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Barnet Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark681
- 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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Burnaby Mountain Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark792
- 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
Images
Burnaby Mountain Park & Centennial Pavilion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark794
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Centennial Way
- Associated Dates
- 1958
- Heritage Value
- The first formal park dedication bylaw covering Burnaby Mountain was passed in 1942, but the boundaries were re-adjusted in 1952 with the creation of the Trans Mountain Pipeline site. Significant portions of the mountain remained as dedicated park, however, and in 1957, the site was chosen to house Burnaby's contribution to the celebration of British Columbia's centennial - the Centennial Pavilion. The grounds around the pavilion became a favourite picnic site that provided for the first time a formal viewpoint and public access to other mountain trails. In the 1980s, the Pavilion underwent major renovations and opened in 1986 as Horizons restaurant.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Street Address
- 100 Centennial Way
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Simon Fraser University
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark639
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The planning, design concept, design coordination, site development and landscaping for the original part of the campus were all under the control of Erickson/Massey. The complex was conceived as one building, with future growth occurring at the periphery. Tall buildings would have been out of scal…
- Associated Dates
- 1965
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Associated Dates
- 1965
- Description
- The planning, design concept, design coordination, site development and landscaping for the original part of the campus were all under the control of Erickson/Massey. The complex was conceived as one building, with future growth occurring at the periphery. Tall buildings would have been out of scale with the massive mountaintop ridge, so a series of horizontal terraced structures were designed that hugged the ridge and dissolve into the landscape. Following the linear peak of the mountain, the scheme organized various parts of the campus along an east/west line. The concept of a central academic quadrangle was conceived within the tradition of Oxford and Cambridge, and to enhance the sense of contemplative quiet, it was designed as a perfect square raised on massive pilotis, allowing stunning views through a landscaped courtyard. The connecting link was a gigantic space frame-developed in conjunction with Jeffrey Lindsay, a one-time associate of Buckminster Fuller-that provided shelter and a gathering-place for the students. Other architects who had placed among the top five in the competition were retained to design the individual components of the original plan: the Academic Quadrangle by Zoltan S. Kiss; the Theatre, Gymnasium & Swimming Pool by Duncan McNab & Associates; the Science Complex by Rhone & Iredale; and the Library by Robert F. Harrison.
- Heritage Value
- Following the end of the Second World War, there was unprecedented growth throughout the Lower Mainland. Many returning veterans had settled on the coast, and the loosening of wartime restrictions led to the creation of many new suburban developments throughout the region. The growing population strained existing facilities, and there was a recognition that new educational facilities had to be constructed to meet these growing demands. For many years, the only university in the province was the University of British Columbia. In the 1960s, new universities were planned for both Victoria and Burnaby to serve the wave of baby boomers just then going through high school. The dramatic site chosen for the Burnaby university was the top of Burnaby Mountain, with expansive views over mountain ranges and water. An architectural competition was held for a campus of 7,000 students that could eventually be expanded to 18,000. Of the many submissions, the judges reached unanimity on the winner, an outstanding scheme submitted by the firm of Erickson/Massey. The judges went even further, and recommended that every effort be made to ensure that the winning design be built as submitted. The new Chancellor, Gordon Shrum, agreed. The realization of this scheme won extensive recognition for the work of Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey, and launched Erickson’s international career. In Erickson’s words: "Unlike any previous university, Simon Fraser is a direct translation into architecture of the expanding fields of knowledge that defy traditional boundaries, of the vital role of the university as both challenger and conservor of human culture, and of the university community as one in constant intellectual, spiritual and social interchange." The new school opened for classes in September 1965, nicknamed the “instant university,” and quickly gained a radical reputation. The startling futuristic architecture and open layout suited the explosive nature of the mid-1960s, when political and social traditions of all types were being questioned and student protests were common. Many of SFU’s programs were considered experimental, even controversial, and unrest and conflict on the campus continued for a number of years. Since this auspicious beginning 40 years ago, SFU has grown to house 25,000 students on three campuses. The core of the original campus, recognized world-wide as a profound work of architecture, remains essentially intact today.
