This church was built in 1936 as the Chapel of Peace for the Forest Lawn Cemetery. It was located outside the main entrance of the cemetery at the triangular parcel of land bounded by Sprott, Royal Oak and Canada Way. It served as the location for many memorial services, local community worship and weddings. The Anglican Church purchased and relocated the building to its present site in 1955. The church has been altered with the addition of wings and stucco, but retains its steep front gabled roof and some of its arched windows. It is now used as the First United Spiritualist Church.
In 1938, the Ford Motor Company selected Burnaby as its site for a new assembly plant to serve Western Canada. Ford purchased the land which had been owned by the Silver family at Kingsway and Silver Avenue and built its factory using steel from Burnaby's Dominion Bridge Company. During World War II, the plant was used to produce military vehicles. In 1988, the building was demolished and the Station Square development was constructed on the site.
The Westridge Neighbourhood of Burnaby was created as a new subdivision during the post-World War Two housing boom in Burnaby. Developed by the C.B. Riley Company, it was laid out in a plan contoured to the shapes of the land and was situated to allow residents easy access to main transportation routes.
Application for Use of Corporate Land for Agricultural Purposes
(a) 2825 Sprott Street, Lots 6 and 7, Block 12, DL 76
(b) 3129 Sprott Street, Lot A, SD 12-13, Block 6, DL 76 S 1/2
(c) Craig Street, E 1/2 Lot 8, Block 11, DL 1
(d) Part Block 5, DL 166 A
Application of the Canadian National Railways to be Permitted to Exchange Road Allowance of New Wiggins Road between Byrne Road and Abbottsford Street for a Strip of Land Adjacent to their Right-of-way