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William Holmes House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark736
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Brunette River
- Associated Dates
- 1860
- Heritage Value
- William Holmes is considered to be the first non-Native resident of Burnaby. In March, 1860, Holmes acquired the first land title in the area that would become the Municipality of Burnaby. Legally known as Lot One, Block One, this parcel was located on North Road and the Brunette River. The eight-member Holmes family built a log cabin on the lot on a bluff above the river in which they lived for many years until a bigger home was built. The log cabin remained and in 1892 was used as an isolation hospital when a smallpox epidemic hit the lower mainland. Afterwards, local health officials burned the cabin to prevent the spread of disease.
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Old Brunette River Dam, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/232-002.jpg?width=280)
Old Brunette River Dam
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36205
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of six men and their five dogs at the Old Brunette River Dam. The men are in suits and most are wearing bowler hats. Their dogs look to be English Foxhounds and Poodles.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Love family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 232-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-24
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of six men and their five dogs at the Old Brunette River Dam. The men are in suits and most are wearing bowler hats. Their dogs look to be English Foxhounds and Poodles.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Brunette River
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![Old Brunette River Dam, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/232-002.jpg)