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The Moody Tree
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Moody Tree, a European Ash, which was presented by Colonel Moody to Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes and planted by Mrs. Holmes in the fall of 1861. The home of Mr & Mrs W. Holmes is visible in the background. This tree is on Lot 1, beside the Brunette, at the eastern side of Colby Str…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Columbian Newspaper subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 222-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-19
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Moody Tree, a European Ash, which was presented by Colonel Moody to Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes and planted by Mrs. Holmes in the fall of 1861. The home of Mr & Mrs W. Holmes is visible in the background. This tree is on Lot 1, beside the Brunette, at the eastern side of Colby Street and a few feet from the New Westminister border.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp of copyright on verso of photograph
- Glued to the verso is a photocopy of the photograph with information typed below, identifing the tree as "The Moody Tree"
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- North Road
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
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William Holmes House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark736
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Brunette River
- Associated Dates
- 1860
- Heritage Value
- William Holmes is considered to be the first non-Native resident of Burnaby. In March, 1860, Holmes acquired the first land title in the area that would become the Municipality of Burnaby. Legally known as Lot One, Block One, this parcel was located on North Road and the Brunette River. The eight-member Holmes family built a log cabin on the lot on a bluff above the river in which they lived for many years until a bigger home was built. The log cabin remained and in 1892 was used as an isolation hospital when a smallpox epidemic hit the lower mainland. Afterwards, local health officials burned the cabin to prevent the spread of disease.
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images