The Cameron Neighbourhood falls within the Lougheed Town Centre area - one of four Town Centres in Burnaby. The Cameron Neighbourhood - while containing significant high-density residential components - is also home to the Town Centre's office and commercial core. The Lougheed Mall is situated in this neighbourhood, which is served by the Millennium Line SkyTrain.
Photograph of Pamela Williams standing on the balcony of her apartment beside a large protest sign which reads: "BUYERS BEWARE OF MOLD AND ROT!". She and her husband bought a suite in MacInnis Place, and after discovering the exessive build up of moisture, protested against the Housing Cooperation…
Photograph of Pamela Williams standing on the balcony of her apartment beside a large protest sign which reads: "BUYERS BEWARE OF MOLD AND ROT!". She and her husband bought a suite in MacInnis Place, and after discovering the exessive build up of moisture, protested against the Housing Cooperation of British Columbia (HSBC) and won; HSBC offered to buy back units from owners who were unhappy with their suites.
Note on recto of photograph reads: "Cariboo cloverleaf in foreground and Government Road overpass construction (centre) will join with Gaglardi Way (top of pic)."
Photograph of caterpiliar operator Casey Logan moving a large pile of earth to build a sound barrier for the British Columbia government housing project at MacInnis Place.
Photograph of caterpiliar operator Casey Logan moving a large pile of earth to build a sound barrier for the British Columbia government housing project at MacInnis Place.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BIG BARRIER Mountain of earth is moved by 'cat' operator Casey Logan to build a sound barrier for the new B.C. government housing project at MacInnis Place in Burnaby."
Photograph of the construction of MacInnis Place in Burnaby. This housing development was constructed with the intent of having 25% of its suites rented at a reduced cost to low income earners.
Photograph of the construction of MacInnis Place in Burnaby. This housing development was constructed with the intent of having 25% of its suites rented at a reduced cost to low income earners.
Photograph of the construction of MacInnis Place in Burnaby. This housing development was constructed with the intent of having 25% of its suites rented at a reduced cost to low income earners.
Photograph of the construction of MacInnis Place in Burnaby. This housing development was constructed with the intent of having 25% of its suites rented at a reduced cost to low income earners.
Photograph of Columbian photographer Basil King getting his shoes shined by British Columbia Institute of Technology students Kathy McLeod and Russ Carmichael at Lougheed mall (now Lougheed Town Centre). This was part of the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser known as Shinerama.
Photograph of Columbian photographer Basil King getting his shoes shined by British Columbia Institute of Technology students Kathy McLeod and Russ Carmichael at Lougheed mall (now Lougheed Town Centre). This was part of the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser known as Shinerama.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "The shoes in need of a shine are Columbian photographer Basil King's. The cheerful shiners at Lougheed mall today are Kathy McLeod and Russ Carmichael. The occasion: Shinerama '73. Hundreds of B.C. Institute of Technology students are on the job at Lower Mainland shopping centres, raising funds for cystic fibrosis research."
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the Falling Waters apartment building. Located at 9444 Cameron Street, this apartment was designed and built by Bob Rapske in 1968 and - at the time of the photograph - was owned by Walnut Enterprises.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Description Level
Item
Record No.
556-095
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-13
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the Falling Waters apartment building. Located at 9444 Cameron Street, this apartment was designed and built by Bob Rapske in 1968 and - at the time of the photograph - was owned by Walnut Enterprises.
Photograph of former Member of Parliament Grace MacInnis burying the time capsule at the official sod turning Friday for the government -owned MacInnis housing complex. Housing Minister Lorne Nicolson and Member of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Dowding were also in attendance.
Photograph of former Member of Parliament Grace MacInnis burying the time capsule at the official sod turning Friday for the government -owned MacInnis housing complex. Housing Minister Lorne Nicolson and Member of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Dowding were also in attendance.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Former MP Grace MacInnis buries the time capsule at the official sod turning Friday for the government -owned MacInnis housing complex on Government Road [sic] in Burnaby. Keeping a close eye on the ceremony are Housing Minister Lorne Nicolson and MLA Gordon Dowding, speaker of the House. The complex is to be called MacInnes Place and is a B.C. government comprehensive housing project."
This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon's father Basil Nixon, who was Provincial Fire Marshall, and his mother Agnes, whose father Thomas Douglas was murdered in 1934, perhaps for political reasons. He also talks about the Burquitlam neighbourhood where his Douglas grandparents lived in the…
This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon's father Basil Nixon, who was Provincial Fire Marshall, and his mother Agnes, whose father Thomas Douglas was murdered in 1934, perhaps for political reasons. He also talks about the Burquitlam neighbourhood where his Douglas grandparents lived in the heritage home "Seven Gables" on Sullivan Street. He relates some childhood events, including the train wreck on Burnette Creek in 1936.
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.