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All Saints Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11924
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[ca.1910]
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Series
School and church plans series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.
Creator
Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Names
All Saints Anglican Church
Accession Code
BV003.83.46
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[ca.1910]
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
15-Jan-2021
Scale
100
Notes
Transcribed title
Note in pencil on verso reads: ""All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 / Scale 1 inch = 20 feet"
Note in balck in on verso reads: "3704"
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Anglican Church

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[ca.1910]
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Anglican Church / Lot 2 BK 37 DL69, GP.1, N.W.D. (15th Ave. (Dominion) is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2 and 3).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Series
School and church plans series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Anglican Church / Lot 2 BK 37 DL69, GP.1, N.W.D. (15th Ave. (Dominion) is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2 and 3).
Creator
Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Accession Code
BV003.83.43
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[ca.1910]
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
15-Jan-2021
Scale
100
Notes
Transcribed title
Note in pencil on verso reads: "Anglican Church / Lot 2 Bk 37 DL69 / 1"=20' "
Note in balck in on verso reads: "3704"
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A Sound Investment

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66108
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 brochure
Scope and Content
Item is a brochure entitled "A Sound Investment" which includes a "Map Showing Location of Burnaby Reverted Lands Now Offered for Sale."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Richard Bolton subseries
Physical Description
1 brochure
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS153-001
Accession Number
BHS1986-09
Scope and Content
Item is a brochure entitled "A Sound Investment" which includes a "Map Showing Location of Burnaby Reverted Lands Now Offered for Sale."
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Transcribed title
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Bancroft family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63795
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bancroft family subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1986-44
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
History
Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Cartographic Material
Creator
Bancroft, Rose
Notes
MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
Title based on creator and contents of subseries
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B.C. Electric Railway cutoff - Highland Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription751
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1951
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
3 folders textual records and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, reports, Council minutes, and agreements between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Co. regarding the construction of the Highland Park Cut-off. File also includes 1912 blueprint "Plan of Portion of 20th Street in DL171 and 53, Gp. 1, NWD…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1951
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
3 folders textual records and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2489
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, reports, Council minutes, and agreements between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Co. regarding the construction of the Highland Park Cut-off. File also includes 1912 blueprint "Plan of Portion of 20th Street in DL171 and 53, Gp. 1, NWD, Bby."
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
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B.C. Tel. Co. Glenburn exchange

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1331
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924-1926
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924-1926
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
3135
Accession Number
2001-02
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
A Map of the Municipality of Burnaby regarding British Telephone Co. Glenburn Exchange : M9-B-2-5
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Board of Railway Commissioners

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription396
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909-1912
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record, cartographic material, and architectural drawings
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and reports related to the activities of the Board of Railway Commissioners such as the movement of stations, culvert work, and the maintenance of crossings. File also includes white linen plan and blueprint plans (4) of culverts at Cariboo Road and V.W. and Y.Rlwy Jun…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909-1912
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record, cartographic material, and architectural drawings
Description Level
File
Record No.
2096
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and reports related to the activities of the Board of Railway Commissioners such as the movement of stations, culvert work, and the maintenance of crossings. File also includes white linen plan and blueprint plans (4) of culverts at Cariboo Road and V.W. and Y.Rlwy Junction, 1911.
Media Type
Textual Record
Architectural Drawing
Cartographic Material
Notes
Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
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Boundary Plan - Location for Burnaby Council of the West Boundary of Lots 161 and 175 Group One

