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Russian Submarines at Barnet

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1915-1917

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1915-1917

Heritage Value: This site was a top secret site where 460 men worked on the assembly of five submarines for the Russian Navy during World War I. The Seattle contractor was forbidden from doing the work in the US because of American neutrality regulations and he set up the secret plant here without the knowledge of the Canadian Government.

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Broadview Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: Between 1905 and 1924, the Broadview neighbourhood in Burnaby was settled by almost 100 families who saw the advantage of living in an area that was served by two railway lines - the B.C. Electric Railway and the Great Northern Railway. Touted as being only a 20 minute car ride to the city centre, this neighbourhood expanded during the early 1920s with the promise of a new direct access road to the city being built by the Great Northern Railway company and new blocks being opened up on two government reserves adjoining it.

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

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Central Park Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: In 1906, Maxwell Smith, President of the Central Park Farmer's Institute gave a speech in which he commented on the growth of this district and its ideal location during the boom years after 1905. He said: "Central Park is destined to become the epicentre of a great commercial metropolis, when Vancouver and New Westminster will have both expanded and prospered until they meet and fill up the intervening distances with residences of a new city, greater than few can now imagine, even in their wildest flights of fancy...we are proud of the two cities that lie on either side of us but they are, but mere hamlets compared with the great city that is to be on this peninsula. The time is coming when there will be one vast city, one commercial metropolis, and Central Park will be the heart of it."

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Burnaby Lake Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: Along with logging and sawmills, Burnaby became known as a prime agricultural area and the Burnaby Lake Neighbourhood saw the development of many vegetable and fruit farms. Growers in the Burnaby and Deer Lake districts took their produce to the tram line on Edmonds Street and shipped it to markets in New Westminster and Vancouver on a specially designed interurban freight car that was open-sided for easy loading. The car's canvas curtains which sometimes came loose and flapped like wings in the wind led people to dub it "the flying dutchman." Most Burnaby fruit and vegetable growers depended on seasonal Chinese work forces and other local Chinese farm residents to oversee operations; these workers being recruited from New Westminsters' Asian community. Besides being good farmers, Burnaby Lake's early residents fostered a strong sense of community. Both L. Claude Hill and his brother Bernard were elected to Burnaby Municipal council and Bernard was the one who knocked on doors to find enough children to meet the qualifications for establishing a school in the district.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area; Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Lozells Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: In 1906 C.T. Piper and Alfred Wiggs built a sawmill at the foot of what is now Piper Avenue along the north shore of Burnaby Lake. These operations and the proximity of the Great Northern Railway encourage settlers to move into this area and among them were Colonel and Mrs. James Ward. They were authorized to open a post office here and Mrs. Ward named it 'Lozells' after the Anglican parish to which she had been a member in Birmingham, England.

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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Burquitlam Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: In 1921, the pamphlet "Beautiful Burnaby" was produced and it described the Burquitlam neighbourhood as such: "No part of Burnaby has more consistently laboured to advance its prosperity than Burquitlam. Enterprise and intelligence has hewn homes from the forest and developed land into highly productive gardens and poultry ranches. Burquitlam is the growing suburb to the north of the City of New Westminster. It is reached by the Sapperton carline direct from Edmonds being only a few minutes ride from New Westminster market. It is also served by the B.C.E.R. Burnaby Lake line and adjoins on the best golf links in Greater Vancouver."

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cameron Area; Lyndhurst Area

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Edmonds Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: From The British Columbian, March 19, 1912: "On the fringe of New Westminster there is…a suburban townsite in Edmonds. During the past eighteen months it has grown and prospered quite phenomenally. It is ideally situated, is in easy communication with New Westminster by two car lines. Its climate is clear and bracing, being exceptionally free from the fogs that are more or less prevalent along the river section and gulf shore...Edmonds, in fact, is one of the finest residential parts of the province. This is fast becoming known and appreciated beyond its borders. Elegant and substantial residences are being erected in various parts, and stores are being put up in convenient localities. The new municipal building is one of the finest in British Columbia for so young a municipality."

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Buena Vista Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: The Buena Vista neighbourhood (so named for its wonderful views) grew out of its proximity to Edmonds and New Westminster and was developed in the period 1911-1912. By the 1950s, the area had been further subdivided and in 1986, Burnaby Municipal Council adopted the Cariboo Hills Development Plan for the neighbourhood to maintain its character as a residential area of the city.

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Alta Vista Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: Alta Vista, named for its high views of the Fraser Valley, rapidly grew during the period 1910-1912, seeing its settlement jump from about a dozen buildings in 1910 to about four hundred by the end of 1912. Home-seekers were attracted to its location just a short walk from the B.C.E.R. line at Royal Oak and Highland Park and easily accessible to both New Westminster and Vancouver.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Fraser Arm Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: Fraser Arm - so named because there the tram crossed Gilley Avenue, running down to the North Arm of the Fraser River - was served by the River Road [Marine Drive] which traversed the municipality of Burnaby, leading to both New Westminster and Vancouver. This area did not experience a real estate boom during the 1909-1913 as did many other Burnaby neighbourhoods - in fact, by 1912, only three homes had been built along Riverway as it remained a predominantly agricultural area.

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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East Burnaby Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: According to the 1911 December 26 edition of The British Columbian: Optimism is the word that applies to the whole community of East Burnaby. The many improvements carried out by the council during the past two years had been the means of making East Burnaby a thriving settlement, and hence one and all are optimistic as to its future. In the clearing and building line, many fine new homes are being erected...Real estate values have advanced with the times, and a notable feature is the number of better-class houses that are being built in this locality, which proves that East Burnaby is becoming very much alive and elevated.

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Columbian Newspaper subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1865]-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1865]-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: The Columbian

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC 222; History/Bio adapted from New Westminster Archives

Disney Family collection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914-1963]

Collection/Fonds: Disney Family collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914-1963]

Collection/Fonds: Disney Family collection

Physical Description: 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2016-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.

History: John Howard "Jack" Disney served as Burnaby Surveyor from 1911 to 1919.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of collection; MSS199

Chemistry : a text-book for high schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-

Publication Date: 1920; c1917

Call Number: 540 COR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.19

Call Number: 540 COR

Author: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited

Publication Date: 1920; c1917

Series: MacMillan's Canadian School Series

Physical Description: iii-vii; 297 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.

Inscription: Notes inside, and "Douglas Lunn" "Class 8 - m" "Alum= Aluminum Potassium Sulphate" "75c"

Library Subject (LOC): Chemistry--Textbooks

Notes: Includes index.; "Assisted by Arthur Smith."; "Authorized by the Ministers of Education for Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia."; Author full name: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-.