- Locality
- Burnaby Mountain
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Architect
- Erickson/Massey
- Area
- 1360000.00
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription84882
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 561-003
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2014-08
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Province of British Columbia
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- This photo is indentified as BC5061:83 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:84 to the west and BC5061:82 to the east
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Lake City Area
Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription84883
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 561-004
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2014-08
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Province of British Columbia
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- This photo is indentified as BC5061:82 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:83 to the west and BC5061:81 to the east.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Lake City Area
Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription84884
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 561-005
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2014-08
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and surrounding area with Burrard Inlet to the north.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Province of British Columbia
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- This photo is indentified as BC5061:81 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:82 to the west and BC5061:80 to the east.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain and Port Moody
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription84885
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain to the west, Burrard Inlet to the north and Port Moody to the east.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Allan Amundsen collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 561-006
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2014-08
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain to the west, Burrard Inlet to the north and Port Moody to the east.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Province of British Columbia
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- This photo is indentified as BC5061:80 and connects with B.C. air photograph BC5061:81 to the west and BC5061:79 to the east.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
![Booms and mill, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0008_001.jpg?width=280)
Booms and mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15187
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (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 log boom pond of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in Burrard Inlet.
- 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 log boom pond of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in Burrard Inlet.
- 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.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950] (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 66 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The vast log boom pond of Kapoor Sawmill, c. 1950"
Images
![Booms and mill, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0008_001.jpg)
![Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0113_001.jpg?width=280)
Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15307
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (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 (front to back) Frank Laleune, Beverley Lucas, Shirely Taylor, Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor seated together on the grass in a yard in Barnet. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible 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 (front to back) Frank Laleune, Beverley Lucas, Shirely Taylor, Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor seated together on the grass in a yard in Barnet. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible behind them.
- History
- In 1936, Edward Laleune (1886-1955) and Pamela Fredette Laleune (1888-1962) moved their family of four boys from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the Village of Barnet. Edward and Pamela had six children; one daughter Marie Germaine (Nesbitt) (1914- 1992) and five sons; Victor Armond, Joseph Edward “George” (1923-1986), Leo Joseph, Eugene Theodore “Gene” (Lalonde), Joseph Francis “Frank” (1931-2014). Edward was an ironworker for Dominion Bridge Co. and worked on the Lion’s Gate Bridge. The family lived in a house in the Village of Barnet from 1936 until 1951 when Edward, Pamela and sons, Victor and Frank moved to Duthie Avenue, Burnaby.
- Names
- LaFavor, James "Jim"
- Northam, Norman
- Laleune, Joseph Francis "Frank"
- Lucas, Beverley
- Taylor, Shirley
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.113
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950] (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
Images
![Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0113_001.jpg)
![Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0114_001.jpg?width=280)
Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15308
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (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 Frank Laleune (front) with friends, Norm Northam (left), Jim LaFavor (right) and Shirley Taylor standing together in a yard in Barnet. Shirley Taylor is seated on the shoulders of Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor and Frank Laleune is squatting in front. Fences, a building and the lower sl…
- 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 Frank Laleune (front) with friends, Norm Northam (left), Jim LaFavor (right) and Shirley Taylor standing together in a yard in Barnet. Shirley Taylor is seated on the shoulders of Norm Northam and Jim LaFavor and Frank Laleune is squatting in front. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible behind them.
- History
- In 1936, Edward Laleune (1886-1955) and Pamela Fredette Laleune (1888-1962) moved their family of four boys from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the Village of Barnet. Edward and Pamela had six children; one daughter Marie Germaine (Nesbitt) (1914- 1992) and five sons; Victor Armond, Joseph Edward “George” (1923-1986), Leo Joseph, Eugene Theodore “Gene” (Lalonde), Joseph Francis “Frank” (1931-2014). Edward was an ironworker for Dominion Bridge Co. and worked on the Lion’s Gate Bridge. The family lived in a house in the Village of Barnet from 1936 until 1951 when Edward, Pamela and sons, Victor and Frank moved to Duthie Avenue, Burnaby. The LaFavor family lived at Barnet and were neighbours to the Laleune family.
- Names
- LaFavor, James "Jim"
- Northam, Norman
- Laleune, Joseph Francis "Frank"
- Lucas, Beverley
- Taylor, Shirley
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.114
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950] (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 164 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Top: Shirley Taylor, Norman Northam, Victor Laleune and Jim LaFavor"
Images
![Frank Laleune and friends at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0114_001.jpg)
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15208
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1925-1953] (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 115 photographs (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of copies of photographs from a selection of Burnaby residents that were obtained for the publication "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Photographs include; Kapoor Sawmills Limited and the Siddoo family; the Irwin family; the Lauder family; t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 115 photographs (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of copies of photographs from a selection of Burnaby residents that were obtained for the publication "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Photographs include; Kapoor Sawmills Limited and the Siddoo family; the Irwin family; the Lauder family; the Yasui family and the Laleune family. The selection of photographs document time living and working in the Barnet area of Burnaby.
