is decorated, possibly for a May Day parade.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Industries - Trucking; Occupations - Truck Drivers

Names: Doran, Emerson; Edmonds Coal and Wood; McMurray, Bob; McMurray, Jack; McMurray, Murdoch

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Edmonds Coal and Wood truck, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

John Engelland and fuel truck

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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 John Engelland driving a J. Engelland Fuels truck, probably a Federal. Wood orders were taken by Mrs. Elsie Gillespie Engelland (his wife) at the family home, 3706 Patterson Avenue (later renumbered 6590 Fern Avenue), by calling Carleton 367 and later Dexter 0367.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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.: 204-613

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Engelland driving a J. Engelland Fuels truck, probably a Federal. Wood orders were taken by Mrs. Elsie Gillespie Engelland (his wife) at the family home, 3706 Patterson Avenue (later renumbered 6590 Fern Avenue), by calling Carleton 367 and later Dexter 0367.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Industries - Trucking; Occupations - Truck Drivers

Names: Engelland, Johannes Carl Adolph "John"; J. Engelland Fuels

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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John Engelland and fuel truck, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Hideko Shimotakahara

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922] (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 Mrs. Hideko Shimotakahara in front of family home at 4055 Keefer Street (later changed to 4055 Frances Street), North Burnaby. Note the honeysuckle arbor in front. Cherry trees were planted along the boulevard in front of the house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922] (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.: 204-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Hideko Shimotakahara in front of family home at 4055 Keefer Street (later changed to 4055 Frances Street), North Burnaby. Note the honeysuckle arbor in front. Cherry trees were planted along the boulevard in front of the house.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Persons - Japanese Canadians

Names: Shimotakahara, Hideko

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Frances Street

Street Address: 4055 Frances Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Hideko Shimotakahara, [1922] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver, but managed to find a place to live outside the camp where her grandmother grew a large garden from seeds brought in the seams of her clothing. She notes that the Lion Islands were named Oikawa-shima by the Japanese settlers.

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Persons - Japanese Canadians

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita 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 about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

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.

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Toki Miyashita

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Aeroplane view of the Barnet Lumber Co.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.9 x 13.4 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photographic postcard of Barnet Lumber Company's Mill. The handwritten caption on the lower left corner of the postcard reads: "Aeroplane view of the Barnet Lumber Co. Ltd./ Barnet BC." The handwritten caption on the lower right corner reads: "Copyright 1927/ Pacific Airway Ltd./ Vancouver …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.9 x 13.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 476-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2005-8

Scope and Content: Aerial photographic postcard of Barnet Lumber Company's Mill. The handwritten caption on the lower left corner of the postcard reads: "Aeroplane view of the Barnet Lumber Co. Ltd./ Barnet BC." The handwritten caption on the lower right corner reads: "Copyright 1927/ Pacific Airway Ltd./ Vancouver B.C.".

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Industries - Forestry; Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Pacific Airway Ltd.

Responsibility: Published by the Gowen, Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Aeroplane view of the Barnet Lumber Co., 1927 thumbnail

Man sitting on cabin steps

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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 ; 7.2 x 12.3 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man identified by the initials "A.J.B." seated on the step of a cabin, one of three that are visible in the picture. In front of the cabin can be seen a telescopic device on a tripod. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser Rive…

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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 ; 7.2 x 12.3 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-111

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man identified by the initials "A.J.B." seated on the step of a cabin, one of three that are visible in the picture. In front of the cabin can be seen a telescopic device on a tripod. 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: Buildings - Residential - Cabins; Industries - Forestry; Industries - Logging/lumber

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Man sitting on cabin steps, 1926 thumbnail

North Pacific Lumber Co. Barnet, B.C.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Alan Fish fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Company mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Alan Fish fonds

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 539-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Company mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.

Subjects: Industries - Forestry; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Timms Photographic Co.

Notes: Title on recto of photograph in red reads: "438. North Pacific Lumber Co. Barnet, B.C."; Stamped in red on verso: "Timms Photographic Co., Vancouver, Canada."; Stamped in black on verso of photograph: "Post Card / Correspondence / Name and Address / Place Postage Stamp Here"; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "Alan Fish / 604 733 0459"

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

North Pacific Lumber Co. Barnet, B.C., [before 1929] thumbnail

Charlotte and David Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1921 or 1922]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of unidentified men and women standing outside of a building. The woman third from the left in the second row is identified as Charlotte Hill holding David Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1921 or 1922]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of unidentified men and women standing outside of a building. The woman third from the left in the second row is identified as Charlotte Hill holding David Hill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Occupations - Nurses

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Hill, David O. E. "Dave"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Charlotte with David / (3rd from left - 2nd row)"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Leonard Frank / Photographic Artist / 553 Granville St / Sey 1029 Vancouver, BC"

Images

Charlotte and David Hill, [1921 or 1922] thumbnail

Clearing in the forest

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

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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.: 550-180

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

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

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

Media Type: Photograph

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

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Interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury July 2, 1975 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1917-[1929]

Length: 0:03:29

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's time in Vancouver and her early married life in the Edmonds district, as well as her husband's work at Fraser Mills.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's time in Vancouver and her early married life in the Edmonds district, as well as her husband's work at Fraser Mills.

Date Range: 1917-[1929]

Photo Info: Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601

Length: 0:03:29

Names: Fraser Mills; Godwin, Harold

Subjects: Industries - Pulp and Paper; Transportation - Buses

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July 2, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Florence Hart Godwin by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury, July 2, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) and the Edmonds Historic Neighbourhood. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes."

