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![Barnet Road and North Avenue, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110019.jpg?width=280)
Barnet Road and North Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3105
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barnet Road, a dirt road at the time of the photograph, from North Road. There is a sign post in the foreground to the left that indicates the crossing is "NORTH AVE" and "BARNET RD". On the sign post a provincial notice is tacked on. There are electric posts along one side of Barnet …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barnet Road, a dirt road at the time of the photograph, from North Road. There is a sign post in the foreground to the left that indicates the crossing is "NORTH AVE" and "BARNET RD". On the sign post a provincial notice is tacked on. There are electric posts along one side of Barnet Road, and further down the road is an unidentified man riding a motorcycle or a bicycle. According to an earlier catalogue record from 1988, the view is looking East, and the mountain rising in the background is Burnaby Mountain. The record also dates the negative ca. 1914
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- North Road
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1914]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
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![Barnet Road and North Avenue, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110019.jpg)
Patrol hike- Burnaby Mountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4957
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the 42nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company on a Patrol Hike on Burnaby Mountain. The woman in the centre of the photograph is Captain Vera Armstrong. Second from the left is Irene Armstrong. Second from the right is Linda Chesley.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in blue ink on back of photograph reads: "Ada Thomas / Rosalind Caiswell / Maureen Hollingsworth / Shaun [illegible] / Irene Armstrong / Linda Chesley / Hike / 1960 / Burnaby / Mtn.".
- Photograph is date stamped in bottom margin as "JAN * 61".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the 42nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company on a Patrol Hike on Burnaby Mountain. The woman in the centre of the photograph is Captain Vera Armstrong. Second from the left is Irene Armstrong. Second from the right is Linda Chesley.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.190
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Jan 1960
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on content
- Photograph is a part of Photograph album BV015.35.158
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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVI and Volume XVII
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8684
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITE…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm
- Material Details
- Scale [1:1200] and [1:6000]
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN." / KEY PLAN". Plans covered in this "Key Plan" are numbered 1601 to 1626, 1632 and 1651 covering District Lots: 15; 31; 100 to 102; 114; 141 to 144; 147 and 148; 209 to 214. Plan "E" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1701 to 1705; 1711 to 1715; 1723 to 1727; 1729 to 1733; 1737 to 1742 and District Lots: 68 to 74; 80 to 84; 32 to 35 and 38 to 39. Plan marked "F" is a key plan titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY and covers plans: 1706 to 1710; 1716 to 1722; 1734 and 1735; 1743 to 1752 and District Lots: 42 to 44; 59; 75 to 80; 83 to 87; 89 to 93 and 130. Plan "1729" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots 34 and 35.
- Responsibility
- British Columbia Underwriters' Association
- Accession Code
- HV972.111.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1927
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Lyndhurst Area
- Lake City Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
- Garden Village Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 400
- Scan Date
- 2021-11-18
- Notes
- Title based on content of plans
- See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans
- Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet
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![Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2.3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211, [between 1911 and 1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1984/1984_0057_0004_002%20Web.jpg?width=280)
Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2.3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11111
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1911 and 1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan : ink on waxed linen ; 60 x 52.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a "Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2.3,6,21 and 23 / of District Lot 211. Group 1 N.W.D. / Burnaby Municipality"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan : ink on waxed linen ; 60 x 52.5 cm
- Material Details
- Scale [1:1200]
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a "Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2.3,6,21 and 23 / of District Lot 211. Group 1 N.W.D. / Burnaby Municipality"
- Creator
- Hill & Burnett
- Accession Code
- HV984.57.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1911 and 1912]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Scan Resolution
- 400
- Scan Date
- Dec. 22, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Scale is measured "100 feet to one inch"
- Credit on plan reads: "Hill & Burnett_BC_Land Surveyors_Civil Engineers_New Westminster_B.C."
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![Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2.3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211, [between 1911 and 1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1984/1984_0057_0004_001_seadragon/1984_0057_0004_001.jpg?w=280)
Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2.3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211, [between 1911 and 1912]
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Barnet School site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11140
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 27, 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Barnet School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a portion of the west half of lot / 214, Group 1 / New Westminster District”.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 40 feet = 1 inch
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Barnet School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a portion of the west half of lot / 214, Group 1 / New Westminster District”.
