James & Agnes Smith Residence
- 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
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Oakalla Neighbourhood
- 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
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photgraph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla Prison. A tall chain link gate stands at the entrance in front of a one storey brick building.
Canadian journal of earth sciences : historic changes in an urban watershed determined by pollen and geochemical analyses of lake sediment, volume 19, number 11, 1982
Canoeing on Deer Lake
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people canoeing on Deer Lake as part of the 10-kilometre "Great Explorer Race". This was the "Funfest" finale, and was won by the Burnaby Rugby Club.
Children in the woods
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of four children in the woods. The woods are thick with ferns, lichens and mosses. Two boys and two girls standing in a line. They each carrying a hat in their hand, except for one girl who is wearing hers. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In the woods. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of four children in the woods. The woods are thick with ferns, lichens and mosses. Two boys and two girls standing in a line. They each carrying a hat in their hand, except for one girl who is wearing hers. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In the woods. S. side Deer Lake / Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart, and KM [Katherine Maude "Kitty"] Hill. App. 1908."
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Names
- Godwin, Florence Hart
- Hart, Kingsley
- Morrow, Arthur
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Accession Code
- HV976.139.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1908]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-27
- Photographer
- Cooksley, William Thomas
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
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Deer Lake
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1943 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Deer Lake.
Deer Lake
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1947 or 1948] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Deer Lake.
Deer Lake Burnaby BC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1908] (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.3 x 17.6 cm, mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Deer Lake and the shoreline. An annotation on the front lower left of the original photograph reads, "Deer Lake, Burnaby, B.C." An annotation on the back of the card reads "Deer Lake as it was in 1908."
Desmond Barrett
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1947] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Desmond Barrett skating on Deer Lake.
Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under eac…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Series
- Oakalla correctional facility photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under each (from left to right, top row) "Port Arms"; "Easy Ready" ; "Kneeling"; "Standing"; "Hip"; (from left to right middle row) "Easy Ready"; "Standing"; "Unloading"; "Instinctive "Chest""; "Instinctive Hip"; (from left to right bottom row)"Kneeling Tradional"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Sitting".
- Subjects
- Armament - Firearms
- Armament Tools and Equipment (Firearm)
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.44
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Panel with 14 photographs was originally enclosed within a thin wood frame with glass (60 x 74 cm) with photographs adhered to a blue sheet of poster board (56.2 x 70.8 cm - poster board was extremely faded; original colour can be seen as residue on backs of photographs); 14 colour photographs : 8.89 x 12.7 cm. Frame, glass and poster board disposed of due to poor condition. A reference photograph was created prior to destruction of frame and dismantling of photographs on board.
- Individual photographs were removed from board and described at item level BV991.45.595 to .BV991.45.606
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J. Eldridge
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Deputy Warden of Oakalla Prison Farm, J. Eldridge, in uniform.
Lower Regional Correctional Centre
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Oakalla Prison (Lower Regional Correctional Centre).
Main gate of Oakalla
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the main gate of Oakalla Prison (Lower Regional Correctional Centre) with car outside of the entrance.
Oakalla cell block
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Mar. 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cell block inside Oakalla Prison.
Oakalla hospital
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Oakalla Prison hospital (Lower Regional Correctional Centre).
Oakalla prison correctional officer 2765
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified correctional officer of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used for identification purposes. Officer is dressed in uniform with the numbers "4214" displayed below.
Oakalla prison correctional officer 4214
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified correctional officer of Oakalla Prison. Photograph may have been used to identification purposes. Officer has short hair and mustache, dressed in uniform with the numbers "4214" displayed below.