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Man sailing around Barnet Inlet

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sailboat sailing in the Burrard Inlet, by Barnet Park. The hills and oil refinery are visible in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1407
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sailboat sailing in the Burrard Inlet, by Barnet Park. The hills and oil refinery are visible in the background.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Boating
Buildings - Industrial - Refineries
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "PMT 75% / page 4 / Burnaby Today"
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Barnet Marine Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Barnet Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Heritage Value
In 1925, the mill at Barnet was under new ownership and was known as the Barnet Lumber Company. It was one of the most successful local employers in Burnaby until the 1930s, when the economic crisis of the Great Depression resulted in a strike at the mill. The City of Burnaby eventually assumed control of the site - including all of the homes - when the company failed to pay its taxes. The City then dismantled the mill and resold the property in two parts - the eastern section would become the Kapoor sawmill and the western portion, the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Barnet Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1889-1904
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1889-1904
Heritage Value
The North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet was one of Burnaby's first industrial developments and one of the largest in the British Empire. Partners James MacLaren and Frank Ross built the mill in 1889 (activated in 1899) as a requirement for obtaining 84,000 acres of timber rights in northern BC. Due to the mill's isolation, the firm built homes for its employees with families and bunkhouses for the bachelors which separated Caucasian workers from Chinese and Sikh workers. Barnet became a distinct company town with its own general store, school, post office, community hall and telephone exchange.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Burrard Inlet

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Heritage Value
According to Tsleil'wautuh Chief Len George, as many as 10,000 band members once lived along both sides of the Burrard Inlet, but disease took its toll in the 1400s and Europeans brought smallpox in the 1800s. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver charted this inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Capitol Hill Area
Westridge Area
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Burnaby Mountain

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Heritage Value
The higher elevations of Burnaby Mountain's south slope produced the ideal soil and temperature conditions for prized native foodstuffs like salmonberry, Indian plum, red elderberry, and other plant species to produce fruit three weeks earlier than elsewhere.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Barnet Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1905-1924
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1905-1924
Heritage Value
The original Barnet mill burned down in 1909 after a dramatic explosion in the boiler house. The company rebuilt a new plant, considered a model of mill construction. The company's timber was towed down the Pacific in huge rafts containing about 400,000 to 500,000 board feet. Mill capacity during a 10-hour day was 150,000 board feet with an amazing annual output of 50 million feet.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Russian Submarines at Barnet

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1915-1917
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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Burnaby Mountain Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Heritage Value
Burnaby Mountain had been dedicated as park in 1942, however the original park boundaries were reconsidered in 1952 with the development of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Although the boundaries were adjusted to accommodate this project, significant conservation and park lands were left untouched. When, in 1962, the government of British Columbia determined the need for additional post-secondary facilities, Burnaby Mountain was chosen as the site for the new Simon Fraser University which opened in 1965. As early as 1964, the idea of establishing a townsite around the university had been discussed by Burnaby, but it was not until the mid-1990s that the idea came to fruition and by the early 2000s, a new housing development know as the UniverCity took shape on the mountain adjacent to the university.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Aliceville

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1886
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1886
Heritage Value
Shortly after the townsite of Port Moody was surveyed in the early 1880s, a resort community developed on the border of Burnaby and Port Moody that would come to be called Aliceville. Located near the north end of North Road, in 1886 the Canadian Pacific Railway established a flag station there and the settlement was named after Alice May Webster who, with her sister Mrs. Jenns, operated the Aliceville Hotel.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Barnet School

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1899
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Barnet Road
Associated Dates
1899
Heritage Value
When the Barnet Mill began operations in 1899, the mill authorities opened a small school to accommodate the children of employees. The school was located in a remodelled harness-room beside the mill and Miss Phoebe Spragge was the first teacher at a salary of $40.00 per month. By 1907, the school had been moved to a purpose-built building where it remained in operation until the early 1950s.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Street Address
7820 Barnet Road
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Nichols Chemical Company

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1905
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Barnet Road
Associated Dates
1905
Heritage Value
In 1905 the Nichols Chemical Company, acid manufacturers based in Montreal, established their plant on a large point of land just east of the North Pacific Lumber Company. This company was later amalgamated and acquired by General Chemical and remains in operation on the original waterfront site.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Street Address
8655 Barnet Road
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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Sulphide Works

