1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.
1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Reproduction Restriction
Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.
History
In 2020, responsibility for environmental management transferred to Climate Action and Energy, with Engineering retaining responsibility for geotechnical investigations and graffiti management.
In 2022, Engineering became responsible for a consolidated Transportation group that aligns transportation planning and implementation functions. Green Fleet and Equipment also moved from Climate Action and Energy to the Public Works division of the Engineering Department.
In 2022, Facilities Management was transferred from Engineering to the newly-created Lands and Facilities Department.
James Lota served as General Manager, Engineering from 2021-2022. Jozsef Dioszeghy has served in the role since April 2022.
1 map : blackline print with col. ; 83 x 53 cm on sheet 92 x 61 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of "Municipality of Burnaby" map outlining waterlines, telephone lines, lights and power lines, and street lights. A section of the upper left corner (borded by Boundary Road to the west; Queens Ave to the east; Burrard Inlet to the north and Parker Avenue to the south) of map is han…
1 map : blackline print with col. ; 83 x 53 cm on sheet 92 x 61 cm
Material Details
Scale 10 chains = 1 inch
Scope and Content
Item consists of "Municipality of Burnaby" map outlining waterlines, telephone lines, lights and power lines, and street lights. A section of the upper left corner (borded by Boundary Road to the west; Queens Ave to the east; Burrard Inlet to the north and Parker Avenue to the south) of map is hand coloured in red with "Queens Avenue" and "Parker Avenue" identified.
An untitled monochromatic grayscale map of a developer's bird's eye view looking north west from Burnaby Mountain. View includes Burnaby, New Westminster, Vancouver with the North shore in the distance. Burnaby neighbourhood subdivisions of "Burnaby Heights" and "Buena Vista" are featured near the…
An untitled monochromatic grayscale map of a developer's bird's eye view looking north west from Burnaby Mountain. View includes Burnaby, New Westminster, Vancouver with the North shore in the distance. Burnaby neighbourhood subdivisions of "Burnaby Heights" and "Buena Vista" are featured near the centre of the map. These neighbourhood subdivisions were marketed by Real Estate Agents Liebly & Blumer in 1911. Roads, buildings, factories, railways and bridges are identified on the map.
File contains correspondence, reports, and petitions relating to the Burnaby Lake Improvement Scheme. File also includes blueprint plan "Condensed Profile of Brunette River Showing Approx. Amount of work necessary to lower Lake Burnaby." Also includes blueprint plan of "Sketch Showing Proposed Im…
File contains correspondence, reports, and petitions relating to the Burnaby Lake Improvement Scheme. File also includes blueprint plan "Condensed Profile of Brunette River Showing Approx. Amount of work necessary to lower Lake Burnaby." Also includes blueprint plan of "Sketch Showing Proposed Improvement to Outlet of Burnaby Lake" [1912].
File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to a proposed cemetery site in North Burnaby (DL 148). File also includes news clippings concerning same.
File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to a proposed cemetery site in North Burnaby (DL 148). File also includes news clippings concerning same.
File includes original news clippings and blueprints entitled: "Approximate Estimate to Clearing, the Grading and Macadamizing of Roads, and the Installation of water in District Lots 71 and 72, Municipality of Burnaby for a Soldier Settlement." Map in map case.
File includes original news clippings and blueprints entitled: "Approximate Estimate to Clearing, the Grading and Macadamizing of Roads, and the Installation of water in District Lots 71 and 72, Municipality of Burnaby for a Soldier Settlement." Map in map case.
File contains agreements, conveyance, and correspondence pertaining to leases made with the Board of School Trustees for a water tank site. File also includes a plan of the southwest portion of Block 28, DL 30 G.I., N.W.D. on white linen.
File contains agreements, conveyance, and correspondence pertaining to leases made with the Board of School Trustees for a water tank site. File also includes a plan of the southwest portion of Block 28, DL 30 G.I., N.W.D. on white linen.
