Survey plan of Gilmore Avenue School site. Title on plan reads: "Gilmour Avenue School Site / Burnaby Municipality / Being Lots 1-10 inc. & Lots 27-36 inc. of Block 9 / of Subdivision of a Portion of Lot 187, GP.1 / New Westminster District". "Note. School site is as shown below, the original...am…
Survey plan of Gilmore Avenue School site. Title on plan reads: "Gilmour Avenue School Site / Burnaby Municipality / Being Lots 1-10 inc. & Lots 27-36 inc. of Block 9 / of Subdivision of a Portion of Lot 187, GP.1 / New Westminster District". "Note. School site is as shown below, the original...amended" "by cancelling Lots 1-10 & 27-30 inc....order of court filed No.4938".
History
The school was named after Hugh B. Gilmour, but an error by a municipal clerk in the Street Naming Bylaw in 1912 (Bylaw Number 135) changed the spelling to "Gilmore" Avenue and the school name was spelled "Gilmore" Avenue School hereafter.
Oath in bottom left corner reads: "I, D.J. McGugan...did superintend the survey", "...completed on the 27th day of May 1915" and noterized by Walter Edmonds" "sworn...29th Day of May 1915"; "Burnett and McGugan. B.C. Land Surveyors Etc. New Westminster. B.C."
0.5 cm of textual records + 129 photographs : col. slide ; 35 mm + 2 med col. prints.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs, textual records, and slides taken by the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society to campaign for a park dedication on Burnaby Mountain.
0.5 cm of textual records + 129 photographs : col. slide ; 35 mm + 2 med col. prints.
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2006-13
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs, textual records, and slides taken by the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society to campaign for a park dedication on Burnaby Mountain.
History
The Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (BMPS) was active between 1988 and 1995. It was formed in order to preserve the ecology and nature of Burnaby Mountain. In 1996, the City of Burnaby dedicated Burnaby Mountain Park in Bylaw 10477.
The Directors of the BMPS were Dean Lamont, Stephen "Steve" Mancinelli, Diane Hansen, and Karen Marke.