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Waplington and Fleming families album series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2004]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs, textual records, graphic material)

Scope and Content: Series consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, family documents, stories, poems, biographies and genealogy about family members.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs, textual records, graphic material)

Scope and Content: Series consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, family documents, stories, poems, biographies and genealogy about family members.

Date: [1900-2004]

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Waplington family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1911-2004

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Wapl…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Waplington) and Ray Fleming; a copy of a handwritten memoir "The Way it Was / 1913-1925"; as well as a computer printed copy of "In and Out of / A Cedar Shake Shack" / "The life of a little girl from World War I / to Canada's Diamond Jubilee" both written by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington). Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Waplington and Fleming families album series 2) Frances Fleming manuscripts series 3) Waplington family documents series 4) Waplington family photographs series

History: John (Jack) Waplington emigrated from Nottingham, England in 1904, arriving in Quebec City and continuing on to Ontario before eventually settling in British Columbia. Somewhere on his journey his right hand was crushed in an industrial accident and amputated. Following his recovery, Jack continued to work his way across Canada until he found employment at Stave Falls, B.C. and married Sarah Alice Cogswell (nee Nickerson). Jack and Sarah (nicknamed Cutie) Waplington had three children; Frances Louise Waplington (1913-2004), John Hazen Waplington and Grace Bancroft Waplington. In 1916, the Waplingtons rented the Walker house at Hill Station on the Burnaby Lake Interurban Line and in 1920 Jack built a cedar shack on 5 acres of land at 4925 Douglas Road (northwest corner of Douglas and Laurel). According to a memoir by Frances Waplington, life was rough living in the cedar shack on Douglas Road with no electricity or running water and by 1925 the family was lucky to purchase "Brookfield", the former home of Louis Claude Hill located at 3813 Deer Lake Avenue. The home was not in good shape having been empty for some time but was located on ¾ of an acre and purchased at a fair price of $1000. The house was surrounded by grass and flowers gone wild and very tall fir trees. The house had running water, electricity and was heated by a wood burning stove in the kitchen and hall and a fireplace in the living room. There was no refrigeration other than the ice box. The three Waplington children, Frances, John and Grace continued to attend Douglas Road School. The family renovated and restored the house at Deer Lake as well as the grounds, adding in flower and vegetable gardens. The large area of grass which formerly housed a tennis court was rolled flat and reseeded. Jack Waplington continued to work for the power company which became B.C. Electric Company and eventually B.C. Power and Hydro. The Waplingtons continued to live at 3813 Deer Lake until 1946 when they sold their home to their daughter Frances who married Ray Fleming. Jack and Sarah Waplington retired and moved to Lasquiti island. Frances "Fanny" Waplington married Reyland "Ray" Fleming October 11, 1935. Ray and Frances Fleming had three children; John (Jack) Reyland, Edith (Edie) Louise and Sara Maureen. In 1941 Ray was hired by the B.C. Electric Company to work at Buntzen Lake hydro station. There was no housing at the hydro station so the family lived on a 42’ coastal boat, the Cohoe Bay tied up to the dock at Buntzen Lake. Since it was war time, there was fear that the two hydro plants at Stave Falls and Buntzen Lake could be targeted for bombing so the Fleming family had to learn about air raid sirens, bunkers, helmets and gas masks. The children attended a one room classroom at Buntzen Lake and participated in school drills when the air raid siren sounded. By 1947 the Fleming family moved to the Waplington home at 3813 Deer lake Avenue after purchasing it from Frances’ parents. Ray continued to work for B.C. Electric and eventually B.C. Power and B.C. Hydro. The children walked or rode bicycles to and from Douglas Road School. At the time the family moved into their home there were no buses only the Interurban streetcar to take them to Vancouver. Douglas Road station was the nearest stop to Deer Lake on the Burnaby Lake Line. The closest neighbours were the Oakalla Prison farm (located off of Royal Oak hill overlooking Deer Lake) and the Ceperley mansion. Prison breaks were common and both the Waplington and Fleming families would often hear air raid sirens blare to warn them. The neighbourhood would go on high alert and the children would immediately run home to safety. Mr. Fleming was well prepared with his 22 rifle nearby should it be needed. After Sarah Waplington died, Jack Waplington returned to Deer Lake to live in a house trailer on the property that was owned by the Flemings. In 1959, after the Fleming children had grown and moved on, Ray and Frances Fleming sold the property to the Municipality of Burnaby. The Municipality rented it out for several years prior to its demolition around 1970 to make way for Burnaby’s Heritage Village. Frances Louise Fleming received her teaching degree from the Vancouver Normal School at the end of World War II but found it extremely difficult to secure a permanent teaching position as a woman. Between 1944 and 1954, Frances was hired and fired eight times from teaching positions despite excellent reports. Finally in 1954, she was invited to teach in an adjoining district with a permanent teaching appointment to follow. Over the years, Frances taught in Vancouver, Burnaby, Pender Harbour and served as vice principal at Magee Secondary. In the early 1970s Frances was appointed provincial superintendent of schools at Quesnel and then moved to Victoria to be assistant superintendent of integrated and supportive services and then in 1973, she became assistant superintendent of the department of public intstruction. Frances retired from teaching soon after, moving to the Sunshine Coast with her husband Ray. Frances was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 1997, was an accomplished writer who regularly contributed articles to the Vancouver Sun newspaper and othe publications. Ray Fleming died in 2002 and Frances Fleming died in 2004.