1 map : lithographic print, ms. annotations and hand col. on linen ; 83.5 x 57.5 cm
Scope and Content
Map of "BURNABY / MUNICIPALITY". "COMPILED & PUBLISHED / BY / DOMINION BLUEPRINT & MAP CO. / 576 SEYMOUR STREET / PHONE SEY. 4670 / VANCOUVER, B.C."
The map also includes a handwritten title in ink above which reads: "Townplanning Maps in T.135."
District lots, subdivisions, wards, blocks, schools…
1 map : lithographic print, ms. annotations and hand col. on linen ; 83.5 x 57.5 cm
Material Details
Scale [1:1666]
Scope and Content
Map of "BURNABY / MUNICIPALITY". "COMPILED & PUBLISHED / BY / DOMINION BLUEPRINT & MAP CO. / 576 SEYMOUR STREET / PHONE SEY. 4670 / VANCOUVER, B.C."
The map also includes a handwritten title in ink above which reads: "Townplanning Maps in T.135."
District lots, subdivisions, wards, blocks, schools, names, roads, railways are identified in black ink along with water ways and municipal borders.
Additions have been added on top of original map print which include: red dashed lines in ink; green, blue, red lines in pencil crayon; purple, brown and red watercolour on some lots along with a bridge across the Fraser R. in red ink; pencilled Standard, Shell and Union Oil properties; pencilled numbers, arrows, natural features, notes; one line is "Gas 1930", "April 1924" next to a lot notation.
Publisher
Compiled and Published by Dominion Blueprint & Map Co.
Item is a map of the Municipality of Burnaby, "Published by Archibald Moir and Company, 570 Granville St., Vancouver". Map was published compliments of "Walker Brothers Real Estate Brokers and Insurance Agents", Vancouver.
Item is a map of the Municipality of Burnaby, "Published by Archibald Moir and Company, 570 Granville St., Vancouver". Map was published compliments of "Walker Brothers Real Estate Brokers and Insurance Agents", Vancouver.
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) North Burnaby Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book is a white linen early street map depicting East Burnaby and New Westminster.
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) North Burnaby Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book is a white linen early street map depicting East Burnaby and New Westminster.
File contains correspondence, road and bridge expenditures statements, and reports pertaining to the incorporation of North Burnaby. File also includes 1911 Burnaby Annual Report.
File contains correspondence, road and bridge expenditures statements, and reports pertaining to the incorporation of North Burnaby. File also includes 1911 Burnaby Annual Report.
2 folders textual records and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence regarding the re-survey of the Municipality of Burnaby. File also contains blueprint plan of lots 1-3 and 34 of lots 61 and 62, DL 30.
2 folders textual records and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2470
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence regarding the re-survey of the Municipality of Burnaby. File also contains blueprint plan of lots 1-3 and 34 of lots 61 and 62, DL 30.
4 folders textual records and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence regarding the re-survey of the Municipality of Burnaby. As well, file includes "Report on the Special Survey of Burnaby up to June 1, 1915" which includes a linen plan of "Complete Special Survey" and "Block Outline Special Survey." Also included are lists of property…
4 folders textual records and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2476
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence regarding the re-survey of the Municipality of Burnaby. As well, file includes "Report on the Special Survey of Burnaby up to June 1, 1915" which includes a linen plan of "Complete Special Survey" and "Block Outline Special Survey." Also included are lists of property owners.