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 Sep. 1906
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 102 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a technical drawing of "Nichols Chemical Co. of Can. Ltd. Sulphide Works". Index No. 450 Sheet V.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 102 cm
Material Details
Scale 1:.25
Scope and Content
Item consists of a technical drawing of "Nichols Chemical Co. of Can. Ltd. Sulphide Works". Index No. 450 Sheet V.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Factories
Names
Nichols Chemical Company Limited
Geographic Access
Barnet Road
Street Address
8655 Barnet Road
Accession Code
BV998.23.9
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
8 Sep. 1906
Media Type
Technical Drawing
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of item
"Scale 1/4" = 1'
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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Sulphide Works

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
14 Sep. 1906
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75 x 68 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a technical drawing of "Nichols Chemical Co. of Can. Ltd. Sulphide Works". Index No. 450 Sheet V.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75 x 68 cm
Material Details
Scale 1:.25
Scope and Content
Item consists of a technical drawing of "Nichols Chemical Co. of Can. Ltd. Sulphide Works". Index No. 450 Sheet V.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Factories
Names
Nichols Chemical Company Limited
Responsibility
General Chemical Company
Geographic Access
Barnet Road
Street Address
8655 Barnet Road
Accession Code
BV998.23.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
14 Sep. 1906
Media Type
Technical Drawing
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
2022-05-10
Notes
Title based on contents of item
"Scale 1/4" = 1'
"Note: Where possible lead pipe..."; in lower right corner, in box, "Index No. 450 Sheet V", "Sulphide Works 9 - 14 - 06";
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Our Mill and Harbour Barnet BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38344
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.4 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the mill at Barnet. The caption stamped at the top of the card reads: "Our Mill and Harbor. Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Charles Lee subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.4 x 13.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
411-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-13
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the mill at Barnet. The caption stamped at the top of the card reads: "Our Mill and Harbor. Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Buildings - Industrial - Mills
Geographic Features - Inlets
Industries - Forestry
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Barnet Mill
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Timms Photographic Co.
Notes
Title taken from caption
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Texaco Drive
Street Address
8059 Texaco Drive
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Barnet, B.C. from the Hill

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the village of Barnet at the mill. The caption stamped at the top of the card reads: "Barnet, B.C. from the Hill." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Charles Lee subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
411-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-13
Scope and Content
Photograph of the village of Barnet at the mill. The caption stamped at the top of the card reads: "Barnet, B.C. from the Hill." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Buildings - Industrial - Mills
Geographic Features - Inlets
Industries - Forestry
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Barnet Mill
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Timms Photographic Co.
Notes
Title taken from caption
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Texaco Drive
Street Address
8059 Texaco Drive
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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A Good Size Log, Barnet B.C

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38346
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.7 x 13.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Charles Lee subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.7 x 13.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
411-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-13
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Subjects
Occupations - Labourers
Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery
Buildings - Industrial - Mills
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Names
Barnet Mill
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title taken from caption
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Texaco Drive
Street Address
8059 Texaco Drive
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Some of our homes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38347
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of three houses at Barnet as well as the railway station. A caption on the card reads: "Some of our homes / Barnet B.C."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Charles Lee subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
411-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-13
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of three houses at Barnet as well as the railway station. A caption on the card reads: "Some of our homes / Barnet B.C."
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title taken from caption
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Barnet Road
Street Address
8181 Barnet Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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The Depot. Barnet BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38348
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 1 4cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of a Canadian Pacific Railway train pulling into the train station at Barnet. The caption on the bottom of the card reads: "The Depot. Barnet B.C."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Charles Lee subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 1 4cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
411-007
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-13
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of a Canadian Pacific Railway train pulling into the train station at Barnet. The caption on the bottom of the card reads: "The Depot. Barnet B.C."
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Transportation - Rail
Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations
Names
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title taken from caption
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Barnet Road
Street Address
8181 Barnet Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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A Pretty Dwelling, Barnet B.C.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38349
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front garden and exterior of the North Pacific Lumber Co. (NPLC) Manager's house at Barnet. The caption on the card reads: "A Pretty Dwelling, Barnet B.C."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Charles Lee subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
411-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-13
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front garden and exterior of the North Pacific Lumber Co. (NPLC) Manager's house at Barnet. The caption on the card reads: "A Pretty Dwelling, Barnet B.C."
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title taken from caption
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Barnet Road
Street Address
8181 Barnet Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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Barnet Mill being rebuilt

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37363
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909] (date of original), copied [1998]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of lumber piled up and the skeleton of a building being framed during the rebuilding of the Barnet Mill after the fire of 1909. The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909] (date of original), copied [1998]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Jim Wolf subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
363-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1998-13
Scope and Content
Photograph of lumber piled up and the skeleton of a building being framed during the rebuilding of the Barnet Mill after the fire of 1909. The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Mills
Construction
Names
Barnet Mill
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Texaco Drive
Street Address
8059 Texaco Drive
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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