- Creator
- McGugan, Donald Johnston
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Barnet School
- Responsibility
- Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 7820 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV003.83.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 27, 1915
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Scan Resolution
- 440
- Scan Date
- 22-Dec-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of plan
- handwritten on back "Burnaby Schools" "23R" twice, "1783"
- Oath on plan reads: "I, D.J. McGugan...and did personally superintend the survey..." "completed on the 27th day of May 1915"; signed by D.J. McGugan, notarized by "Walter Edmonds" "sworn "...29th day of May 1915" "Burnett and McGugan" "B.C. Land Surveyors Etc. New Westminster, B.C.";
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![Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2,3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211, [between 1911 and 1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1984/1984_0057_0005_002%20Web.jpg?width=280)
Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2,3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11212
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1911 and 1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan : ink on waxed linen ; 77 x 53 cm
- Scope and Content
- "Plan of Subdivision of Blks 1,2.3.6.21. and 23 / of District Lot 211, Group ;1 , N.W.D./ Burnaby Municipality"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan : ink on waxed linen ; 77 x 53 cm
- Scope and Content
- "Plan of Subdivision of Blks 1,2.3.6.21. and 23 / of District Lot 211, Group ;1 , N.W.D./ Burnaby Municipality"
- Creator
- Hill & Burnett
- Accession Code
- HV984.57.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1911 and 1912]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Scan Resolution
- 400
- Scan Date
- Dec. 22, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Scale is measured "100 feet to one inch"
- Credit on plan reads: "Hill & Burnett_BC_Land Surveyors_Civil Engineers_New Westminster_B.C."
Zoomable Images
![Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2,3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211, [between 1911 and 1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1984/1984_0057_0005_001_seadragon/1984_0057_0005_001.jpg?w=280)
Plan of Subdivision of Blocks 1,2,3,6,21 and 23 of District Lot 211, [between 1911 and 1912]
Zoom into ImageNichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Sulphide Works
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11387
- 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
- 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'
![Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6312, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Technical_Drawings/1998_0023_0010_002.jpg?width=280)
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6312
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11388
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 73.5 x 104.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6312" "Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd.".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 73.5 x 104.5 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1:.25
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6312" "Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd.".
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Responsibility
- General Chemical Company
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8655 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1928]
- 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
- Hand-stamped horizontally is "MAR 12 1946"
- Stamp on back reads: "Private Design", "The Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company"
- "Scale 1/4" = 1'
Images
![Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6312, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Technical_Drawings/1998_0023_0010_002.jpg)
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Sulphide Works
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11389
- 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
- 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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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 52499
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11390
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 28 Jan. 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 86 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing "Various Plans and Elevations", "Nichols Chemical Company"; drawing "No. 52499".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 86 x 111 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1:.25
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing "Various Plans and Elevations", "Nichols Chemical Company"; drawing "No. 52499".
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Responsibility
- General Chemical Company
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8655 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 28 Jan. 1947
- 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
- Stamp on verso reads: "Private Design", "The Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company"; in upper left corner is red circular 'Received' stamp, dated Feb (?) 1947
- "Scale 1/4" = 1'
- "DRAWN_LEIBRICK / CHECKED_L.C.PRAY"
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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6318
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11391
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6318", Nichols Chemical Company Limited, Barnet Works B.C. Dated March 28, 1917, corrected June 1, 1918.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1:.25
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6318", Nichols Chemical Company Limited, Barnet Works B.C. Dated March 28, 1917, corrected June 1, 1918.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Responsibility
- General Chemical Company
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8655 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1917
- 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'
- Date stamp: "JUN 27 1946"
Images
![Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 50785, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Technical_Drawings/1998_0023_0014_002.jpg?width=280)
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 50785
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11392
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing identified as No. 50785 with handwritten annotation reading "W.O.M. - 8560". Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1:.25
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing identified as No. 50785 with handwritten annotation reading "W.O.M. - 8560". Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Responsibility
- General Chemical Company
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8655 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1959]
- 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
- Stamp on verso reads: "R.L. Johnston"
- "Scale 1/4" = 1'
- Date stampled "Oct. 19 1959"
- Annotation next to date stamp reads: "Dwg Rec'd 10-24-59"
- Stamp at bottom reads: "Property of / General Chemical Division / Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation"
Images
![Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 50785, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Technical_Drawings/1998_0023_0014_002.jpg)
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 511726
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11393
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 26 Jan. 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing titled "Assy. Det. No. 3 Ore Burner", "No. 511726" of Nichol's Chemical Plant. Includes "Parts Lists" index.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1:.25
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing titled "Assy. Det. No. 3 Ore Burner", "No. 511726" of Nichol's Chemical Plant. Includes "Parts Lists" index.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Responsibility
- General Chemical Company
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8655 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 26 Jan. 1962
- 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'
- Stamped with Print Date: "Jan 26 1962"
Images
![Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Technical_Drawings/1998_0023_0016_002.jpg?width=280)
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11394
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing "D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps", "Nichols Chemical Co. LTD."; "Drawing No. 6314".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1:.25
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing "D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps", "Nichols Chemical Co. LTD."; "Drawing No. 6314".
