This Baptist congregation originally held services in a tent at the corner of McGregor Avenue and Portland but they soon were able to build a small church. A membership drive by Pastor Arthur James Bowbrick (1875-1961) was so successful that the congregation was able build this fine structure, prominently located at the corner of Victory Street. Although it has been altered with later additions and stucco over the original siding, the original windows and the rooftop belfry remain.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park was founded and designed by Albert F. Arnold, who wanted to design a memorial park “which would be a place of perpetual beauty and which would banish the ‘graveyard’ taint from such places forever.” The 145 acres of Forest Lawn were designed as a garden, which overlooks Vancouver and has a magnificent view of the mountains. Called “God’s Acres,” with white-shelled walks and piped sacred music, the design allowed a natural setting to offer solace to grieve. Bronze memorial plaques were used rather than headstones, which would have marred the garden effect. Arnold acted as a consultant to memorial parks all over Canada and the United States and many of his innovations have become standard practice in North American cemeteries. Equipped with its own greenhouses, the park has more than a million plants of all types. The chapel, which sits on the lower southern slopes, is a sophisticated modernist structure that was designed by renowned local architects McCarter & Nairne.
Additions to Schedule for Proposed Major Trunk Roads Bylaw re Improvements to Willingdon Avenue, Royal Oak Avenue and Acquistion of Right of Way on Willingdon and Widening of Smith Avenue
Certificates of Sufficiency for Sidewalks on Royal Oak Avenue, Grimmer Street, Princess Street, Nelson Avenue, Marlborough Avenue, Fern Avenue, and Unnamed Street
Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary…
Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary England continued to live in the house before settling in a house that she had built on Griffiths Avenue in 1930.
Photograph of Bessie McLaren and James "Jimmy" Taylor, her fiance. They were married two years later. The photograph was probably taken at the McLaren family home at 3079 Royal Oak Avenue (later renumbered 6362 Royal Oak Avenue).
Photograph of Bessie McLaren and James "Jimmy" Taylor, her fiance. They were married two years later. The photograph was probably taken at the McLaren family home at 3079 Royal Oak Avenue (later renumbered 6362 Royal Oak Avenue).
Photograph of the Bezanson brothers, Charlie and Albert. The boys are shown with a homemade bobsled used to careen down Royal Oak Road hill past Oakalla.
Photograph of the Bezanson brothers, Charlie and Albert. The boys are shown with a homemade bobsled used to careen down Royal Oak Road hill past Oakalla.