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription8042
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909]
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
Cartographic material
Scope and Content
Item consists of one plan on waxed linen with colour ink noting the western boundary of District Lots 161 and 175.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909]
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Cartographic material
Description Level
Item
Record No.
10997
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
Item consists of one plan on waxed linen with colour ink noting the western boundary of District Lots 161 and 175.
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Notes
Located in map case.
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Broadview Presbyterian Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11927
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[ca.1910]
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / GP1 N.W.D." . Fourteenth Avenue (Manor) is identified to the north and Douglas Ave. to the east.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Series
School and church plans series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / GP1 N.W.D." . Fourteenth Avenue (Manor) is identified to the north and Douglas Ave. to the east.
Creator
Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Names
Broadview Presbyterian Church
Accession Code
BV003.83.49
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[ca.1910]
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
15-Jan-2021
Scale
100
Notes
Transcribed title
Note in pencil on verso reads: "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / 1" = 20' "
Note in balck in on verso reads: "3704"
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Burnaby Image Bank subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64462
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910] (date of original) -1993
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and other material
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's Image Bank project records. Records include: Image Bank database and backups in a variety of formats; 813 photographs collected by Simon Fraser University Archives staff; eleven screened negatives from the Burnaby Image Bank that were us…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910] (date of original) -1993
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and other material
Description Level
Subseries
Access Restriction
Open Access
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
BHS2004-13
BHS2001-15
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's Image Bank project records. Records include: Image Bank database and backups in a variety of formats; 813 photographs collected by Simon Fraser University Archives staff; eleven screened negatives from the Burnaby Image Bank that were used for the publication "Burnaby: A Cultural Inventory and Resource Guide"; and one VHS tape and DVD access copy of "Burnaby's Photographic Family Album / Burnaby Image Bank Collection / Volume 1 / 1992" which was created by the Committee for public viewing and purchase. The collection of photographs for the Image Bank project were gathered from various donors to commemorate the Centennial of the City of Burnaby. All photographs were collected from Burnaby families' personal albums by Simon Fraser University Archives staff during 1991 with a focus on the history of the people and the landscape of Burnaby. Photographs were collected from every decade for every neighbourhood in effort to describe the City's evolving ethnic, cultural and physical landscape. In March 1992, 20 of these images were selected by a jury for their aesthetic quality and displayed at the Bennett Library Gallery at Simon Fraser University for the "Images of Burnaby" exhibition. This exhibit travelled to various locations between 1992-1993 within Burnaby and Douglas College in New Westminster. The entire 800+ collection was made available for public purchase and viewing on video cassette. As well, each Burnaby school and each branch of the Burnaby Public Library received their own VHS copy for information and research purposes. The "Image Bank" video collection was buried alongside the video "Images and Voices of Burnaby" in the City of Burnaby's time capsule, mounted at City Hall in 1992.
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Moving Images
Creator
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC 370, MSS131, MSS088, MI577
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Burnaby Sewer Construction Bylaw No. 500

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1312
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925 - 1926
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual records and architectural drawing
Scope and Content
File includes a blueprint chart as well as original newspaper clippings, bylaw # 462 and an oversized blueprint plan associated with DL 116, DL 121 and DL 187.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925 - 1926
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Bylaws series
Physical Description
Textual records and architectural drawing
Description Level
File
Record No.
3114
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File includes a blueprint chart as well as original newspaper clippings, bylaw # 462 and an oversized blueprint plan associated with DL 116, DL 121 and DL 187.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Architectural Drawing
Notes
A plan showing proposed sewer system and possible extensions DL 116 and parts of DL 121 and 187 : M9-A-8-2. A list of names of streets to be sewered and assessment of costs : M9-B-3-19
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Cameron Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription324
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1904]
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains Cameron Road Plan.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1904]
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2017
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains Cameron Road Plan.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
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Cancellation of plan - Block 2, DL 77

