Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
stamped on verso, "729"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
Photograph of members of the Love and Stanley families together at Pitt Lake. Family members are gathered together on a steep rocky shore while two men are standing on the bow of a boat. The boat and a canoe are tied to the shore with ropes.
Photograph of members of the Love and Stanley families together at Pitt Lake. Family members are gathered together on a steep rocky shore while two men are standing on the bow of a boat. The boat and a canoe are tied to the shore with ropes.
Photograph of members of the Love family at Pitt Lake. Women are identified as left to right as; Phoebe Love Feedham, Esther Love Stanley and Martha "Dot" Love Brandrith. The three women are sitting on a large piece of driftwood. One man is standing behind them and two men are paddling a canoe on…
Photograph of members of the Love family at Pitt Lake. Women are identified as left to right as; Phoebe Love Feedham, Esther Love Stanley and Martha "Dot" Love Brandrith. The three women are sitting on a large piece of driftwood. One man is standing behind them and two men are paddling a canoe on the lake behind.
This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's memories of the neighbouring farms along Deer Lake, her family's boathouse and boat and the days spent in the waters of Deer Lake with her friends.
This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's memories of the neighbouring farms along Deer Lake, her family's boathouse and boat and the days spent in the waters of Deer Lake with her friends.
Date Range
1911-1917
Photo Info
Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart (later Godwin), and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill (later Peers) in the woods at the south side of Deer Lake photographed by W.T. Cooksley [1908]. Item no. HV976.139.3
Recording is of a speech given by Florence Hart Godwin at a Burnaby Arts Council meeting held May 28, 1973. Major themes discussed are: pioneer families and early residences in the Burnaby Lake District.
Biographical Notes
Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack.
They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends.
Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver.
Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916.
The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives.
In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born.
Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven.
Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service.
Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track three of speech given by Florence Hart Godwin
Track three of speech given by Florence Hart Godwin
Photograph of a Model T Ford parked on the beach at Cultus Lake with five men all wearing hats sitting inside it. Writting on the front of the photograph (in blue ink) reads: "Bruce, Hubert Stride, Duncan West, Charlie Brown, W.P. Cultus Lake", and in pencil: "P.T.O."
Photograph of a Model T Ford parked on the beach at Cultus Lake with five men all wearing hats sitting inside it. Writting on the front of the photograph (in blue ink) reads: "Bruce, Hubert Stride, Duncan West, Charlie Brown, W.P. Cultus Lake", and in pencil: "P.T.O."
1 photograph : sepia ; 16.1 x 21.3 cm mounted on 25.1 x 30.1 cm cardboard
Scope and Content
Photograph of Deer Lake. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that the view is of the north shore of Deer Lake, looking northeast. Also noted is that the Hart's boathouse is in view at the mouth of Deer Lake Brook, and that the Anderson and Mather houses on can be seen on Deer Lake Avenue.
1 photograph : sepia ; 16.1 x 21.3 cm mounted on 25.1 x 30.1 cm cardboard
Description Level
Item
Record No.
044-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Deer Lake. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that the view is of the north shore of Deer Lake, looking northeast. Also noted is that the Hart's boathouse is in view at the mouth of Deer Lake Brook, and that the Anderson and Mather houses on can be seen on Deer Lake Avenue.
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the north shore of Deer Lake looking northwest. According to a 1988 catalogue record, visible is the T.O. Townley house, "Deerholme," and the Gardener's cottage (marred by a stain). Ceperley's "Fairacres" is also visible to the extreme right of the contact print, including a boathous…
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the north shore of Deer Lake looking northwest. According to a 1988 catalogue record, visible is the T.O. Townley house, "Deerholme," and the Gardener's cottage (marred by a stain). Ceperley's "Fairacres" is also visible to the extreme right of the contact print, including a boathouse on the shore which can be seen on the centre of the print.
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Deer Lake. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that the view is of the north shore of Deer Lake, looking northeast. Also noted is that the Hart's boathouse is in view at the mouth of Deer Lake Brook, and that the Anderson and Mathers houses on can be seen on Deer Lake Avenue
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Deer Lake. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that the view is of the north shore of Deer Lake, looking northeast. Also noted is that the Hart's boathouse is in view at the mouth of Deer Lake Brook, and that the Anderson and Mathers houses on can be seen on Deer Lake Avenue
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the north shore of Deer Lake as seen from the south shore. According to an earlier 1988 catalogue record, in view from left to right are: H.T. Ceperley's "Fairacres," The Mathers "Altnadene," and the Anderson house on the hill. On shoreline are the Hart's boathouse and beach cottage…
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the north shore of Deer Lake as seen from the south shore. According to an earlier 1988 catalogue record, in view from left to right are: H.T. Ceperley's "Fairacres," The Mathers "Altnadene," and the Anderson house on the hill. On shoreline are the Hart's boathouse and beach cottage and the Woodward's boathouse.