Photograph of of a horse hitched up to a two-wheeled harness racing cart inside a barn or exercise ring. There is a woman sitting in the cart and another standing behind the horse.
Photograph of of a horse hitched up to a two-wheeled harness racing cart inside a barn or exercise ring. There is a woman sitting in the cart and another standing behind the horse.
Photograph of wood cabinet with angled top with ledge for reading material and two large drawers and shelf below inside the Middlegate Bakery. Piece of furniture was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7…
Photograph of wood cabinet with angled top with ledge for reading material and two large drawers and shelf below inside the Middlegate Bakery. Piece of furniture was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.
Photograph of workshop buildings with five bay doors at New Haven Correctional Centre.
History
In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
Photograph of the interior of Middlegate Bakery with work table, scale and baking equipment. Equipment was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.
Photograph of the interior of Middlegate Bakery with work table, scale and baking equipment. Equipment was used while the business was in operation by Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.