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[Between 1890 - 1918]
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Scope and Content
Files consists of cancellation of plan Block 2, DL 77 and two accompanied blueprints 434 (April 8, 1890) and 238 (December 30, 1887)
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[Between 1890 - 1918]
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2933
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
Files consists of cancellation of plan Block 2, DL 77 and two accompanied blueprints 434 (April 8, 1890) and 238 (December 30, 1887)
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Plan of Lot 77, group 1 NWD : M9-B-1-4. Plan of subdivision of blocks 2-6, lot 77, group 1 NWD : M9-B-1-5
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The City of Vancouver B.C.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66103
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1916 and 1929]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : b&w ink on paper ; 56 x 107 cm folded to 21 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a map of "[the] City of Vancouver B.C" drawn prior to amalgamation of Point Grey and South Vancouver with the City of Vancouver.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1916 and 1929]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ephemera subseries
Physical Description
1 map : b&w ink on paper ; 56 x 107 cm folded to 21 x 12.5 cm
Material Details
Map has a blue construction paper cover
Scale : 1 inch = 1000 feet
Description Level
Item
Record No.
42707
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Item is a map of "[the] City of Vancouver B.C" drawn prior to amalgamation of Point Grey and South Vancouver with the City of Vancouver.
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Notes
Transcribed title
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Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9552
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 1921
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. lithograph mounted on linen ; 107 x 138 cm
Scope and Content
Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and District. Map depicts district lots, railroads, electric railways, streets, street car stops, schools, buildings, postal block numbers, parks and First Nations reserves. Map covers the geographcial areas of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, portions of Ric…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Series
Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. lithograph mounted on linen ; 107 x 138 cm
Material Details
Includes Legend and Index
Scope and Content
Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and District. Map depicts district lots, railroads, electric railways, streets, street car stops, schools, buildings, postal block numbers, parks and First Nations reserves. Map covers the geographcial areas of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, portions of Richmond, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Surrey with half mile circles that radiate from Vancouver City Hall on the corner of Main and Hastings. Bottom of map includes an index of street names, along with their corresponding map grid locations. The map is bordered by Marine Drive to the west, North Road to the east, Dempsey Street to the north and 20th Road to the south.
History
Bought by donor at thrift store years ago. No known provenance.
Creator
The Vancouver Map & Blueprint Co. Ltd.
Publisher
Produced by Photo - Lithography, Colonist , Victoria, B.C.
Subjects
First Nations reserves - British Columbia
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV018.24.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
July 1921
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
16-Jun-20
Scale
100
Notes
Transcribed title
Title on map reads: "COMMERCIAL MAP / OF / GREATER VANCOUVER / AND / DISTRICT / Compiled and Published by / The Vancouver Map & Blueprint Co. Ltd. / 441 Seymour St. Vancouver B.C. / July, 1921".
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Crossing - B.C. Electric Railway Co.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription657
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909-1913
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to crossings on B.C. Electric Railway lines at Cariboo, Hastings, Boundary, Gilley, Jubilee, McKay, and Patterson.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909-1913
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2382
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to crossings on B.C. Electric Railway lines at Cariboo, Hastings, Boundary, Gilley, Jubilee, McKay, and Patterson.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway Westminster and Eburne Byrne Road Crossing at Station 355 : M9-A-6-5; Trapp Road Crossing at Station 425 : M9-A-6-6
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Crossings - Great Northern Railway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription807
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1913-1951
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains agreement for the construction of a sidewalk by the Railway Company, and correspondence related to these transactions. File also includes blueprint plan of sidewalk over [GNR] tracks and right of way for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby, 1931; blueprint "Sketch Showing Sigh…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1913-1951
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2558
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains agreement for the construction of a sidewalk by the Railway Company, and correspondence related to these transactions. File also includes blueprint plan of sidewalk over [GNR] tracks and right of way for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby, 1931; blueprint "Sketch Showing Sight Clearance and Distances and Sperling Avenue Grade Crossing" [c1945]; and blueprint "Plan of Proposed Road Crossing of Phillips Avenue."
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
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C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17810
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[190-] (date of originals) - 2012
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Caro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Carousel sound recordings and films subseries
History
