This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s overview of her education and her career with City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services beginning in 1986. She tells a delightful story about Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the opening ceremony of the Variety Playground in …
This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s overview of her education and her career with City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services beginning in 1986. She tells a delightful story about Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the opening ceremony of the Variety Playground in Central Park.
Recording is of an interview with Alekxos Sarter conducted by Kathy Bossort. Alekxos Sarter was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain from Alekxos Sarter’s perspective and experience as employee in the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The interview provides an excellent explanation of the history and function of kinds of park dedications used by the City of Burnaby; an overview of issues around including the Trans Mountain tank farm in the conservation area; and the background to the land use and ownership disagreement between the City of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, its resolution, and the subsequent development of SFU’s UniverCity. Alekxos Sarter talks about Richard Bolton, Burnaby’s Acting-Commissioner who was responsible for dedicating the first park on Burnaby Mountain in 1942, and the creation of a park named after him in UniverCity.
Biographical Notes
Alekxos Sarter was born in Vancouver in 1961, to Daine and Kasandra Sarter. She grew up in North Vancouver and since 1994 has lived on a sailboat in False Creek. After attending UBC where she studied landscape architecture, she was hired by the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services in 1986. Working first in parks design, Alekxos quickly moved into parks planning, her preferred career. As Research Officer she covers research, planning, public consultation, parks and facility inventory, parkland acquisition, among other duties.
City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room
Interviewer Bio
Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
Photograph of Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy sitting on a couch with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, and Vancouver Deputy Mayor George Puil. They each have drinks in their hands.
Photograph of Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy sitting on a couch with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, and Vancouver Deputy Mayor George Puil. They each have drinks in their hands.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah shaking hands with an unidentified woman. Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne are standing next to them.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah shaking hands with an unidentified woman. Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne are standing next to them.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah (born Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole) sitting with Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy. Her Highness Begun Salimah was visiting British Columbia with her husband, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah walking next to June (Lawrence) Lewarne (right). Their husbands, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne (right) are visible directly behind them. The four are walking down carpeted stairs, outdoors.
Photograph of Her Highness Begum Salimah walking next to June (Lawrence) Lewarne (right). Their husbands, Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne (right) are visible directly behind them. The four are walking down carpeted stairs, outdoors.
Photograph of a group of people walking down carpeted stairs, outdoors. June (Lawrence) Lewarne is visible in front with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV (left) and June's husband, Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne directly behind her. The other individuals are unidentified.
Photograph of a group of people walking down carpeted stairs, outdoors. June (Lawrence) Lewarne is visible in front with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV (left) and June's husband, Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne directly behind her. The other individuals are unidentified.
Photograph of His Royal Highness King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden enjoying a luncheon held at the Swedish Canadian Rest Home and Manor. Gunnar Axelson, president of the Swedish Canadian Rest Home, is seated on the other side of the Queen.
Photograph of His Royal Highness King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden enjoying a luncheon held at the Swedish Canadian Rest Home and Manor. Gunnar Axelson, president of the Swedish Canadian Rest Home, is seated on the other side of the Queen.
Photograph of His Royal Highness King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden seated in the center, enjoying a luncheon held at the Swedish Canadian Rest Home and Manor. Gunnar Axelson, president of the Swedish Canadian Rest Home, and his wife Mildred Axelson are seated on either side …
Photograph of His Royal Highness King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden seated in the center, enjoying a luncheon held at the Swedish Canadian Rest Home and Manor. Gunnar Axelson, president of the Swedish Canadian Rest Home, and his wife Mildred Axelson are seated on either side of the King and Queen.
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving smiling at someone off camera, with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and his wife Her Highness Begum Salimah, and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne standing nearby. A man with a television camera is visible in the background, filming.
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving smiling at someone off camera, with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and his wife Her Highness Begum Salimah, and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne standing nearby. A man with a television camera is visible in the background, filming.
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving speaking with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, with Her Highness Begum Salimah, and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne standing nearby.
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving speaking with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, with Her Highness Begum Salimah, and Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne standing nearby.
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving speaking with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and the Aides-de-camp to the Lieutenant-Governor (an appointed from officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wearing dress uniform with a gold aiguillette). Her Highness Begum Salimah is al…
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving speaking with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and the Aides-de-camp to the Lieutenant-Governor (an appointed from officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wearing dress uniform with a gold aiguillette). Her Highness Begum Salimah is also standing nearby.
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving speaking with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and the Aides-de-camp to the Lieutenant-Governor (an appointed from officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wearing dress uniform with a gold aiguillette).
Photograph of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Bell-Irving speaking with Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV and the Aides-de-camp to the Lieutenant-Governor (an appointed from officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wearing dress uniform with a gold aiguillette).
0.5 cm of textual records and 2 photographs : col. ; 13 x 10 cm on sheet 19 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of records related to the May 1986 Royal visit to Burnaby and Expo 86. Records include a copy of the text from Mayor Lewarne's presentation of a photograph of the Prince of Wales in Burnaby in 1919 to the Prince and Princess; two official portraits of the Prince and Princess of Wales …
0.5 cm of textual records and 2 photographs : col. ; 13 x 10 cm on sheet 19 x 15 cm
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File
Record No.
39551
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-28
Scope and Content
File consists of records related to the May 1986 Royal visit to Burnaby and Expo 86. Records include a copy of the text from Mayor Lewarne's presentation of a photograph of the Prince of Wales in Burnaby in 1919 to the Prince and Princess; two official portraits of the Prince and Princess of Wales found and sent to Mayor Lewarne, with a handwritten note; and a copy of the official booklet "Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales On Tour in British Columbia, Canada April 30 to May 7, 1986, Including the Official Opening Ceremonies of Expo 86 in Vancouver, Canada."
Photograph of Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne and Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV standing together, talking. Two unidentified men are standing with them, smiling. Two photographers are also partially visible behind Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, and are taking photographs.
Photograph of Burnaby Mayor William A. Lewarne and Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV standing together, talking. Two unidentified men are standing with them, smiling. Two photographers are also partially visible behind Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, and are taking photographs.