Burnaby By-laws
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903-1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of texual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the booklet form of By-law No. 153 as well as the promotional form of the proposed Burnaby Water Works Extension Loan By-law 1927 No. 626 (defeated).
Municipal record subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created by the City of Burnaby and records donated to the Burnaby Historical Society by City of Burnaby staff members and councillors. Records include City publications, departmental reports, brochures, and maps.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-10
- BHS1990-02
- BHS1990-09
- BHS1991-36
- BHS1992-14
- BHS1992-18
- BHS1992-34
- BHS1992-21
- BHS1992-50
- BHS1995-15
- BHS1996-09
- BHS1996-10
- BHS1996-19
- BHS1997-02
- BHS1997-15
- BHS1997-23
- BHS1999-03
- BHS1999-05
- BHS2001-04
- BHS2001-14
- BHS2000-09
- BHS2001-09
- BHS2002-06
- BHS2004-13
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created by the City of Burnaby and records donated to the Burnaby Historical Society by City of Burnaby staff members and councillors. Records include City publications, departmental reports, brochures, and maps.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- City of Burnaby
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
- PC351, PC366, PC416, PC420, PC422, PC435, PC454, PC455, PC467, PC597, PC598, MSS003, MSS045, MSS049, MSS072, MSS089, MSS096, MSS131, MSS133, MSS138
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Ceperley Mansion papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911 (date of original) -1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied architectural drawings of the Ceperley Mansion.
Edmonds School Second Reader class
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (date of original), copied [2002]
- 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 a group of children identified as the Edmonds School second reader class, outside of the school building.
Edmonds School Primary class
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (date of original), copied [ 2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds School primary class, outside of the school building.
Townley Mansion, Deerholme
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913] (date of original), copied 2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Thomas O. and Frances Townley mansion known as Deerholme built in 1913 at Deer Lake by Vancouver's pioneer and 1901 Mayor, Colonel Thomas Owen Townley, and his wife Frances. The home was designed by their son Fred Laughton Townley, who had just returned from the University of Penn…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913] (date of original), copied 2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 454-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2003-9
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Thomas O. and Frances Townley mansion known as Deerholme built in 1913 at Deer Lake by Vancouver's pioneer and 1901 Mayor, Colonel Thomas Owen Townley, and his wife Frances. The home was designed by their son Fred Laughton Townley, who had just returned from the University of Pennsylvania where he had received a degree in architecture. The Townley's enjoyed their estate until 1920 when they rented the house to the Cunningham family before selling the property to the Vancouver Anglican College.The college held the building until 1940, when it was again sold and was owned by various owners who came and went. Finally, the Loftus family sold the property to the City of Burnaby in 1979. The house remains leased as a private residence and was dedicated as a civic heritage site in 1992.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Price Street
- Street Address
- 6110 Price Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Less detail
Opening program and ribbon from Burnaby Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 6, 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Scope and Content
- File contains the programme for the official opening of Burnaby Park as well as a piece of the ribbon that was cut to open the park. Also included are the lyrics to "Our Canada" and "A Song of Canada."
Plan for the re-plotting of Capitol Hill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan
- Scope and Content
- Item is the "Re-plotting of Capitol Hill - Tentative Plan" produced by the "Engineer's Office / Municipality of Burnaby / Edmonds BC."
Re-plotting Plan of DL 189
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : b&w on paper ; 36 x 58 cm folded to 22 x 29 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is the "Re-plotting of DL 189 and Portions of DL's 122, 127, 188, 205 & 218 Plan Showing Areas Disturbed / Tentative Plan of Re-plotting of DL 189 and Portions of DL's 122, 127, 188, 205 & 218."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 map : b&w on paper ; 36 x 58 cm folded to 22 x 29 cm
- Material Details
- Scale not indicated
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42683
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-23
- Scope and Content
- Item is the "Re-plotting of DL 189 and Portions of DL's 122, 127, 188, 205 & 218 Plan Showing Areas Disturbed / Tentative Plan of Re-plotting of DL 189 and Portions of DL's 122, 127, 188, 205 & 218."
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Note with plan reads: "Further information in Burnaby Municipal Minutes Dec. 16, 1929. Minute Book # 17 pp 288+"
Less detail
Burnaby South High School Annual 1928-1929
Vancouver Rowing Club newspaper clippings
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings from the Vancouver Sunday Province and Vancouver Star newspapers pertaining to the Vancouver Rowing Club's use of Burnaby Lake. Included in the file is information on the North Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen Regatta held at Burnaby Lake in 1931 (believed…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Material Details
- Newspaper clippings have been affixed to a backing sheet with transparent tape
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS096-005
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings from the Vancouver Sunday Province and Vancouver Star newspapers pertaining to the Vancouver Rowing Club's use of Burnaby Lake. Included in the file is information on the North Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen Regatta held at Burnaby Lake in 1931 (believed to be the first race in Canada broadcast by radio).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail
Attractively Priced Lands
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure of Burnaby Land prices entitled "Attractively Priced Lands / For Homesites / For Industries / For Small Farming / For Investment" produced by the Property Department, Corporation of Burnaby, Edmonds BC (via New Westminster).
Henley, B.C.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 12, 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (newsprint)
- Scope and Content
- Item is the front page of the Vancouver Sunday Province newspaper with a colour drawing of two men rowing, each in their own single shell (one-man racing rowboat) entitled, "Henley, B.C." The article below is entitled, "Burnaby Lake as Future Battleground for Canada's Oarsmen" and includes a pictor…
Reference and Year Book 1931
Eagles Estate garden trellis
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the white garden trellis covered with red flowers at the garden located in the Eagles Estate on Sperling Avenue. The property was originally the home of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles who cultivated this garden as the centrepiece of their estate.
Eagles Estate Garden
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a portion of the garden at the Eagles Estate in Deer Lake Park. The property was originally the home of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles who cultivated this garden as the centrepiece of their estate.
Eagles Estate Garden
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small section of the garden at the Eagles Estate in Deer Lake park. The property was originally the home of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles who cultivated this garden as the centrepiece of their estate.
Eagles Estate Garden
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small section of the garden at the Eagles Estate in Deer Lake park. The property was originally the home of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles who cultivated this garden as the centrepiece of their estate.
Eagles Estate Garden
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small section of the garden at the Eagles Estate in Deer Lake park. The property was originally the home of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles who cultivated this garden as the centrepiece of their estate.