Photograph of the family home of Joseph (Joe) H. Corsbie and Margaret Corsbie (nee Carr) located at 84 Springer Avenue (North). The Corsbie's lived in this house from 1952 until 1988 and moved to White Rock upon retirement. The front lawn and rooftops tops are covered with snow.
Photograph of the family home of Joseph (Joe) H. Corsbie and Margaret Corsbie (nee Carr) located at 84 Springer Avenue (North). The Corsbie's lived in this house from 1952 until 1988 and moved to White Rock upon retirement. The front lawn and rooftops tops are covered with snow.
Photograph is a panorama of Venables Street after a snowfall. The photograph was taken outside of the Johnston family home at 4447 Venables Street (which can be seen at centre).
Photograph is a panorama of Venables Street after a snowfall. The photograph was taken outside of the Johnston family home at 4447 Venables Street (which can be seen at centre).
This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Photograph of building on the northwest corner of Hill Street inside Heritage Village. Entrance to the left held the Real Estate Loans and Insurance window display and the entrance to the right held the Jail House window display. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow.
Photograph of building on the northwest corner of Hill Street inside Heritage Village. Entrance to the left held the Real Estate Loans and Insurance window display and the entrance to the right held the Jail House window display. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow.
Photograph of buildings along the east side of Hill Street on the site of Heritage Village Museum. Buildings left to right include, the Ice Cream Parlour, the Chinese Importers window display, Pharmacy and The News and Art Printing shop. The ground is covered with snow and there is a chain link fen…
Photograph of buildings along the east side of Hill Street on the site of Heritage Village Museum. Buildings left to right include, the Ice Cream Parlour, the Chinese Importers window display, Pharmacy and The News and Art Printing shop. The ground is covered with snow and there is a chain link fence at the end of the street.
Photograph of buildings located on the west side of Hill Street and Elworth house at the north end of the street inside Heritage Village. Buildings from left to right; the General Supply Store Hardware, Real Estate Loans Insurance building and Elworth house. The ground and rooftops are covered wit…
Photograph of buildings located on the west side of Hill Street and Elworth house at the north end of the street inside Heritage Village. Buildings from left to right; the General Supply Store Hardware, Real Estate Loans Insurance building and Elworth house. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow.
1 poster : 5 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 44.5 x 33 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large poster titled "Burna-bee Royal Chalet / our cabin on Hollyburn Mt." The poster includes a history about the Burnaby Royal Girl Guide Chalet on Hollyburn Mountain in West Vancouver as well as colour photographs of the cabin in the winter and summertime.The cabin was original…
1 poster : 5 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 44.5 x 33 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large poster titled "Burna-bee Royal Chalet / our cabin on Hollyburn Mt." The poster includes a history about the Burnaby Royal Girl Guide Chalet on Hollyburn Mountain in West Vancouver as well as colour photographs of the cabin in the winter and summertime.The cabin was originally built in 1934 by Gus Johnson with the assistance of Tom Gibson and was then known as the Hollyburn Pacific Pacific Ski Club. It was originally constructed on the highest point of land halfway between Hollyburn Lodge and West Lake and was often used as a ski jump in the winter. The cabin was moved in 1940 to make way for the water supply from West Lake and taken apart and reerected at it's present site on Cypress Mountain. It took nine days diassemble and move the cabin log by log. It continued to be used as the Cypress Ski Club and a few years later, it was renamed the Vancouver Ski Club. It continued to be used as a ski club until 1963 when the Burnaby Girl Guides leased the building with an option to purchase which they excercised in 1965. Many guiders rode the chairlift to access the cabin for winter camping and skiing until the chairlift burned in June 1965. After the fire, access to the cabin was restricted since it took over two and a half hours to hike in depending on weather conditions.
