Locomotive at Granite Bay
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied June 1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of locomotive no. 5 travelling along the tracks at Granite Bay hauling large logs. A logging crew is travelling with the locomotive; some lumberjacks are riding in the car and some are seated on the logs.
Old Curly with a logging crew
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1912 and 1914] (date of original), copied June 1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the locomotive known as "Old Curly" at Vancouver Island with a logging crew standing and leaning against the engine. Old Curly was barged over to Vancouver Island just before World War I for use by the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company.
Clearing land with a team of oxen
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1890
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.6 x 23.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a team of oxen being used to clear land and haul logs on skid road. Five unidentified lumberjacks can be seen standing alongside the animals.
Gilley Brothers logging operation
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1895]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilley Brothers logging operation. A donkey engine is visible on the right, and seven men are standing on a felled tree as it is pulled along the track by the power of the donkey engine.
Frederick Thrussell and Peter Byrne
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1893 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frederick Thrussell in a three-piece suit and hat, standing in front of a large stump. A small dog stands in front of him, and a crosscut saw is to his left, propped up vertically against the stump. Peter Byrne stands on a spring board protruding from the stump, and holds on to the en…
Frederick Thrussell and Peter Byrne by a fallen tree
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1893]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frederick Thrussell, unidentified, and Peter Byrne standing in front of a large fallen tree. A crosscut saw is propped up vertically against the end of the felled tree. Peter Byrne was Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910. Earlier, he also served as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895…
Shull Lumber and Shingle Company
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.1 x 24.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Shull Lumber and Shingle Company at the foot of Boundary Road. A log slip can be seen on the left and there are logs in the river.
Bill Price and his steam donkey
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William "Bill" Price and the steam donkey engine he operated for logging.
Falling Trees at Burnaby, BC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 8.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men standing in front of a very large tree stump. The man in the centre of the picture is holding an axe. Two axes are in the tree. A large two-man saw lies on the ground in front of the tree. An caption in blue ink on a separate label below the photograph reads…
Loading Skids and Burner
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the loading skids and burner at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet Village, BC.
double bit axe head
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.28.3
- Description
- This split, double bitted, utility axe head was found on Burnaby Mountain by Alfred Bingham in 1920. Mr Bingham bought property on the West side of the mountain in 1920.
The axe head is double bladed. The head is very rusty and has been cracked across one side. The remains of the handle are still in the axe eye.
- Object History
- The axe head was found on the site of Simon Fraser University (SFU), an area logged in the early years of the 20th Century by Gilley Logging. The axe may have been broken by one of their loggers.
- Reference
- Note from Alfred Bingham, original in accession file.
"THIS AXE HEAD WAS FOUND IN 1920 / BY ALFRED BINGHAM ON THE PRESENT SITE / OF THE SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY. IT PROBABLY / WAS USED BY AN EARLY LOGGER. WHO CUT DOWN / SOME OF THE GREAT TREES THAT GREW ON / BURNABY MOUNTAIN. HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. MANY OF THESE TREES WERE OVER 800 YEARS OLD / Alfred Bingham " hand written in ink on one face of note.
"I bought 5 acres of stump land on the / corner of Sherlock, Duthie, & Kitchener Streets in / 1920. & cleared 2 acres & bilt small home, (store?) / my wife and I have lived in Burnaby continually since then / AB" hand written in ink on the reverse face of the note.
- Marks/Labels
- "1920 FOUND ON BURNABY MTN SITE S.F.U.", written in yellow chalk on one face of the axe head
- Subjects
- Industries - Forestry
- Woodworking Tools and Equipment
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Names
- Gilley Brothers Logging Company
- Simon Fraser University
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
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Gilley Brothers Logging, Burnaby
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam engine being used by the Gilley Brothers logging team. The photograph is captioned "Gilley Bros Logging Burnaby."
A Good Size Log, Barnet B.C
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.7 x 13.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Phillips Lumber Mill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905 (date of original), copied [1997]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two labourers standing inside Phillips Lumber Mill at Guichon Creek and Mayne Avenue (now Willingdon).
Watson Cedar Products Ltd.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of Watson Cedar Products Ltd. on Willard Street. Two men are working inside.
Watson Cedar Products Ltd.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of Watsons Cedar Products Ltd. on Willard Street. Men are working inside. A box reads, "Optional Kolor Plan / Factory Stained Pryme - Shakes / (Genuine red cedar scored shakes)." Two other boxes read, "Zephers."
Gilley Brothers Logging Camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 28 x 35.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of workmen posing for a picture outside the Gilley Bros. logging camp at Imperial and Colborne. All are unidentified.
Lumber Camp and Mill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.8 x 17 cm on 17.7 x 22.7 cm backing
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Nicholson lumber camp and mill in the Broadview area of Burnaby. Approximately 12 men and women can be seen standing in front of the cabins and piles of planks (all are unidentified).
Empire Steam Donkey on Museum Train travelling exhibit
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Empire Steam Donkey on the Museum Train travelling exhibit on display at the Central Park siding in 1973. The Empire Steam Donkey is a small steam donkey with a capstan style pulley wheel, mounted on skids.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Empire Steam Donkey on the Museum Train travelling exhibit on display at the Central Park siding in 1973. The Empire Steam Donkey is a small steam donkey with a capstan style pulley wheel, mounted on skids.
- History
- This machine is owned by the BC Provincial Museum. There is also one at the UBC Demonstration Forest and another at the Forestry Museum in Duncan.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph.
- Subjects
- Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery
- Accession Code
- BV017.41.1
- Date
- [1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
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Empire Steam Donkey on Museum Train travelling exhibit
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Empire Steam Donkey on the Museum Train travelling exhibit on display at the Central Park siding in 1973. The Empire Steam Donkey is a small steam donkey with a capstan style pulley wheel, mounted on skids. The photograph shows a close-up view of the capstan.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Empire Steam Donkey on the Museum Train travelling exhibit on display at the Central Park siding in 1973. The Empire Steam Donkey is a small steam donkey with a capstan style pulley wheel, mounted on skids. The photograph shows a close-up view of the capstan.
- History
- This machine is owned by the BC Provincial Museum. There is also one at the UBC Demonstration Forest and another at the Forestry Museum in Duncan.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph.
- Subjects
- Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery
- Accession Code
- BV017.41.2
- Date
- [1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
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