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Heritage Value: The Burnaby Lake Line was constructed due to the advocacy of Burnaby residents and the Municipality of Burnaby to build the line. A petition was circulated by residents in 1907, and eventually substantial land bonuses were given to the company to induce them to build the line. Property owners in the area hoped the construction of the line would increase their land values. Construction of the 15-mile line was announced in 1909, and the line opened in 1911. The line travelled from Vancouver to New Westminister through central Burnaby.The last day of service was October 23, 1953. When the Trans Canada highway was constructed in the 1960s, it followed the right of way of the Burnaby Lake Line through Burnaby.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Bird's Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print on paper ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Ave…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print on paper ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Material Details: Scale indeterminable

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Avenue (Pole Line Road); Gilpin Avenue; Douglas Road; trail to Vancouver Westminster Road (Kingsway); Buckingham Avenue; Haszard Street; various farms and residences including: Charles Sprott "Norland"; H.T. Ceperley "Fairacres"; Claude Hill's "Brookfield farm" and "Broadview"; F.J. Hart's "Avalon"; Miss Woodward's former and new home, school and post office; Councillor Edgar's hunting cabin; Edgar Sprott's "Mayfield farm" and "Mayfield Lodge"; F.J. Peers "Greyfriars"; Arthur de Windt Haszard; Bernard Hill's boathouse as well as other landmarks including: Doran's Mill; tram stations; Burnaby Lake Store; logging camps; wood cutter's shacks; ice houses; cranberry bog; Still Creek; Deer Lake; Burnaby Lake; Deer Lake Creek; Provincial Government Reserve Proposed Hospital (later Oakalla Prison).

Creator: Adams, John; Swan, Carol

Names: Hill, Arthur Claude; Sprott, Charles Frederick; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Hart, Frederick John, 1884-1945; Ceperley, H.T.; Woodward, Maude; Woodward, Harriet; Peers, Francis J.; Haszard, Arthur de Windt; Hill, Bernard R.

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue; Sperling Avenue; Haszard Street; Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV021.1.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1977

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Related Material: See also: Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-11-12

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Compiled by John Adams; illustration by Carol Swan; The map depicts the Burnaby Lake Tram Line as being double tracked, whereas in reality it was single tracked.; Map is part of the book "Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumlibrary6314-102

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Bird's Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17543

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print with watercolour ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Ave…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : b&w print with watercolour ; 43 x 63.5 cm

Material Details: Scale indeterminable

Scope and Content: Item consists of a map titled "Birds Eye View of the Burnaby Lake Area Circa 1910". The overview of the Burnaby Lake area was compiled and drawn at Heritage Village by curator John Adams and artist, Carol Swan. The map identifies the Burnaby Lake inter-urban tram line; roads including: Sperling Avenue (Pole Line Road); Gilpin Avenue; Douglas Road; trail to Vancouver Westminster Road (Kingsway); Buckingham Avenue; Haszard Street; various farms and residences including: Charles Sprott "Norland"; H.T. Ceperley "Fairacres"; Claude Hill's "Brookfield farm" and "Broadview"; F.J. Hart's "Avalon"; Miss Woodward's former and new home, school and post office; Councillor Edgar's hunting cabin; Edgar Sprott's "Mayfield farm" and "Mayfield Lodge"; F.J. Peers "Greyfriars"; Arthur de Windt Haszard; Bernard Hill's boathouse as well as other landmarks including: Doran's Mill; tram stations; Burnaby Lake Store; logging camps; wood cutter's shacks; ice houses; cranberry bog; Still Creek; Deer Lake; Burnaby Lake; Deer Lake Creek; Provincial Government Reserve Proposed Hospital (later Oakalla Prison).

Creator: Adams, John; Swan, Carol

Names: Hill, Arthur Claude; Sprott, Charles Frederick; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Hart, Frederick John, 1884-1945; Ceperley, H.T.; Woodward, Maude; Woodward, Harriet; Peers, Francis J.; Haszard, Arthur de Windt; Hill, Bernard R.

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue; Sperling Avenue; Haszard Street; Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV021.1.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1977

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Related Material: See also: Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-11-12

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Compiled by John Adams; illustration by Carol Swan; The map depicts the Burnaby Lake Tram Line as being double tracked, whereas in reality it was single tracked.; Map is part of the book "Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumlibrary6314-102; This is a print made from original illustration and appears to be hand-coloured with watercolour at a later date.

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Bird watchers at Piper Pier

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of two bird watchers standing on Piper Pier in Burnaby Lake Regional Park. They are both looking into the distance with binoculars.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1757

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two bird watchers standing on Piper Pier in Burnaby Lake Regional Park. They are both looking into the distance with binoculars.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Structures - Piers and Wharfs; Recreational Activities

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Juliet and Martin Mohlmann say they come down to Piper Pier at Burnaby Lake Regional Park to watch birds about twice a month. But they won't be able to use the pier in the late summer, as the GVRD, the Burnaby Rotary Club and Terasen will be spending $115,000 to rebuild it."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park; Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Bird watchers at Piper Pier, [2004] thumbnail

Boal family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4213

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Material Details: Stamped numeral on back of photograph reads: "305".

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

History: Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.

Names: Boal, William Ewart; Boal, Ethel May Jackson; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Street Address: 4319 Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boal family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4214

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Material Details: Stamped numeral on back of photograph reads: "51".

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

History: Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.

Names: Boal, William Ewart; Boal, Ethel May Jackson; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Street Address: 4319 Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.21

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boal family home

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house which has new, light coloured siding (white?) and a garage in the back. A man is mowing the lawn next to the house.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text in ink on front of photograph reads: "1950".; Stamped numeral on back of photograph reads: "452".; Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: "summer, 1950 / Boals' house".

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house which has new, light coloured siding (white?) and a garage in the back. A man is mowing the lawn next to the house.

History: Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.

Names: Boal, William Ewart; Boal, Ethel May Jackson; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Street Address: 4319 Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.22

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boal family home

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house. The house has been altered by enclosing the front porch and lowering the front door to ground level. Doors and window sills are painted light blue. Window shutters have been added. The house is wh…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house. The house has been altered by enclosing the front porch and lowering the front door to ground level. Doors and window sills are painted light blue. Window shutters have been added. The house is white. There are trees in full leaf around the house.

History: Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.

Names: Boal, William Ewart; Boal, Ethel May Jackson; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Street Address: 4319 Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.23

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [195-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boathouse at Burnaby Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-126

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Boathouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Boathouse at Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38808

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill. In the background can be seen the "Maid of the Mist," the Hill family's boat.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-127

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill. In the background can be seen the "Maid of the Mist," the Hill family's boat.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Boathouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Boating on Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39516

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill and her daughter, Kitty Hill, boating on Burnaby Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-835

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill and her daughter, Kitty Hill, boating on Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Boating on Burnaby Lake, [1900] thumbnail

Bob Gardner and Burnaby Lake trees

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96593

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Gardner standing beneath trees at Burnaby Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2215

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Gardner standing beneath trees at Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Bob Gardner is trying to secure a grant to reforest areas around Burnaby Lake, as trees are being overrun by brush."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Bob Gardner and Burnaby Lake trees, [2001] thumbnail

B. Patterson with his dog on Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription559

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild deer frozen in the ice on Burnaby Lake about three miles from house. Not often do we get a winter like this." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Burnaby Lake / B. Paterson standing beside dog. / No date."