"The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was built in 1912 in Leavenworth Kansas by the Charles Wallace Parker Company. It was the one hundred and nineteenth carousel made by the company and was so named the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. In 1913 the carousel was sold to Mr. F.K. Leggett of Houston Texas for $5,886.00 and was originally equipped with a steam engine and ""wishbones/grass-hopper/jumping horse"" mechanisms. It toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus until 1915 when the machine was shipped back to the factory. It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory with fancier horses and heavier rounding boards referred to as the “Superior” style. Some of the horses were built around 1917 and some between 1920 and 1922. The factory records consulted do not tell for certain where the machine went between 1915 and 1936, possibly to San Jose, California from 1918 until 1922 and then to San Francisco California, or Tacoma, Washington. Accounts from the family of James W. "Jimmy" Robertson, supervisor of rides for Happyland, tell of him travelling with his wife Dora Robertson to Washington, Oregon and California in the fall of 1935 or early 1936 to pick up a new carousel for Happyland. By May 1936, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was in operation in Happlyland inside Hastings Park. The Parker #119 carousel was installed in a pavilion in Happyland which had been built in 1928 by a rival company (Philadelphia Toboggan Company - P.T.C.) and was located next to the "Shoot the Chutes" ride in Hastings Park. Here it remained until Happyland was demolished in 1957. The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was then moved to a new small pavilion in Playland until that too was demolished in 1972. From 1972 to 1990, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was operated outdoors inside Playland, and was put away each winter. In 1989 it was announced that the carousel would be sold off horse by horse at an auction in New York. Venus Solano and Doug McCallum and other local people came together to save the carousel and formed The Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel (also known as "Friends of the Carousel"). The first directors of the society consisted of, President and Chairman, Venus Solano; Secretary, Doug McCallum; Director, Keith Jamieson and Director, Nina Freid Rhodes. In May 1989, the Friends of the Carousel approached the Burnaby Village Museum Association who agreed to provide a home for the carousel, pending the approval of Burnaby Municipal Council. Don Wrigley who was president of the Burnaby Village Museum Association joined the board of The Friends of the Carousel as a liaison. The Friends of the Carousel first acquired two horses from the carousel, who were named Julius and Belle. These two carousel horses were used in fundraising over the summer of 1990, at which time the carousel was operating again for a short time inside Playland. The carousel horse named Julius was restored by William Dentzel III (a descendant of one of North America’s original carousel manufacturers) and the carousel horse named Belle was partially stripped and repaired. These carousel horses served as before and after examples of restoration. In June 1990 Don Wrigley was elected as president of The Friends of the Carousel and they set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the carousel and begin restoration work. With a lot of hard work, the help of the Government of British Columbia and the support of the Municipality of Burnaby, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised by The Friends of the Carousel to pay for the restoration, and Burnaby agreed to build a new pavilion for it as a Centennial project. Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project and restoration work. The Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and the Don Wrigley Pavilion where the carousel is housed, opened at Burnaby Village Museum on March 25, 1993.
Accession Code
BV013.19
BV019.21
BV019.39
BV020.5
BV020.12
BV022.2
X5124
X5125
Date
[190-] (date of originals) - 2012
Media Type
Photograph
Moving Images
Sound Recording
Related Material
Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel fonds
Keith Jamieson fonds
Faye Diamond fonds
See also: Burnaby Village Museum artifacts for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel as well as souvenir memorabilia from Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
Arrangement
Records have been created by various staff members of Burnaby Village Museum during the acquistion and research of the carousel. Some records were compiled together into a collection by subject and arranged according to their general material designations within the Burnaby Village Museum archival collection.
Notes
Title based on contents of series
Further accruals are expected
Contact Burnaby Village Museum to access sound recordings and moving images
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Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1016
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1922
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and complaints related to swimming in Deer Lake, accidental drownings, and the proposal to lower the lake. File also includes a blue print sketch of Deer Lake, showing reduced water level.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1922
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2795
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and complaints related to swimming in Deer Lake, accidental drownings, and the proposal to lower the lake. File also includes a blue print sketch of Deer Lake, showing reduced water level.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
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District lot 172

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription708
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1921
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, assessment roll, notes, and data regarding jurisdiction over and governance of District Lot 172. File also includes 1 transparent plan of this lot, 1917.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1921
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2434
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, assessment roll, notes, and data regarding jurisdiction over and governance of District Lot 172. File also includes 1 transparent plan of this lot, 1917.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
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