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board with two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan/ of Subdivisions / of portions / of / Lot 91, / Group 1 / New Westminster …
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Material Details
Scales [between 1:792 and 1:2376]
Index number on edge of board reads: "9"
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board with two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan/ of Subdivisions / of portions / of / Lot 91, / Group 1 / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 3 chs = 1 in / Map Nos 535 & 506". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of / Subdivision of a Portion / of / Lot 28 / Group One / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 1 chs = 1 in / Map No 274". Lots are identified as "I / II / III / VI / V / IV ". The plan is bordered by First Avenue, Suburban Lands and Cemetery at the bottom, 13th Street at the top, Douglas Road to the west and 4th Street to the east. The plan is signed by "W. Thibaudeau". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
Side B:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of the Subdivision of a Portion / of / Lot 29 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 1ch = 1 in / Map No 291 _ Subdivision 'L'". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint " Plan of Subdivision / of / Lot 27 / Group One / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 3 chs = 1 in. / Map No. 697". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board with two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1- subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of / Lot 15 / Group One / New Westminster District/ Sca…
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Material Details
Scales [between 1:2376 and 1:3168]
Index number on edge of board reads: "10"
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board with two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1- subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of / Lot 15 / Group One / New Westminster District/ Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 209". Subdivision plan is bordered by North Road (Lot 9) Lot 8, Lot 148 and Lot 100. (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of / Lot 88 / Group 1 / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 760". Plan is bordered by Burnaby Lake, Cumberland Street, Lot 11, Lot 25 and Lot 89. (Geographic location: Burnaby)
Side B:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of the Subdivision / of / Lot "G" / in the Subdivision / of / Lot 96, Gr.1 / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 756". Plan includes inset "Map No. 699" which includes Lots D, G, E, F, C, A and B of DL 96. Plan is bordered by False Creek Road, Westminster & Vancouver Tramway. (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of South Portion / of / Lot 94, Group 1 / New Westminster District / Scale 3 chs = 1 in. / Map Nos 4402 & 720". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1.Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 90 / Group One / New Westmisnter Distric…
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Material Details
Scales [between 1:1200 and 1:3960]
Index number on edge of board reads: "11"
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1.Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 90 / Group One / New Westmisnter District / Scale 200 ft = 1 in. / Map No 642". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of / North Portion / of / Lot 28 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 100' = 1 in. / Map No 632". Geographic location: Burnaby)
Side B:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision of Lot 153 / Group 1 / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 5 chs = 1 in. / Map No. 783". Handwritten annotation in red reads: "NOTE. THIS INCLUDEDS PART / OF LOT 151. & 152". Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision of Lot 82, Group 1 / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 2 chs = 1 in. / Map No 201". Geographic location: Burnaby)
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 -subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan / shewing [sic] / Subdivision of / Lot 162 / Group One / New Westmisnter Dis…
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Material Details
Scales [1:2376] and [1:3168]
Index number on edge of board reads: "12"
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 -subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan / shewing [sic] / Subdivision of / Lot 162 / Group One / New Westmisnter Dist. / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 450". Plan is signed by "Sidney Williams / Provincial Land Surveyor" (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan of / Subdivision of / Block 166A / Grroup One, / Westminster District / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 524". Plan is signed by "Sidney Williams / Provincial Land Surveyor" (Geographic location: Burnaby)
Side B:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of / Subdivision of Lot 77, Group 1 / New Westminster Dist. / Scale = 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 238" Plan is signed by "Gardue [sic] Hermon [sic] / District [sic] Land Surveyor" (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint " Plan / of Subdivision / of part / of / Lot 95 / Group One / New Westminster Dist. / Sclae 3 chs = 1 in. / Map No 556". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
4 plans : blueprint on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of the / Subdivision / of / Lot 98 / G.1, N.W.D. / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / …
4 plans : blueprint on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Material Details
Scales [between 1:1584 and 1:3168]
Index number on edge of board reads: "13"
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of the / Subdivision / of / Lot 98 / G.1, N.W.D. / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 573" (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision of / Lot 157 / Gr.1, New. West. Dist. / Scale 3 chs = 1 in. / Map No. 612". (Geographic location: Burnaby)
Side B:
1. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion of / Lot 90 / Group One / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 2 chs = 1 in. / Map No. 555". Plan is signed by "Jno Strathern [sic]_P.L.S."n (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Subdivision of Lot 31, Group 1. / New Westminster District / As Amended by Order of Court / 1st Sept. 1882 and Numbered 847 / Scale 4 chs = 1in. / Map No 80" (Geographic location: Burnaby)