Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark724
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Heritage Value
- In their legends, the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh native people identified Burnaby's Deer Lake as a mystical location. For generations, one story was told of an underground tunnel connecting Deer Lake with False Creek. In Pauline Johnson's famous book "Legends of Vancouver," the story "Deer Lake" records how Old Chief Capilano chased a giant seal, which escaped through an underground tunnel in False Creek, to Deer Lake in the early 1800s. Aboriginal peoples still came to camp by the Lake up until the early 1900s. At the turn of the century, Deer Lake was recognized for its tranquility and beautiful scenery, which, in turn, attracted New Westminster and Vancouver residents to relocate to the area and build family homes.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
James & Agnes Smith Residence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark601
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Residential building.
- Associated Dates
- 1907
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1907
- Description
- Residential building.
- Heritage Value
- During the Edwardian era, the western provinces were experiencing unprecedented population growth, and in response, in 1904 the Vancouver-based B.C. Mills, Timber and Trading Company patented a modular prefabricated building system that could be adapted to provide everything from modest one-room cottages to churches, schools and banks. Wall panels were assembled from the short mill ends of lumber and siding, until then just waste material that piled up in the millyard. These panels were bolted together on site, with the joints between the panels covered by distinctive vertical battens. Wall panels were assembled at the mill, pre-painted, and packaged with the other components and the instructions necessary to assemble the building. The disassembled building was then shipped to the waiting customer. As western settlements became established, labour and materials were more freely available and local construction companies could be more competitive in their costs. By 1910, this prefabricated system was rendered obsolete. The Smith Residence is a beautifully-preserved example of a B.C. Mills house, and is one of the models that featured a gambrel roof and a full open front verandah. This house was built by local contractor Mr. MacLean for James Smith, a ship’s engineer on the Empress of Japan, and his wife, Agnes. Agnes Smith continued to live here after her husband’s death and sold the house and property in the late 1920s with two of the acres being purchased by her daughter, Grace and husband Henry Pletcher to build a neighbouring house.
- Locality
- Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Area
- 1147.85
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 6186 Royal Oak Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
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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Oakalla Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark804
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- The phasing out and demolition of the Oakalla Prison farm allowed for the planned development of the Oakalla Neighbourhood in the 1980s. By 1991, the City of Burnaby had adopted the Oakalla Development Plan which called for the transfer of land to the Deer Lake Park reserve as well as the creation of a new residential area consisting of multi-family housing types.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Oakalla Prison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark752
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Heritage Value
- The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was hailed as the most modern facility of its kind. Initially designed to hold 150 men and 50 women, by the 1950s, the population was well over 1000. A working farm, the prison had its own dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. From the beginning, the location of Oakalla on 185 acres of scenic land next to Burnaby's Deer Lake was the source of contention with residents petitioning the government to relocate the prison and by 1979 it was decided to close the farm and 64 acres of land were transferred to Burnaby for inclusion on the Deer Lake Park. In 1991, Oakalla closed forever and the buildings were demolished to make way for a new residential housing development and an expansion of the park.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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