Biographical Notes: Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:47:57

Interviewee Name: Godwin, Florence Hart

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Images

Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury

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Interview with William J. Copeland by Rod Fowler February 18, 1990 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1927-1990

Length: 00:06:37

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Copeland's childhood in Burnaby and Vancouver, his father's work as a miner, his war service, education, and his three children

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Copeland's childhood in Burnaby and Vancouver, his father's work as a miner, his war service, education, and his three children

Date Range: 1927-1990

Photo Info: Mayor Bill Copeland cutting the ribbon for the opening of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts accompanied by Jack and Doris Shadbolt and Councillors Doug Drummond and Derek Corrigan, 1995. Item no. 535-0067

Length: 00:06:37

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Education; Industries - Mining

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 18, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with former Burnaby Mayor William J. Copeland conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Copeland was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Copeland’s education, career and experience as a Burnaby firefighter from 1955 to 1987, and his work for the union International Association of Fire Fighters. He talks about his early family life in Burnaby and Vancouver, war service, training with the Federal Fire Service, the organizations he has belonged to, and the careers of his three children. He briefly talks about Burnaby politics and his unexpected election to Mayor of Burnaby. Major themes of the interview, described by track: Track 1: Organizations - Unions; Public Services - Fire Protection; International Association of Fire Fighters; Track 2: Public Services - Fire Protection; Track 3: Elections; Track 4: family history and education; Track 5: Public Services - Fire Protection; Track 6: Elections

Biographical Notes: William John (Bill) Copeland (1927-2002) was born in Vancouver May 19, 1927. As a young child he lived with his parents on Southwood Street in South Burnaby on a chicken ranch. Bill’s father was a miner and was often away from home. The family moved to Pioneer Mines at Bridge River for a few years and then moved back to Vancouver in 1941 when his father contracted silicosis. Bill served in the navy for about a year near the end of WWII, was in the Canadian Merchant Marine and worked as a pipe fitter, before beginning his career as a fire fighter. He trained with the Federal Fire Service and worked two years at the Wireless Station in Delta. In 1955 he started work as Fire Fighter No. 53 in Burnaby, retiring 33 years later in 1987. Most of his career was spent at the Control Station or Number 1 Firehall, first located at Wiilingdon and Hastings (now No.5 Station) and later on Sperling near Canada Way. Bill worked as a first aid instructor, eventually moving into the training office, and retired as assistant chief. In 1987, shortly after retiring, Bill was asked to run for Mayor for the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). Much to his surprise he won. He served with distinction for three terms (1987-1996). Bill, his wife Ruth, and their three children, Doug and Dan (both firefighters) and Emily (a teacher), lived in North Burnaby on Cliff Avenue, the family home for about 35 years. Bill was active in many organizations including the Cliff Avenue soccer organization, St. John Ambulance, Burnaby Red Cross, and CNIB, among others. He began representing firefighters locally in the International Association of Fire Fighters in the early 1960s, eventually becoming President of the provincial association and then Vice President of the 6th District representing Western Canada.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 0:25:35

Interviewee Name: Copeland, William J

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

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.

Images

Mayor Bill Copeland cutting the ribbon for the opening of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts accompanied by Jack and Doris Shadbolt and Councillors Doug Drummond and Derek Corrigan, 1995. Item no. 535-0067 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with William J. Copeland

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-013/MSS187-013_Track_4.mp3

Logs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows logs that have been felled.

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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 ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-178

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows logs that have been felled.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber

Media Type: Photograph

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

Images

Logs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-179

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

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

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

Media Type: Photograph

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

Images

Logs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

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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 ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-183

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

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

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

Media Type: Photograph

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

Images

Mabel Hawkshaw

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (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 Mabel Edith Honor McClean Hawkshaw, editor and publisher of the weekly newspaper, the Burnaby Post, during the 1920s and 1930s. She was also the first woman bank teller in Canada and active in other community and professional fields. She was 42 years old when this picture was taken.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (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.: 204-511

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mabel Edith Honor McClean Hawkshaw, editor and publisher of the weekly newspaper, the Burnaby Post, during the 1920s and 1930s. She was also the first woman bank teller in Canada and active in other community and professional fields. She was 42 years old when this picture was taken.

Subjects: Industries - Publishing

Names: Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Mabel Hawkshaw, 1928 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Minard 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 : sepia ; 6 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of seven men near a logging truck. The man on the far left is identified as Minard Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-177

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of seven men near a logging truck. The man on the far left is identified as Minard Hill.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "L) - Minard Hill / Alouette Dam / 1925"

Images

Oasis Tea Garden and Tourist Camp

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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 the Oasis tea garden and tourist camp at 2675 Kingsway (Pacific Highway). It was later renumbered 6105 Kingsway. Guests could pitch tents for free at the campground and patronize the tea garden. The complex was operated by the Raymer family.

1 image

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.: 204-481

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Oasis tea garden and tourist camp at 2675 Kingsway (Pacific Highway). It was later renumbered 6105 Kingsway. Guests could pitch tents for free at the campground and patronize the tea garden. The complex was operated by the Raymer family.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Industries - Tourism

Names: Oasis

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6105 Kingsway

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Images

Oasis Tea Garden and Tourist Camp, 1925 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Oasis Tourist Camp cabins

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (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 the first of ten rental cabins built at The Oasis tourist camp. The Oasis was located at 2675 Kingsway (Pacific Highway). It was later renumbered 6105 Kingsway.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (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.: 204-485

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the first of ten rental cabins built at The Oasis tourist camp. The Oasis was located at 2675 Kingsway (Pacific Highway). It was later renumbered 6105 Kingsway.