Creator: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington; Ehlers, Edith "Edie" Fleming

Accession Code: BV016.46

Date: 1911-2004

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Arrangement: Series arrangement is based on physical arrangement of records by donor. Family album was scanned in it's original order and items from within family album were removed and described at item and file level.

Notes: Title based on content of fonds

The Waplingtons and Flemings

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1911] - 2002

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (77 photographs + textual records + ephemera)

Scope and Content: File consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, original family documents; including marriage and birth certificates and school awards, report cards and diplomas, a family tree as well as histories, stories, poems and biographies about the family…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (77 photographs + textual records + ephemera)

Scope and Content: File consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, original family documents; including marriage and birth certificates and school awards, report cards and diplomas, a family tree as well as histories, stories, poems and biographies about the family. John (Jack) Bancroft Waplington and Sarah Alice Cogswell Waplington (nee Nickerson) were the owners of the house and property located at 3813 Deer Lake Avenue from 1925 to 1946. Ray and Frances Louise Fleming (nee Waplington) owned the home from 1947 to 1958. In 1959 the Burnaby Municipality purchased the Fleming property at this location and rented it out for several years prior to it's demolition around 1970 to make way for Burnaby Heritage Village.

Names: Waplington, John "Jack"; Waplington, Sarah Alice Cogswell Nickerson "Cutie"; Fleming, John Reyland "Ray"; Fleming, John "Jack" Reyland; Ehlers, Edith "Edie" Fleming; Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Accession Code: BV016.46.52

Date: [1911] - 2002

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Photographs are described at item level. Photographs and documents were removed from Family history album for conservation purposes

The way to life : sermons

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Guthrie, Thomas, 1803-1873

Publication Date: 1862

Call Number: 252.052 GUT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3914.1

Call Number: 252.052 GUT

Author: Guthrie, Thomas, 1803-1873

Place of Publication: Edinburgh

Publisher: Adam and Charles Black

Publication Date: 1862

Printer: R. and B. Clark

Physical Description: viii, 402 p. ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "[Jnth] Henry D Glowin' kind regards" -- handwritten in pencil on first page.

Library Subject (LOC): Presbyterian Church; Sermons, English

Notes: Includes index.

The West beyond the West : a history of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Barman, Jean, 1939-

Edition: 3rd ed.

Publication Date: c2007

Call Number: 971.1 BAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780802094957; 9780802093097

Call Number: 971.1 BAR

Edition: 3rd ed.

Author: Barman, Jean, 1939-

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Publication Date: c2007

Physical Description: xx, 539 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-496) and index.

What the Victorians did for us

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hart-Davis, Adam

Publication Date: c2001

Call Number: 941.081 HAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 075531137X

Call Number: 941.081 HAR

Author: Hart-Davis, Adam

Place of Publication: London, [U.K.]

Publisher: Headline

Publication Date: c2001

Physical Description: 224 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Inventions--Great Britain--History--19th century; Technology--Great Britain--History--19th century; Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901; Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century; Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; "As seen on BBC Two"--Jacket.