1 poster : 4 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 28 x 40.5 cm and laminated
Scope and Content
Item consists of a handwritten poster titled "Burnaby - Royal Area / "Our Campsites"" with four colour photographs of Girl Guide campsites in Sechelt and West Vancouver. Handwritten annotations describe each photograph from the top right to left "Galalina / at / Camp Olave / on / Sechelt Peninsu…
1 poster : 4 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 28 x 40.5 cm and laminated
Scope and Content
Item consists of a handwritten poster titled "Burnaby - Royal Area / "Our Campsites"" with four colour photographs of Girl Guide campsites in Sechelt and West Vancouver. Handwritten annotations describe each photograph from the top right to left "Galalina / at / Camp Olave / on / Sechelt Peninsula" "Cottage - sleeps 10 / Six cabins - sleeps 5each / Tent sites / Kitchen & Dining Shelter / Forest setting on / seashore" "Burna [bee] Chalet / on / Hollyburn Mountain / West Vancouver / Summer / Winter" "Two story building - rustic / propane and wood fuel / Water from creek. Hiking / snowshoeing, skiing. / Accomodates 20. A favourite / with all ages" "Reservations through M. Matthews ___-____"
Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress) blanketed under a pile of snow with two undidentified people standing near the entrance.
Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress) blanketed under a pile of snow with two undidentified people standing near the entrance.
Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress) blanketed under a pile of snow with three undidentified people standing nearby on snow covered trails.
Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress) blanketed under a pile of snow with three undidentified people standing nearby on snow covered trails.
1 file : 33 photographs + textual records + other material
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs, an illustration, ephemera and histories about Burnaby Guiding Camps including Burnaby Chalet on Cypress Mountain, Galalina Camp at Camp Olave near Sechelt B.C., Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek and a few postcards of Camp Tsoona, Rosedale B.C.
A collection of written…
1 file : 33 photographs + textual records + other material
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs, an illustration, ephemera and histories about Burnaby Guiding Camps including Burnaby Chalet on Cypress Mountain, Galalina Camp at Camp Olave near Sechelt B.C., Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek and a few postcards of Camp Tsoona, Rosedale B.C.
A collection of written material provides historical background regarding the two storey cabin on Hollyburn Mountain. The cabin was purchased by Burnaby Girl Guides in 1964 and appropriately named Burnaby Chalet. A Chalet Committee was formed with representatives from each Division appointing a Chalet Manageress to handle reservations. This typical ski cabin can accomodate up to 40 people. The file also includes a "Campsite Log Book" for the Hollyburn Chalet with handwritten notes from 1981 and 1982, an embroidered triangular shaped badge "Burnaby Royal / Girl Guides / Hollyburn Chalet" and a dedication ceremony program for "Burnaby Guide Camp / June 8, 1958" (Wilson Creek).
Publicity photograph for Heritage Christmas at Heritage Village Museum. Beverly MacPherson is dressed in a period costume and is being helped out of a sleigh by John Adams who is also dressed in costume and wearing a top hat. The man holding a tree in the background is identified as Fred Hicks. The…
Publicity photograph for Heritage Christmas at Heritage Village Museum. Beverly MacPherson is dressed in a period costume and is being helped out of a sleigh by John Adams who is also dressed in costume and wearing a top hat. The man holding a tree in the background is identified as Fred Hicks. The ground is covered in snow and it is snowing. The log cabin is visible in the background.
Photograph of the Ice Cream Parlour building looking south down Hill Street inside Heritage Village. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow and there is a chain link fence at the end of the street.
Photograph of the Ice Cream Parlour building looking south down Hill Street inside Heritage Village. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow and there is a chain link fence at the end of the street.
Photograph looking towards the Ice Cream Parlour on the northeast corner of Hill Street inside Heritage Village. The Interurban Tram car no. 1223 is visible in behind the Ice Cream Parlour. Corner of the building on the northwest corner of street is also visible. This building housed the Real Estat…
Photograph looking towards the Ice Cream Parlour on the northeast corner of Hill Street inside Heritage Village. The Interurban Tram car no. 1223 is visible in behind the Ice Cream Parlour. Corner of the building on the northwest corner of street is also visible. This building housed the Real Estate Loans and Insurance and the Jail House window displays at the opening of Heritage Village in November 1971. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow.
Photograph of the Interurban Tram 1223 covered with snow on display inside Heritage Village behind the Ice Cream Parlour. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow.
Photograph of the Interurban Tram 1223 covered with snow on display inside Heritage Village behind the Ice Cream Parlour. The ground and rooftops are covered with snow.