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Responsibility
- General Chemical Company
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8655 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1928]
- 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'
- Stamp in lower left corner reads: "Private Design", "This Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company"
- Stamp on lower right reads: "Jul 12, 1946"
Images
![Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Technical_Drawings/1998_0023_0016_002.jpg)
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6381
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11395
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 27 Jun. 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blackline print with col. annotations ; 52.5 x 45 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drwg 6381" Nichols Chemical Company Limited, with details of equipment installation and dismantling.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blackline print with col. annotations ; 52.5 x 45 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1:.25
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drwg 6381" Nichols Chemical Company Limited, with details of equipment installation and dismantling.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Responsibility
- General Chemical Company
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8655 Barnet Road
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 27 Jun. 1946
- 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'
- Stamp in lower left corner reads: "Private Design", "This Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company"
- 'Received' stamp on lower right corner, "Jul 9 1946"
Images
![Plaque unveiling at Simon Fraser University, [1965] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0037_0025_001.jpg?width=280)
Plaque unveiling at Simon Fraser University
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15050
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1965]
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men standing next to a plaque at Simon Fraser University where it was unveiled. The plaque is mounted on a concrete post and has curtains on either side. The plaque reads "In Appreciation to G.B. Riley, E.R. Loftus and E.W. Martin of C.B. Riley Ltd. for their generou…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men standing next to a plaque at Simon Fraser University where it was unveiled. The plaque is mounted on a concrete post and has curtains on either side. The plaque reads "In Appreciation to G.B. Riley, E.R. Loftus and E.W. Martin of C.B. Riley Ltd. for their generous gift to Simon Fraser University of 20 Acres of land on September 30, 1963."
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Accession Code
- BV019.37.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1965]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- February 4, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer is unknown so maybe subject to copyright holder.
- A risk assessment should be done prior to releasing hi resolution copies
Images
![Plaque unveiling at Simon Fraser University, [1965] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0037_0025_001.jpg)
![Sarjit and Jagdis Kaur Siddoo, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Sarjit and Jagdis Kaur Siddoo
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15180
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jagdis and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo standing next to a cow in a field at Barnet. The Kapoor Sawmills Ltd. is visible in the background behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jagdis and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo standing next to a cow in a field at Barnet. The Kapoor Sawmills Ltd. is visible in the background behind them.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was originally obtained used in the publication: "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village"
- Incorrect spelling of the name "Sarjeet Siddoo" in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea" has been corrected to "Sarjit Kaur Siddoo"
Images
![Sarjit and Jagdis Kaur Siddoo, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0001_001.jpg)
![Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15181
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- see page 63 in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mrs. Kapoor Siddoo tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. Note the hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove. c. 1940s"
Images
![Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0002_001.jpg)
![Mayo Manhas and Kapoor Singh Siddoo in mill office, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Mayo Manhas and Kapoor Singh Siddoo in mill office
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15182
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayo Manhas (right) and Kapoor Singh Siddoo (left) in a mill office looking over a map Vancouver Island with timber areas.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayo Manhas (right) and Kapoor Singh Siddoo (left) in a mill office looking over a map Vancouver Island with timber areas.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- see page 65 in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mr. Mayo Manhas and Mr. Kapoor Siddoo in the mill office looking over a map of timber areas. c. 1940s"
Images
![Mayo Manhas and Kapoor Singh Siddoo in mill office, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0003_001.jpg)
Jagdis, Sarjit and Besant Kaur Siddoo with Harbans Kaur Teja and Kartar Kaur Sangha
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15183
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right) Jagdis Kaur Siddoo, Sarjit Kaur Siddoo and Besant Kaur Siddoo standing next to Harbans Kaur Teja with baby and Kartar Kaur Sangha (company cook) on the site of Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right) Jagdis Kaur Siddoo, Sarjit Kaur Siddoo and Besant Kaur Siddoo standing next to Harbans Kaur Teja with baby and Kartar Kaur Sangha (company cook) on the site of Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Siddoo, Besant Kaur
- Siddoo, Jagdis Kaur
- Siddoo, Sarjit Kaur
- Teja, Harbans Kaur
- Sangha, Kartar Kaur
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- see page 64 in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Standing in front of the new mill under construction are Jagdis, Sarjeet and Mrs. Kapoor Siddoo, Harbans Koor Teja with baby and Kartar K. Sangha (company cook), 1947"
- Incorrect spelling of the name "Sarjeet Siddoo" in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea" has been corrected to "Sarjit Kaur Siddoo"
Images