When the ice age came to Vancouver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Amiel, Len

Publication Date: c2001

Call Number: 971 AMI Ver. 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971 AMI Ver. 1

Author: Amiel, Len

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Len Amiel

Publication Date: c2001

Physical Description: 44 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Inscription: "LEN AMIEL" / MAY 8 / 02 --Signed by author on the title page with blue ink.

Library Subject (LOC): Ice industry--British Columbia--Vancouver--History; Ice cream industry--British Columbia--Vancouver--History

Notes: Summary: Covers approximately 100 years of the ice, ice cream business in Vancouver.

When the ice age came to Vancouver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Amiel, Len

Publication Date: c2001

Call Number: 971 AMI Ver. 2

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971 AMI Ver. 2

Author: Amiel, Len

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Len Amiel

Publication Date: c2001

Physical Description: 65 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Ice industry--British Columbia--Vancouver--History; Ice cream industry--British Columbia--Vancouver--History

Notes: Summary: Covers approximately 100 years of the ice, ice cream business in Vancouver.

Why? : the last years of the British Columbia Provincial Police : a historical segment of British Columbia History died with the disestablishment of the British Columbia Provincial Police in 1950

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Brown, Donald N. (Donald Neil), 1919-

Publication Date: c2000

Call Number: 363.2 BRO COPY 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969904010

Call Number: 363.2 BRO COPY 1

Author: Brown, Donald N. (Donald Neil), 1919-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Pacific Forensic Science Consultants and Services

Publication Date: c2000

Printer: A & F Printing Ltd.

Physical Description: xx, 132 p., A-AF p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Police; Police--British Columbia

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police

Notes: Signed by author.; Includes index.; 2 copies held: copy 1.

Wildfire : British Columbia burns

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Anderson, Charles, 1958-; Culbert, Lori, 1967-

Publication Date: c2003

Call Number: 363.37 AND

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 1553650573

Call Number: 363.37 AND

Author: Anderson, Charles, 1958-; Culbert, Lori, 1967-

Contributor: Fralic, Shelley

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Greystone Books

Publication Date: c2003

Physical Description: 139 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Fires; Fire fighters

Notes: Co-published by Vancouver Sun and Province.

William Holmes family photographs series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1841-1860]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Series consists of photograph portraits of William Holmes and Mrs. William Holmes.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family photographs series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Series consists of photograph portraits of William Holmes and Mrs. William Holmes.

Accession Code: HV971.46; BV997.50

Date: [1841-1860]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of series

William Holmes family records series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1858-1941

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Series consists of letters and land title certificates of William Holmes along with a newspaper clipping refering to the European Ash tree that was planted by the Holmes family on their land in District Lot 1 in Burnaby.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family records series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Series consists of letters and land title certificates of William Holmes along with a newspaper clipping refering to the European Ash tree that was planted by the Holmes family on their land in District Lot 1 in Burnaby.

Accession Code: BV997.50

Date: 1858-1941

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of series

William Holmes fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1841]-1994

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family records series 3) Holmes family cemetery photographs series

