Burnaby Lake Nature House
Burnaby Lake Nature House
Burnaby Lake Sign (Nature House)
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 22, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the sign welcoming the public to the Nature House and Burnaby Lake. The sign depicts a map of Burnaby Lake and points of interest, including the rowing complex, pool, ice rink, and Old Mill Site. A smaller sign shows the address of 4519 Piper and a small footbridge is in the backgroun…
Glen Boal and Tom Boal
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1935 and 1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom and Glen Boal, sitting in an old tree in the back yard of their home on Norland Avenue. The back of the Boal house and raspberry canes are in the background. 4319 Norland Ave
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in ink on back reads: "Tom & Glen Boal Norland Ave. / late 1930's. They grew raspberries & / shipped them by train back East & / grew bulbs (daffodils) & sold to Forest Lawn / Glen's dad had lost an eye in the 1st WW / & had TB. Spent time in sanitorium of / TRANQUILLE" .
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom and Glen Boal, sitting in an old tree in the back yard of their home on Norland Avenue. The back of the Boal house and raspberry canes are in the background. 4319 Norland Ave
- Names
- Boal, Glen
- Boal, Thomas "Tom"
- Geographic Access
- Norland Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV017.28.41
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1935 and 1939]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Nature House
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 22, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Lake Nature House at 4519 Piper Avenue in Burnaby Lake Regional Park. The photograph is taken facing southwest. The Nature House was built in 1940. The sign for the Nature House is just visible on the left side of the photograph, and canoes are stacked outside beside the b…