Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s overview of the history of the Trans Mountain tank farm site on Burnaby Mountain, the delineation of the first conservation area on the mountain in 1974, and the reasons for inclusion of the tank farm in the conservation area. She also talks about Suncor’s site and its inclusion in the conservation area.

Date Range

1942-2015

Length

0:13:21

Names

Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company

Suncor Energy Inc.

Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Subjects

Geographic Features - Parks

Planning

Industries - Petroleum Industry

Geographic Access

Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer

Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date

October 16, 2015

Scope and Content

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.

Total Tracks

9

Total Length

2:20:47

Interviewee Name

Sarter, Alekxos T.

Interview Location

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.

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type

Sound Recording

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the interview is about Barry Jones’ talking about the Trans Mountain tank farm. He also talks about how SFU has benefitted Burnaby and the improved relationship between the the City and the university.

Date Range

1985-2015

Length

0:08:16

Names

Simon Fraser University

Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company

Subjects

Industries - Petroleum Industry

Geographic Access

Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer

Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date

December 9, 2015

Scope and Content

Recording is of an interview with Barry Jones conducted by Kathy Bossort. Barry Jones was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Barry Jones talking about his home and the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain, and about the negotiations that resulted in the agreement between Simon Fraser University and the City of Burnaby in 1995. He talks about the building of Burnaby Mountain Parkway and its link to the 1995 agreement, and about his experiences with Trans Mountain tank farm and pipeline. He also talks about his education and career as teacher, school board trustee and politician.

Biographical Notes

Barry Jones was born 1940 in Princeton, BC. His father moved the family to a home on Georgia Street in North Burnaby in 1944 where Barry grew up. He attended UBC majoring in mathematics and chemistry, and unable to find work in his field, taught two years in northern BC. He liked teaching and returned to school, enrolling in education at the newly opened Simon Fraser University in 1965. He taught one year at Moscrop Secondary School in Burnaby and finished his 25 year teaching career in Coquitlam. Barry served ten years as a Burnaby School board trustee, and then ten years as North Burnaby MLA (NDP) beginning in 1986, serving five years in Official Opposition and five years in government under then-premier Mike Harcourt. During his time in government, Barry Jones successfully lobbied for freedom of information legislation. He also played a role in resolving the dispute between SFU and Burnaby over control and ownership of land on Burnaby Mountain and in creating the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area in 1995. He continues to live on Burnaby Mountain in a home he bought in 1971.

Total Tracks

7

Total Length

1:06:23

Interviewee Name

Jones, J. Barry

Interview Location

City of Burnaby City Hall law libary

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.

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type

Sound Recording

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[2000]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description

1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level

Item

Record No.

535-2436

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No restrictions

Accession Number

2018-12

Scope and Content

Photograph of Judi Marshall, a concerned resident of North Burnaby, leaning against the fence of the Chevron Refinery on Willingdon Avenue. Warning signs are on the fence and one of the refinery's tanks is visible.

Subjects

Industries - Petroleum Industry

Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names

Chevron Corporation

Media Type

Photograph

Photographer

Bartel, Mario

Notes

Title based on caption

Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Caption from metadata: "Judi Marshall says the Chevron Refinery's problems with spills and emissions are making her North Burnaby neighborhood a dangerous place for her, and her children, to be."

Geographic Access

Willingdon Avenue

Street Address

355 Willingdon Avenue North

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Heights Area

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