History: William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby and was born in Kilkenny Ireland January 4, 1812. In 1833, at the age of 20 yrs, William Holmes immigrated to Canada from Ireland in with his parents, Joseph and Jane (McCullough) Holmes and ten other family members including two of his married brothers and their wives, two sisters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers. This was the first group of thirteen to leave Ireland and set up homesteads in Canada near the shores of Lake Huron. The family settled on land concessions in Huron County, Ontario about 14 km southeast of Goderich. The area in Huron County was first founded in 1832 by John and Samuel Holmes and the community was known as Holmes Hill before becoming Holmesville [ca. 1850]. In 1837, William Holmes is noted as owning Lot 23, Concession IX, Goderich Twp. Much of the village of Holmesville grew up around the five road concession near the border of his brother’s farm so William decided to open a store. The Holmesville post office opened on March 1, 1855 and William was appointed the first post master which he operated until May 1857. William met and married Mary Richardson in 1841 and the couple had three daughters: Jane (1844-1926) (married Charles Studdert Finlaison in New Westminster in 1863); Anne Maria (Annie) (1846-192?) (married John Gunther Jennings in New Westminster in 1865 and married Robert Johnson in New Westminster in 1877) and Elizabeth (1848-1934) (married Thomas Carrington of Lakes District in 1867). William’s wife, Mary (Richardson) Holmes died in Holmesville sometime between 1848 and 1853. Following the death of his first wife, Mary, William married Charlotte McCullough (McCulloch). The couple had four daughters; Arabella Charlotte Amelia (1854-1943) (married Arthur Robert Green in 1887); Laura (1855-1867); Arabella Henrietta (1857-1929) (married Clark Wesley Gillanders in 1880) and Mary (1863-1864). During the late 1850s, William became aware of the gold rush and opportunities opening up in British Columbia so left for the west coast in 1858 at the age of 46 yrs. In preparation for his move to the west coast of Canada, William obtained a letter of introduction from top government officials of Canada. William Holmes arrived in British Columbia in 1859. Upon arriving, he first worked running pack trains from Harrison Mills to Lillooet. After earning some money, he decided to re-invest it in land. His first pre-emption of land occurred on January 21, 1860 for 160 acres situated on North Road from the Military Camp to Burrard Inlet and distancing 25 chains south of the Brunette River and 20 chains south of the river with the land extending in a westerly direction. On March 17, 1860, Holmes received a Crown Grant for this and other land in the immediate area totalling 415 acres of which was known as Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District. The balance of land was situated on the east side of the Brunette River – Lot 13, with 344 2/3 acres of which he made an application to purchase on June 26, 1860, and a Crown Grant dated March 16, 1861 covering 86 acres. Holmes also pre-empted land in Port Moody and Pitt Meadows in 1860 and 1861. The name of “Brunette River” is officially attributed to William Holmes who referred to the river as “Brunette” due to it’s dark colour originating from the peat lands above the lake. Following his purchase of property, he sent for his wife Charlotte, their three daughters and her three step daughters (from William’s first marriage). Charlotte and the six children made the long trip to B.C. by ship and rail, crossing the Isthmus of Darien at Panama. They arrived in B.C. in October 1861 and moved into a one room log cabin built by William. The cabin stood on the North Road at the foot of Sapperton, on a bluff overlooking the Brunette River. Eventually the family moved to a larger dwelling but the original cabin remained on the site until the 1890s when it was burned after being used as a sick house. Mr. Holmes was instrumental in organizing the first Orange Lodge in British Columbia. He was a prominent Orangeman who joined the order in 1840 and was the first master in the order of the City of New Westminster when the Lodge No. 1150 was established there. Charlotte Holmes died in New Westminster in 1893 at the age of 70 years and William Holmes died in New Westminster September 11, 1907 at the age of 95 years.

Responsibility: Holmes, William

Accession Code: HV971.46; BV997.50

Date: [1841]-1994

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Related Material: See also: Reference file: Persons - Holmes, William

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Wood cabinet with drawers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jul. 2003

Collection/Fonds: Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wood cabinet with angled top with ledge for reading material and two large drawers and shelf below inside the Middlegate Bakery. Piece of furniture was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wood cabinet with angled top with ledge for reading material and two large drawers and shelf below inside the Middlegate Bakery. Piece of furniture was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Bakeries

Names: Middlegate Bakery

Accession Code: BV022.15.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jul. 2003

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads:"Middlegate Bakery 2003"

Images

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Woodward's National architect : a Victorian guidebook of 1869

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woodward, George E. (George Evertson), 1829-1905; Thompson, Edward G.

Publication Date: 1977; c1869

Call Number: 728 WOO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0892570172; 9780892570171; 0916530051; 9780916530051

Call Number: 728 WOO

Author: Woodward, George E. (George Evertson), 1829-1905; Thompson, Edward G.

Place of Publication: Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Publisher: American Life Foundation

Publication Date: 1977; c1869

Physical Description: ca. 200 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Architecture

Notes: Reprint of the ed., published by G.E. Woodward, New York.

Workshop buildings at New Haven

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of workshop buildings with five bay doors at New Haven Correctional Centre.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of workshop buildings with five bay doors at New Haven Correctional Centre.

History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Street Address: 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.878

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

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Work table and baking equipment

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jul. 2003

Collection/Fonds: Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of Middlegate Bakery with work table, scale and baking equipment. Equipment was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of Middlegate Bakery with work table, scale and baking equipment. Equipment was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.