1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of a large crowd gathering around an airship in a clearing in New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-887
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No restrictions
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No known restrictions
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2007-12
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Photograph of a large crowd gathering around an airship in a clearing in New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
Photograph of City of Burnaby archivist Arilea Sill holding up restored pages of City council minutes from 1895-1898. Sill stands in the council chambers of Burnaby's City Hall.
Photograph of City of Burnaby archivist Arilea Sill holding up restored pages of City council minutes from 1895-1898. Sill stands in the council chambers of Burnaby's City Hall.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Arilea Sill, the City of Burnaby's archivist, displays restored pages of city council minutes from 1895-1898, which were recently found in Victoria. The pages were officially presented to council, to be stored in the city's archives, at Monday's council meeting."
Photograph of women seated together outdoors at tables an unidentified occasion, possibly a tea party, believed to have affiliation to the Victoria Order of Nurses.
Photograph of women seated together outdoors at tables an unidentified occasion, possibly a tea party, believed to have affiliation to the Victoria Order of Nurses.
File consists of papers pertaining to the development of Barnet Park, including Engineering Department Reports to Council, correspondence between the North Burnaby Board of Trade and the Deputy Minister of Lands in Victoria, Burnaby Citizens' Committee for Access to Burrard Inlet at Barnet Park rec…
File consists of papers pertaining to the development of Barnet Park, including Engineering Department Reports to Council, correspondence between the North Burnaby Board of Trade and the Deputy Minister of Lands in Victoria, Burnaby Citizens' Committee for Access to Burrard Inlet at Barnet Park recommendations and a map of Burnaby from 1968 (to accompany Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 4742).
File contains photographs of Game Five of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship between the Burnaby Bulldogs and Victoria Salsa. Photographs depict Bulldogs players Milan Gajic, Kevin Beaumont, and Tyler Dufour, and Salsa players Spence Gilchrist, Jordan Sigalet, Dion Dhillon and Mike Rossa in a…
File contains photographs of Game Five of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship between the Burnaby Bulldogs and Victoria Salsa. Photographs depict Bulldogs players Milan Gajic, Kevin Beaumont, and Tyler Dufour, and Salsa players Spence Gilchrist, Jordan Sigalet, Dion Dhillon and Mike Rossa in action during the game.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2232-1: "Burnaby Bulldogs' Milan Gajic moves around Victoria Salsa defenceman Spence Gilchrist, in first period action of Game Five of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship, at Copeland Arean. Gajic scored three goals to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-0 victory and a three games to two lead in the series."
Caption from metadata for 535-2232-2: "Burnaby Bulldogs' left winger Kevin Beaumont is robbed by Victoria Salsa goalie Jordan Sigalet, in first period action of Game Five of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship, at Copeland Arena."
Caption from metadata for 535-2232-3: "Burnaby Bulldogs' Tyler Dufour is sandwiched by Victoria Salsa defenseman Dion Dhillon and left winger Mike Rossa, in first period action of Game Five of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship at Copeland Arena."
File contains photographs of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship final and seventh game between the Burnaby Bulldogs and Victoria Salsa. Photographs depict Bulldogs players Mike Bickley, Milan Gajic, Mike Meech, Tyler Dufour, and Neil Stevenson-Moore, and Salsa players Jordan Sigalet, Adam Car…
File contains photographs of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship final and seventh game between the Burnaby Bulldogs and Victoria Salsa. Photographs depict Bulldogs players Mike Bickley, Milan Gajic, Mike Meech, Tyler Dufour, and Neil Stevenson-Moore, and Salsa players Jordan Sigalet, Adam Carter, and Danny Johns in action during the game.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2238-1: "Burnaby Bulldogs' forward Mike Bickley seems to have Victoria Salsa goalie Jordan Sigalet at his mercy in the first period of the deciding game of the BCHL Coastal Conference final, at Copeland Arena. Sigalet came up big on this play, as well as 37 others, to lead the Salsa to a 3-2 win, and the series victory, four games to three.
Caption from metadata for 535-2238-2: "Burnaby Bulldogs' center Milan Gajic is turned away by Victoria Salsa's goalie Jordan Sigalet, early in the deciding game of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship, at Copeland Arena. Sigalet made 38 saves to lead his team to a 3-2 win, and the series' victory, four games to three."
