File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to the extension of 6th Street subdivision and road. File also includes blueprint plans of Lot 11 in south part of DL 28, group 1, NWD.
File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to the extension of 6th Street subdivision and road. File also includes blueprint plans of Lot 11 in south part of DL 28, group 1, NWD.
File contains correspondence pertaining to the construction of a road in DL 87. File includes a pamphlet with an advertisement for land auction and plan of subdivision of lots 1, 2 and 5 of Lot 87 and a 20 1/2 acre part in the northwest section of Lot 87.
File contains correspondence pertaining to the construction of a road in DL 87. File includes a pamphlet with an advertisement for land auction and plan of subdivision of lots 1, 2 and 5 of Lot 87 and a 20 1/2 acre part in the northwest section of Lot 87.
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Anglican Church / Lot 2 BK 37 DL69, GP.1, N.W.D. (15th Ave. (Dominion) is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2 and 3).
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Anglican Church / Lot 2 BK 37 DL69, GP.1, N.W.D. (15th Ave. (Dominion) is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2 and 3).
Survey plan of "Armstrong Street School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 2 acre portion of Lot 13 Group 1, & according to map 1722 which shows this as Lot E. Block 2 of subdivision of a portion, of Lot 13, Group 1, New Westminster District".
Survey plan of "Armstrong Street School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 2 acre portion of Lot 13 Group 1, & according to map 1722 which shows this as Lot E. Block 2 of subdivision of a portion, of Lot 13, Group 1, New Westminster District".
Oath on plan reads: "I, Geoffrey K. Burnett...and did personally superintend the survey represented..." "Completed on the 18th day of March 1915"; signed by Geoffrey K. Burnett and notarized by "K.A. Eastman", sworn "...19th day of April 1915"; "Burnett and McGugan., B.C. Land Surveyors. Etc.. New Westminster, B.C.."
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
History
Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks.
On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927).
The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42.
In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942.
Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
handwritten on back "Burnaby Schools" "23R" twice, "1783"
Oath on plan reads: "I, D.J. McGugan...and did personally superintend the survey..." "completed on the 27th day of May 1915"; signed by D.J. McGugan, notarized by "Walter Edmonds" "sworn "...29th day of May 1915" "Burnett and McGugan" "B.C. Land Surveyors Etc. New Westminster, B.C.";
3 folders textual records and cartographic material
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, reports, Council minutes, and agreements between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Co. regarding the construction of the Highland Park Cut-off. File also includes 1912 blueprint "Plan of Portion of 20th Street in DL171 and 53, Gp. 1, NWD…
3 folders textual records and cartographic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
2489
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, reports, Council minutes, and agreements between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Co. regarding the construction of the Highland Park Cut-off. File also includes 1912 blueprint "Plan of Portion of 20th Street in DL171 and 53, Gp. 1, NWD, Bby."
File contains correspondence, reports, and an agreement made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Railway Co. for work to be done in connection with the Company's Highland Park cut-off. File also contains correspondence and reports regarding a crossing at Stride…
File contains correspondence, reports, and an agreement made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the B.C. Electric Railway Co. for work to be done in connection with the Company's Highland Park cut-off. File also contains correspondence and reports regarding a crossing at Stride Avenue.
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.
Textual record, cartographic material, and architectural drawings
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and reports related to the activities of the Board of Railway Commissioners such as the movement of stations, culvert work, and the maintenance of crossings. File also includes white linen plan and blueprint plans (4) of culverts at Cariboo Road and V.W. and Y.Rlwy Jun…
Textual record, cartographic material, and architectural drawings
Description Level
File
Record No.
2096
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and reports related to the activities of the Board of Railway Commissioners such as the movement of stations, culvert work, and the maintenance of crossings. File also includes white linen plan and blueprint plans (4) of culverts at Cariboo Road and V.W. and Y.Rlwy Junction, 1911.
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / GP1 N.W.D." . Fourteenth Avenue (Manor) is identified to the north and Douglas Ave. to the east.
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / GP1 N.W.D." . Fourteenth Avenue (Manor) is identified to the north and Douglas Ave. to the east.
File consists of three letters, one envelope, a booklet, a map, a pin and a business card. The first letter found in the envelope from the Department of the Municipal Clerk is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her appointment to the Advisory Planning Commission in 1993. The second letter date…
File consists of three letters, one envelope, a booklet, a map, a pin and a business card. The first letter found in the envelope from the Department of the Municipal Clerk is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her appointment to the Advisory Planning Commission in 1993. The second letter dated March 17, 1995 is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her reappointment to the Advisory Planning Commission. The booklet is of the Burnaby Procedure Bylaw 1971 (bylaw number 6023 to regulate the proceedings of the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the District of Burnaby). The map is a street map of the Burnaby Planning & Building Department from 1992. The second letter is typewritten by Hazel Simnett to Mayor W. Copeland in 1996 regarding her resignation from the Advisory Planning Commission. The pin reads: "Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission". The business card is of Donald G. Stenson, Director Planning and Building of the Burnaby Planning and Building Department.
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 meeting minutes, correspondence, agreements, petition and an Act to Incorporate related to the incorporation of the Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company and the construction of a bridge over the Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet.
File contains meeting minutes, correspondence, agreements, petition and an Act to Incorporate related to the incorporation of the Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company and the construction of a bridge over the Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet.
For related records see also file 6-2-5-5. A route map of Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Co. : M9-B-2-1; and map of Lower Mainland on tracing paper with proposed new line marked : M9-B-2-2
File contains correspondence and Council minutes regarding an application for electric railway from Vancouver through North Burnaby to Mission made by the Burrard Westminster Boundary Railway and Navigation Company.
File contains correspondence and Council minutes regarding an application for electric railway from Vancouver through North Burnaby to Mission made by the Burrard Westminster Boundary Railway and Navigation Company.
File contains petition, correspondence, reports and a hand drawn sketch (1911) related to the construction and maintenance of a ditch along Byrne Road.
File contains petition, correspondence, reports and a hand drawn sketch (1911) related to the construction and maintenance of a ditch along Byrne Road.