Digging In
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam shovel digging into a hill. A horse team pulling a dump wagon stand next to it. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway dur…
Disney family felling trees
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1911 and 1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Disney family felling trees in the Edmonds district.
Dorothy Easthope
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dorothy Easthope outside the original house at 6671 Halifax Street. She is posing for the camera while sawing a large cut tree on the property.
Douglas Road
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1897] (date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way), near Stanley Street. To the right is the Sprott family property, where a few wooden buildings are visible in the cleared area. Charles Sprott, head of the Sprott family, was an important Burnaby politician who was continuously elected t…
Dropping the load
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 6.3 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam shovel working in a cleared path through the woods. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land.
Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land. In the background another man is standing beside a pile of stumps.
Ellesmere Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911 (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 200 Ellesmere Avenue (then called Ross), opposite the Holmes family home on Capitol Hill.
Elsie Dawkins
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elsie Dawkins, age 16.5 months, on Balfour Avenue (later renamed Atlee Avenue). A "stump ranch" is visible in the background.
Ernie Carpenter clearing land
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (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 Ernie Carpenter clearing a lot at 3336 Beresford Street (later renumbered 5268 Beresford Street) near Royal Oak Avenue. Mr. Carpenter built a house here, and then cultivated an English garden and prize-winning onions and flowers.
Explosive crew
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an explosive crew leaning against a bench with their dog. A box of explosives lies open at their feet.
Felled trees
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of felled trees and partially cleared land at an unidentified location. Five people are visible on the logging road between the felled trees.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of felled trees and partially cleared land at an unidentified location. Five people are visible on the logging road between the felled trees.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Adams, Gladstone
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Fir stump
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fir tree stump taken after blasting on the 4200 block of Grant Street. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Former site of the Kelly Douglas building
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 18, 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. A bulldozer and a large truck with two men standing on it are at the back left of the photograph.
George Searby Buxton Clearing Land
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton clearing land on which he built his family home in Burnaby. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 513-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton clearing land on which he built his family home in Burnaby. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951).. The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Names
- Buxton, George Searby
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buxton Street
- Street Address
- 4807 Buxton Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Less detail
Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 25, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cleared land at Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cleared land at Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road. Houses under construction can be seen in the background. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Gilmore Avenue and Kitchener Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 20, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue and Kitchener Street with cleared land and the beginning of house construction. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Government Road property
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (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 (left) James Ker (maternal grandfather), (right) Robert Haddon (father), and Gordon Haddon (son), cutting firewood from a large fallen fir with a Wee MacGregor chainsaw on their Hastings Mill property south of the family home on Government Road.