Caption from metadata for 535-2238-3: "Victoria Salsa defenceman Adam Carter is knocked off the puck by Burnaby Bulldogs' forwards Mike Meech and Tyler Dufour, in the deciding game of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship, at Copeland Arena. Victoria won the game, 3-2, and the series, four games to three."
Caption from metadata for 535-2238-4: "Victoria Salsa forward Danny Johns battles for position with Burnaby Bulldogs' Neil Stevenson-Moore, in the final game of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship, at Copeland Arena. Victoria won the game, 3-2, and the series, four games to three."
File contains photographs of the second game of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship between the Burnaby Bulldogs and Victoria Salsa. Photographs depict Milan Gajic of Burnaby scoring on Chris Clark, goalie for Victoria, and Clark blocking a shot by Burnaby's Kevin Beaumont.
File contains photographs of the second game of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship between the Burnaby Bulldogs and Victoria Salsa. Photographs depict Milan Gajic of Burnaby scoring on Chris Clark, goalie for Victoria, and Clark blocking a shot by Burnaby's Kevin Beaumont.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2224-1: "Burnaby's Milan Gajic beats Victoria Salsa goalie Chris Clark, for the Bulldogs' first goal of the second game of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship, at Copeland Arena.
Caption from metadata for 535-2224-2: "Buranby Bulldogs' left winger Kevin Beaumont is stopped on a scoring attempt by Victoria Salsa's goalie Chris Clark, in the first period of Game Two of the Coastal Conference Championship at Copeland Arena."
Photographs of various events in which the Burnaby Historical Society participated including bus trips, Christmas parties, 1223 interurban tram events, and Canada Day and other holiday celebrations.
Photographs of various events in which the Burnaby Historical Society participated including bus trips, Christmas parties, 1223 interurban tram events, and Canada Day and other holiday celebrations.
File contains photographs of the Burnaby Bulldogs during games throughout 2001 that were collected for a supplement. Photographs depict Bulldogs players (including Alex Nikiforuk, Daniel Meneghin, Milan Gajic, Mike Bickley, and Neil Stevenson-Moore) in action against Langley and Victoria at the Bil…
File contains photographs of the Burnaby Bulldogs during games throughout 2001 that were collected for a supplement. Photographs depict Bulldogs players (including Alex Nikiforuk, Daniel Meneghin, Milan Gajic, Mike Bickley, and Neil Stevenson-Moore) in action against Langley and Victoria at the Bill Copeland Arena.
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2749-2: "Burnaby Bulldogs' Alex Nikiforuk is dumped by Langley defenceman Brent Henley, in first period action of Game Five of the Coastal Conference quarter-final series, in Burnaby."
Caption from metadata for 535-2749-3: "Burnaby Bulldogs' goaltender Daniel Meneghin will be a key to the team's continued success in the BCHL playoffs."
Caption from metadata for 535-2749-4: "Burnaby's Milan Gajic beats Victoria Salsa goalie Chris Clark, for the Bulldogs' first goal of the second game of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship, at Copeland Arena."
Caption from metadata for 535-2749-5: "Burnaby Bulldogs' Tyler Dufour is sandwiched by Victoria Salsa defenseman Dion Dhillon and left winger Mike Rossa, in first period action of Game Five of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship at Copeland Arena."
Caption from metadata for 535-2749-6: "Burnaby Bulldogs' forward Mike Bickley seems to have Victoria Salsa goalie Jordan Sigalet at his mercy in the first period of the deciding game of the BCHL Coastal Conference final, at Copeland Arena. Sigalet came up big on this play, as well as 37 others, to lead the Salsa to a 3-2 win, and the series victory, four games to three."
Caption from metadata for 535-2749-7: "Burnaby Bulldogs' center Milan Gajic is turned away by Victoria Salsa's goalie Jordan Sigalet, early in the deciding game of the BCHL Coastal Conference championship, at Copeland Arena. Sigalet made 38 saves to lead his team to a 3-2 win, and the series' victory, four games to three."
Caption from metadata for 535-2749-8: "Victoria Salsa forward Danny Johns battles for position with Burnaby Bulldogs' Neil Stevenson-Moore, in the final game of the BCHL Coastal Conference Championship, at Copeland Arena. Victoria won the game, 3-2, and the series, four games to three."
Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858…
Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858-1863."
History
Robert Burnaby was a commission merchant and legislator, born on November 30, 1828, at Woodthorpe, Leicestershire, England, as the fourth son of the Reverend Thomas Burnaby and Sarah Meares.
Robert Burnaby came to British Columbia at the end of 1858 as an experienced civil servant from Her Majesty’s Customs Office in London, and with a personal introduction to Governor James Douglas from Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Burnaby’s first year on the Pacific coast was a busy one: he spent a short time as private secretary to Richard Clement Moody, commander of the Royal Engineers at New Westminster; he explored for coal with Walter Moberly at Burrard Inlet; and he made a short visit to San Francisco.
During this year, he also founded the firm of Henderson and Burnaby, commission merchants, in partnership with Edward Henderson, an old school friend from Christ’s Hospital and a man of means, who managed the London office. This type of business was precarious since the distance from sources of supply and risks in transportation encouraged overtrading and excessive speculation. The death of Henderson in 1865 and the general economic depression in Vancouver Island and British Columbia brought the firm to an end – a failure caused in part apparently by unwise investment in real estate. Burnaby then embarked upon a real estate and insurance business of his own. The exigencies of a mercantile career seem to have overwhelmed this man who, by upbringing and training, was more suited to a position in government service.
Robert Burnaby was intensely interested in the welfare of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and did all in his power to promote stable economic conditions. Before the end of his second year in Victoria, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island for the districts of Esquimalt and Metchosin, and he served his constituents well for five years. He was one of the founders of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. During an 1866 visit to London on private business, he attended a meeting of prominent Victoria merchants and officials who strongly favoured the union of the two colonies and other measures for developing and improving their economic prospects. This group carried its resolutions to the secretary of state for the colonies.
Burnaby was an active freemason and helped found the First Victoria Lodge in 1860. Among his recreational pursuits was a love of drama, and in 1863, he served as president of Victoria’s Amateur Dramatic Association. Burnaby numbered among his intimate friends Colonel Moody, Arthur Thomas Bushby, Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, Edward Graham Alston, and Thomas Elwyn. In 1869, severe ill health caused Burnaby’s retirement and, five years later, his return to England. Friends arranged for him to travel in the Hudson’s Bay Company bark Lady Lampson; they later presented her captain, James Gaudin, with a generous purse in gratitude for the attention he had paid the ailing Burnaby during the voyage.
Early in 1878, news reached Victoria that this “prominent and much respected merchant” had died. An honest, conscientious man of spirit, a clear-headed thinker, a “power” in his masonic lodge, a lucid speaker, full of fun, and clever, Burnaby has been fittingly commemorated in a number of place names in British Columbia including a lake, a strait, an island, a municipality, two mountain ranges, and finally Burnaby Mountain, the seat of Simon Fraser University.
Burnaby died a bachelor on January 10, 1878, at Woodthorpe.
- This information has been adapted from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society float in the Pacific National Exhibition's parade on Hastings Street. The float is decorated as Interurban Tram no. 1223. Written on the tram roof is, XXX"Burnaby Historical Society," on the side is "The Last Tram," and on the back is "Burnaby / 1223."…
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society float in the Pacific National Exhibition's parade on Hastings Street. The float is decorated as Interurban Tram no. 1223. Written on the tram roof is, XXX"Burnaby Historical Society," on the side is "The Last Tram," and on the back is "Burnaby / 1223." Behind the float are two men seated in an old car with a sign reading, "The Hydro Originals" on the side. The stores that can be seen are: Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, Ward Music, Hans Grumme Hairstylists, Susie Wong Fashions, and Canadian Pacific Telegrams. A bus stop sign for Main, Hastings, unidentified, Oak, and Victoria buses can also be seen.
Photograph of unidentified players in action during a First Division women's rugby game between Burnaby Lake and Velox Victoria, at the Burnaby Lake fields.
Photograph of unidentified players in action during a First Division women's rugby game between Burnaby Lake and Velox Victoria, at the Burnaby Lake fields.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "A Burnaby Lake defender pulls down her Velox Victoria opponent in the renewal of First Division Women's rugby at Burnaby Lake fields."