Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the records of the Burnaby Scouts, including: personal and business correspondence, registration forms, group records, charters, awards, group minutes, newspaper clippings, training records, jamboree's, activities, and photographs from many of the regions members and the activ…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the records of the Burnaby Scouts, including: personal and business correspondence, registration forms, group records, charters, awards, group minutes, newspaper clippings, training records, jamboree's, activities, and photographs from many of the regions members and the activities in which they participated.
- History
- The inception of Scouting was the accomplishment of Lord Baden-Powell of Great Britain. His idea of training boys in the art of self-preservation, honesty, loyalty and good conduct has spread to most countries of the world. Scouting in Burnaby was originally a section of the Vancouver-Coast Region starting in 1910, called the Central Park Division. This was later divided in 1948 into North Burnaby, consisting of 26 groups and South Burnaby with 30 groups. It had grown to such an extent by 1957 that it became, although the smallest in area in Canada, an independent Region consisting of eight Districts of a total of 71 groups. By 1994, the decline in membership resulted in a reduction to three Districts.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- MSS100
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
Less detail
Burnaby's first Municipal Hall
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1899 and 1911] (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of council members and others sitting and standing on the steps of Burnaby's first Municipal Hall.
Burnaby's first Public School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 1894 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of school officials standing on the steps of the first public school in Burnaby, Douglas Road and Edmonds Street. Left to right: William McDermott (school trustee), Ethel Lepage (first teacher), Lancelot Grimmer (school trustee), and Bernard Hill (school board chairman and secretary). Th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 1894 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-740
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of school officials standing on the steps of the first public school in Burnaby, Douglas Road and Edmonds Street. Left to right: William McDermott (school trustee), Ethel Lepage (first teacher), Lancelot Grimmer (school trustee), and Bernard Hill (school board chairman and secretary). The school was called Burnaby School from 1894 to 1896, and then East Burnaby School from 1896 to 1907. The present day address of the site is 7376 Canada Way.
- Subjects
- Officials
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Burnaby School
- Grimmer, Lancelot
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Lepage, Ethel
- McDermott, William
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 7376 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Less detail
Burnaby Substation
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [September 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to S…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [September 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- John DeForest subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 293-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-30
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to Sperling Avenue (built for this project and called Pole Line Road) and then south to this site at the corner of Griffiths and the old Central Park interurban line (later this section was called the Highland Park line). This substation was constructed to convert the alternating current being delivered from the Buntzen power plant to direct current for the operation of the tram cars operating on the Central Park interurban route. The new brick substation replaced the wood fed steam powered 1891 Powerhouse that operated south of this site, across the tracks until its closure on May 31,1905. It was demolised in the late 1920s. This brick substation originally known as the Burnaby Substation, eventually became known as the Newell Substation. The original brick building was replaced by a new structure in 1930, which was demolished in the 1960s in favour of the open field substation that continues to operate on the same site today at 7260 Griffiths Avenue.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Powerhouses
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Griffiths Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Less detail
Byrne family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907] (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Byrne family seated and standing in two rows. Margaret is in the middle of the back row, standing between her twin sisters; Mary and Norah. Utan is standing in the front row beside his mother Priscilla who is seated with baby Elizabeth in her hands. Peter is on his wife's other si…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907] (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Byrne family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 316-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Byrne family seated and standing in two rows. Margaret is in the middle of the back row, standing between her twin sisters; Mary and Norah. Utan is standing in the front row beside his mother Priscilla who is seated with baby Elizabeth in her hands. Peter is on his wife's other side, with Kathleen beside him. Peter Byrne served as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906. He was Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910.
- Subjects
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- Byrne, Peter
- Byrne, Priscilla Amelia Rowling
- Cyr, Elizabeth Laura Byrne
- Byrne, Margaret "Maggie"
- Byrne, Mary
- Byrne, Norah
- Byrne, Ultan Patrick "Pat"
- Byrne, Kathleen
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Byrne farm
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1903] (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Peter Byrne and his children; son Ultan, and twin daughters; Norah and Mary outside of their house on the Byrne farm on River Road. Peter Byrne was Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910. Earlier, he also served as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906.
Canadian booklets
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two booklets. One is entitled "How to become a Canadian Citizen" published by the Canadian Citizen Branch Department of the Secretary of State. The other is entitled "Canadian History Notes" by Geo. E. Henderson and Chas. G. Fraser.
Central Park Presbyterian Church
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1896 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 14.9 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Central Park Presbyterian Church. Typed note at the bottom of the photograph reads, "The Original Presbyterian Church on Westminster Road at Central Park as in approx. 1896. Burned down and rebuilt. Mrs. P. Oben."
C.F. Sprott's house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.7 cm mounted on cardboard 14.8 x 19.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of C.F. Sprott's House at Douglas Road and Norland Avenue. A unidentified man is standing on the porch steps.
Charles F. Sprott
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904 or 1905] (date of original), copied [1995]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.0 x 12.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph (mounted and titled) of Charles Frederick Sprott, Reeve of Burnaby from 1904 to 1905. He was also a member of Council from 1895 to 1904 and in 1907.
Charles Sprott
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10.8 cm mounted on 10.5 x 13.8 cm page.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles Frederick Sprott, Burnaby Reeve 1904-1905 and council member from 1895-1904 and again in 1907. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Charles F. Sprott, Reeve for 1904 and 5. Councillor for nine years previously. Retired undefeated in any election."
Chas R. Shaw
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892 (date of original), copied [1995]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph (mounted and titled) of Charles R. Shaw, who served as the first Reeve of Burnaby in 1892.
Child lying on chesterfield
Claude Hill family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Claude Hill family home, "Brookfield," built in 1896. He and his family lived there until 1906, when he built a new home on the same property. The property later became the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Columbian newspaper
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 9, 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper + 1 supplement
- Scope and Content
- File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 an…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 9, 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Bailey family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper + 1 supplement
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS115-004
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-55
- Scope and Content
- File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 and describes the progress and rebuilding that had been accomplished over the year.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Less detail
Constance Cooter subseries
Dallamore Family Home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Dallamore family home on Silver Avenue near the B.C. Electric interurban tracks. Grace Dallamore's grandparents, the Harmers, and her parents, the Dallamores, owned this entire block of land. This house was built ca. 1896 by F.L. Harmer, a carpenter who settled in Burnaby in 189…
D.C. Patterson house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the home of Dugald C. Patterson, Sr., and his family. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.
D.C. Patterson papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1904
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages of newspaper articles, prize cards and blotters pertaining to D.C. Patterson.