1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the skeleton of a small plane which crashed on frozen lake near Quesnel. The airplane was heavily damaged by fire. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
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Record No.
020-167
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the skeleton of a small plane which crashed on frozen lake near Quesnel. The airplane was heavily damaged by fire. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.5 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a small plane crash near Quesnel. A group of people can be seen standing around the wreckage, which is still smoking. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.5 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm
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Record No.
020-165
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No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a small plane crash near Quesnel. A group of people can be seen standing around the wreckage, which is still smoking. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the wreckage of a small airplane crash on a frozen lake near Quesnel. Smoke can be seen rising from the fuselage and a great deal of damage is apparent. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-166
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the wreckage of a small airplane crash on a frozen lake near Quesnel. Smoke can be seen rising from the fuselage and a great deal of damage is apparent. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
Date Range
1947-1954
Photo Info
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Photograph of a bus overturned on the side of a road after an accident. The mountains are visible in the background and two people, wearing a suit and a reflective vest, are beside the bus with a piece of heavy machinery.
Photograph of a bus overturned on the side of a road after an accident. The mountains are visible in the background and two people, wearing a suit and a reflective vest, are beside the bus with a piece of heavy machinery.
Photograph of an automobile crash at a railway crossing. A number of police and onlookers are standing behind the wrecked vehicle. The exact location of the crash is unknown.
Photograph of an automobile crash at a railway crossing. A number of police and onlookers are standing behind the wrecked vehicle. The exact location of the crash is unknown.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Frase…
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-071
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. 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.
Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many w…
Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many wounded was Burnaby school teacher; sculpture and painter Jack Hardman.
Photograph of two RCMP officers filling a bag with belongings of a victim after an accident. The 106 Metrotown Station bus is visible in the background.
Photograph of two RCMP officers filling a bag with belongings of a victim after an accident. The 106 Metrotown Station bus is visible in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a December 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Burnaby RCMP pack up the belongings of a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a BC Transit bus Monday morning, at the entrance to the Edmonds Skytrain station."
Photograph of a Dodge coupe convertible on a snow covered slope with an unidentified man pulling on ropes by the rear wheel and another man at the driver's side. Together, the men are attempting to tow the car up the slope.
Photograph of a Dodge coupe convertible on a snow covered slope with an unidentified man pulling on ropes by the rear wheel and another man at the driver's side. Together, the men are attempting to tow the car up the slope.
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70 / Lougheed Hiway".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.