In February 1965, the Planning Department presented to Burnaby Council a preliminary Development Plan entitled "Pacific Sports Centre," for the area immediately west of Burnaby Lake. This report proposed a conceptual plan for a comprehensive range of indoor and outdoor sporting facilities adjacent to Burnaby Lake. The idea was accepted by Council and led to the construction of the Burnaby Lake Rink beside the C.G. Brown Pool. In 1973, Burnaby and New Westminster jointly hosted the Canada Summer Games for which a rowing course and pavilion were built at Burnaby Lake and the success of the games and the sports facilities added within Burnaby Lake Park provided further stimulus for the creation of the sports and recreation facilities at this site.
File contains photographs of Pierre Alarie, the crew chief for Field Turf International, checking and installing artificial turf at the a new field at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
File contains photographs of Pierre Alarie, the crew chief for Field Turf International, checking and installing artificial turf at the a new field at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-3300-1: "Pierre Alarie, the crew chief for Field Turf International, checks the artificial turf his company is installing at the new field complex off Kensington."
Photograph of group of Brownies who attended Sports Day held in Stanley Park June 1949. Brownies are identified from L to R as: Judy Beatty, Jacqueline Howecroft, Lorna Steele, Diane Smith, Joan Bate, Mrs. Hebron, Betty Colelough, June Reimer, June Walker, Marilyn Cooper. Uniformed Brownies are sta…
Photograph of group of Brownies who attended Sports Day held in Stanley Park June 1949. Brownies are identified from L to R as: Judy Beatty, Jacqueline Howecroft, Lorna Steele, Diane Smith, Joan Bate, Mrs. Hebron, Betty Colelough, June Reimer, June Walker, Marilyn Cooper. Uniformed Brownies are standing together and holding hands with each other and their leader, Mrs. Hebron.
Handwritten annotations below photograph read: "Brownies who attended Sports Day at Stanley Park / June 1949. Judy Beatty, Jacqueline Howecroft, Lorna Steele, / Diane Smith, Joan Bate, Mrs. Hebron, Betty Colelough, June Reimer, / June Waliker, Marilyn Cooper."
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156
File contains photographs of Tom Sadler, an employee with the City of Burnaby Parks and Recreation Department, at the new and under-construction observation tower at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. Photographs depict Sadler looking over the fields of the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex from the tower,…
File contains photographs of Tom Sadler, an employee with the City of Burnaby Parks and Recreation Department, at the new and under-construction observation tower at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. Photographs depict Sadler looking over the fields of the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex from the tower, and inside the tower, demonstrating the tower's sliding windows.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2923-1: "Tom Sadler, of Burnaby's Parks and Rec Department, gets a spotter's-eye view of the playing fields at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex from the roof of the new viewing tower that is nearing completion. He says the rooftop area will be particularly useful for spotters working football games. The tower looks out over fields one and three."
Caption from metadata for 535-2923-2: "Tom Sadler, of Burnaby's Parks and Rec Department, demonstrates how the sliding windows in the new observation tower at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex can open to give an unobstructed view to the playing fields below. The windows had to be specially imported from Germany, and allows a tv camera to be set up inside the tower, safe from the elements, and still shoot the whole field."
Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of child…
Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of children and Youth are showcased in sporting field events and competitions such as track and field sports, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, leap frog, skipping, rugby.
Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'May Day Events'
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sports Day at Chaffey-Burke School. Children are participating in activities on a field while adults look on. Houses are visible in the background.
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-160
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sports Day at Chaffey-Burke School. Children are participating in activities on a field while adults look on. Houses are visible in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in an October 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Brendan Baggio hooks into his safety harness before heading up the climbing wall at Coast Mountain Sports in Metropolis at Metrotown."
Trophy, silver-coloured cup with handle either side, mounted on dark wooden base; inside of cup is gold, flaking off; hammered finish on outside; on cup front, "1918" "GRAND AGGREGATE CUP" "PRESENTED BY BURNABY SCHOOL BOARD" "FOR SCHOOL OBTAINING HIGHEST MARKS AT ANNUAL FIELD SPORTS"; three silver shield- shaped plaques around base (rest is empty), "1920 Won by KINGSWAY WEST", "1918 Won by KINGSWAY WEST", "1919 Won by KINGSWAY WEST"; tarnished
Photograph of group of Girl Guide leaders present at Sports Day held in Stanley Park June 1949. Guiders are identified from L to R as: Mrs. Engleman, Mr.s Hutchinson, Mrs. Saunders, Salvation Army leader Mrs. Coupland, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Howarth, Miss Dickens, Mrs. Hebron and Lieut Wadins (Salvati…
Photograph of group of Girl Guide leaders present at Sports Day held in Stanley Park June 1949. Guiders are identified from L to R as: Mrs. Engleman, Mr.s Hutchinson, Mrs. Saunders, Salvation Army leader Mrs. Coupland, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Howarth, Miss Dickens, Mrs. Hebron and Lieut Wadins (Salvation Army).
Handwritten annotations below photograph read: "Guiders present at Sports Day held in Stanley Park / June 1949. Mrs. Engleman, Mr.s Hutchinson, Mrs. Saunders, S. Army / leader Mrs. Coupland, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Howarth, Miss Dickens, Mrs. Hebron / Lieut Wadins (S.A.)"
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Roland Clerf, the owner of Guideline Sports, gets himself into shape for the grand opening of his store, which specializes in exercise equipment."
File contains photographs that show construction workers removing the old roof and installing the new inflatable roof at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre.
File contains photographs that show construction workers removing the old roof and installing the new inflatable roof at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1812-1: "It's a tight squeeze for workers as they remove the old roof at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre to get ready for the installation of a new roof."
Caption from metadata for 535-1812-2: "Workers unfold the new roof to be installed at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. With the old roof deflated, the new roof will be inflated over it before the old one is removed."
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Hardy paddlers roll their outrigger through the snow to the Lotus Sports Club's appropriately-named Icebreaker races at Barnet Marine Park on Saturday. More than 192 paddlers from Chilliwack to Vancouver Island competed in the first outrigger races of the season."
Photograph of an unidentified worker driving a tractor over one of the new artificial turf sports fields at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex in advance of the new fields' opening day.
Photograph of an unidentified worker driving a tractor over one of the new artificial turf sports fields at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex in advance of the new fields' opening day.
Collected by editorial for use in an October 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Workers are putting the final touches to the new artificial sports fields at Burnaby Lake, in preparation for their official opening on Saturday."