- History
- The book, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" was published in 2004 as a historical project under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. Community Heritage Commission volunteer Harry Pride was the driving force behind this project contacting many former residents of Barnet to obtain photographs and stories for the book. The book documents the history of the settlement of Burnaby's Barnet district including memoirs and photographs of various people who worked and lived there.
- Accession Code
- BV019.32
- Date
- [1925-1953] (date of originals)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Related Material
- See also, City of Burnaby Archives: Burnaby Historical Society fonds - "In the Shadow by the Sea subseries"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
![Jim LaFavor at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0112_001.jpg?width=280)
Jim LaFavor at Barnet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15306
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (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 Jim LaFavor standing shirtless on a dirt road in Barnet. Buildings of the Texaco site and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visible behind him.
- 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 Jim LaFavor standing shirtless on a dirt road in Barnet. Buildings of the Texaco site and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visible behind him.
- Names
- LaFavor, James "Jim"
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.112
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950] (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
Images
![Jim LaFavor at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0112_001.jpg)
![Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms, [195-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0009_001.jpg?width=280)
Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15188
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-] (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
- Panorama photograph of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms in Burrard Inlet. Cabins are located on the lower shore.
- 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
- Panorama photograph of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms in Burrard Inlet. Cabins are located on the lower shore.
- 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.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [195-] (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
Images
![Kapoor Sawmills Limited, cabins and log booms, [195-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0009_001.jpg)
![Kask Bros. Truck, [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-117.jpg?width=280)
Kask Bros. Truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37529
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Kask Bros. truck. The driver is unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-117
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Kask Bros. truck. The driver is unidentified.
- Names
- Kask Brothers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 7501 Barnet Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Kask Bros. Truck, [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-117.jpg)
![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
![Norm Northom, Jim LaFavor and Frank Laleune at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0111_001.jpg?width=280)
Norm Northom, Jim LaFavor and Frank Laleune at Barnet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15305
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (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 Norm Northom (back), Jim LaFavor (middle) and Frank Laleune (front) seated together on the grass in a yard in Barnet. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible 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 Norm Northom (back), Jim LaFavor (middle) and Frank Laleune (front) seated together on the grass in a yard in Barnet. Fences, a building and the lower slope of Burnaby mountain are visible behind them.
- History
- In 1936, Edward Laleune (1886-1955) and Pamela Fredette Laleune (1888-1962) moved their family of four boys from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the Village of Barnet. Edward and Pamela had six children; one daughter Marie Germaine (Nesbitt) (1914- 1992) and five sons; Victor Armond, Joseph Edward “George” (1923-1986), Leo Joseph, Eugene Theodore “Gene” (Lalonde), Joseph Francis “Frank” (1931-2014). Edward was an ironworker for Dominion Bridge Co. and worked on the Lion’s Gate Bridge. The family lived in a house in the Village of Barnet from 1936 until 1951 when Edward, Pamela and sons, Victor and Frank moved to Duthie Avenue, Burnaby.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.111
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950] (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
Images
![Norm Northom, Jim LaFavor and Frank Laleune at Barnet, [1950] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0111_001.jpg)
![Pat Carey and Florence LaFavor in Barnet, [1953] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0115_001.jpg?width=280)
Pat Carey and Florence LaFavor in Barnet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1953] (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 Pat Carey (left) standing with Florence LaFavor (right) along a dirt road in Barnet.
- 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 Pat Carey (left) standing with Florence LaFavor (right) along a dirt road in Barnet.
- History
- Pat Carey (1932-2004) is the daughter of Hugh Austin Carey (1892-1945) and mother (1902-1985). Hugh and Annie Agnes (nee McNeil) Carey had eight children; Neil, Hughie, Pat, Sheila, Francis, Ann, Dougal and Nola. The Carey family lived in the Village of Barnet from the 1903s until the 1950s. Florence LaFavor is the daughter of Orville Glen LaFavor and Cathryn Arlou "Kate" Lewis. Orville and Kate had five children who were all born in Barnet: Lewis in September 1925, Irene in December 1927, Clyde Martin in July 1930, Florence Alice in March 1933 and Cathryn Bernice on April 24, 1934.
- Names
- LaFavor, Florence
- Carey, Pat
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.115
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1953] (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 166 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "4. Florence LaFavor and Pat Carey, c. 1953"
Images
![Pat Carey and Florence LaFavor in Barnet, [1953] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0115_001.jpg)
![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)