Overpass
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a newly constructed overpass, with a roadway below prepared for construction. An unidentified man is standing on the right side. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a newly constructed overpass, with a roadway below prepared for construction. An unidentified man is standing on the right side. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Construction - Road Construction
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.29
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1976
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 22/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- The print is made as a black and white print from a colour negative film
Less detail
Street clearing
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grandview ramp off of the Trans Canada Highway in Burnaby that is cleared, possibly in preparation for the highway. The clearing for the street is several lanes wide, and in the distance, an overpass bridge can be seen. There are houses and along both sides of the cleared street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grandview ramp off of the Trans Canada Highway in Burnaby that is cleared, possibly in preparation for the highway. The clearing for the street is several lanes wide, and in the distance, an overpass bridge can be seen. There are houses and along both sides of the cleared street.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Construction - Road Construction
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1976
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 22/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- The print is made as a black and white print from a colour negative film
Less detail
Widening of Scott Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1976, published March 24, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the process of widening Scott Road in Surrey BC. The process was undertaken by the provincial government. Citizens were upset as this process included cutting down century-old trees (stumps of these former trees are visible in this photograph).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1976, published March 24, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-531
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the process of widening Scott Road in Surrey BC. The process was undertaken by the provincial government. Citizens were upset as this process included cutting down century-old trees (stumps of these former trees are visible in this photograph).
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Construction - Road Construction
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Road-widening on Scott Rd. in Surrey has taken its toll of old trees."
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Bus and SkyTrain
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a "Not in Service" electric bus and cars on an unidentified, tree-lined road. The SkyTrain is passing over the road.
Cut at 1st Tunnel Under Construction - Pete Grundahl's Gang
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a work crew hauling rocks and preparing a site for road construction. A caption accompanying the photograph reads "Cut at 1st Tunnel Under Construction - Pete Grundahl's Gang." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley …
Rock bluff over complete roadway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a rock roadway identified as the Canadian Pacific Railway roadway near Yale, BC. 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 du…
Rock cut in Fraser River Canyon at Mile 24
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of rock that has been cut in preparation for railroad construction. A caption acompanying the photograph reads: "rock cut in Fraser River Canyon at Mile 24." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the cons…
Rock cut round the first tunnel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a road bed being cut along a rock face. A caption written under the photograph reads "rock cut round the first tunnel - the far side." The picture was taken near Yale, BC. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and …
Rock cut round the first tunnel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a road bed being cut along a rock face. A caption written under the photograph reads "rock cut round the first tunnel - the near side." The picture was taken near Yale, BC. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and…
Rock slide
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 10, [1926]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men standing on a wooden bridge next to two large boulders which have tumbled down from the rocky slope above. The caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Rock slide, Dec. 10th. Derailed Imperial Limited at 4am abd bent the overhead Bridge." This photograph appears to have…
The Three Ways Through the Canyon
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view looking down the Fraser River. On the right, in the background, the CNR line is visible, while on the left can be seen the CPR line (closer to the river) and the Trans-Provincial Highway above that. These three routes are what is being referred to in the caption that accomp…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-122
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view looking down the Fraser River. On the right, in the background, the CNR line is visible, while on the left can be seen the CPR line (closer to the river) and the Trans-Provincial Highway above that. These three routes are what is being referred to in the caption that accompanies the picture, and which reads: "The Three Ways Through the Canyon." 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.
- Subjects
- Construction - Road Construction
- Geographic Features - Rivers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
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Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 9, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road intersection with houses under construction on either side of the road, and a bicycle in foreground. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Bob and his team
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.8 x 11.3 cm on page 17.3 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men, one seated on a wagon behind a team of two horses and the other standing to the left. The photograph is captioned: "Bob and his team" although no other identification is given. This photograph appears to have been taken in Hope, BC by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the…
Horses and crews working
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1927]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 24.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of numerous horse teams and workmen working along a road at an unknown location. This may be in the Deroche of Nicomen Island area of British Columbia. A sign on the road reads: Danger / Go Slow.
Municipal road crew
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911 (date of original), copied 1986
- 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 municipal road crew. Identified: (far left) George H. Thomson. This was George Thomson's first job after arriving in Burnaby from London, England. He would later open Thomson's Cash Grocery stores. Note the horse drawn wagon used to haul materials.
Stoney Creek and SkyTrain construction
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of conservationists observing the effects of the SkyTrain construction on Stoney Creek. In one photograph, a man kneels under an awning to view the culvert and construction work. In the other, a conservationist leans against the railing of a footbridge; the SkyTrain and co…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1595
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of conservationists observing the effects of the SkyTrain construction on Stoney Creek. In one photograph, a man kneels under an awning to view the culvert and construction work. In the other, a conservationist leans against the railing of a footbridge; the SkyTrain and construction vehicles and framing are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Creeks
- Transportation - Skytrain
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1595-1: "Al Russell checks some of the remedial work done by the Skytrain construction project to protect Stoney Creek. When dirty, contaminated water from the Lougheed Highway was running off into the creek, crews built a culvert into riprap, and laid down absorbent pads to filter contaminents."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1595-2: "Jennifer Hechison surveys Stoney Creek from a footbridge and upgraded path built by the GVRD and conservationists. But the upgrades end below the Skytrain construction project, and Hechison says it's up to the public to remain vigilant that Skytrain live up to its commitments to protect the creek."
- Geographic Access
- Stoney Creek
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lyndhurst Area
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Clearing Douglas Road
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in wor…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in work clothes as well. There is fenced land to the right of the photograph, and electric power poles and trees line both sides of the road. The accession register and inscription on the photograph identify this as Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Working on Douglas Road on hill above Burnaby Lake. No Date."
- Subjects
- Transportation - Horses
- Construction Tools and Equipment
- Construction - Road Construction
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- HV977.99.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-11
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Aftermath of a snowfall
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the aftermath of a large snowfall. Photographs depict an unidentified person moving snow with a wheelbarrow; people shovelling out cars stuck on roads in the snow; and a crane and snow-covered park.
Men riding bicycles
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a paved road lined with electric poles on both sides and a wood plank sidewalk on one side of the road. There are two men in suits and bowler hats riding bicycles and another man in suit and bowler hat standing on the sidewalk. The sun is casting long shadows from the left side of the…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a paved road lined with electric poles on both sides and a wood plank sidewalk on one side of the road. There are two men in suits and bowler hats riding bicycles and another man in suit and bowler hat standing on the sidewalk. The sun is casting long shadows from the left side of the photograph. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 conjectures that the photograph may be of Kingsway in Burnaby, possibly near Gilley looking east towards Griffiths Avenue. The record also dates the negative, ca. 1914.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Bicycles
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Geographic Features - Sidewalks
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Griffiths Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1914]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
Less detail
Johnson and two of his gang
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.9 x 12.7 cm on page 16.2 x 17.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men, two standing and one sitting, with a wheelbarrow loaded with rocks resting front of them. One of the standing men holds a sledgehammer and the other has a shovel. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Johnson and two of his gang." This photograph appears to have be…