On March 21, 1951 the Parliament of Canada granted the Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company a charter. By May of the following year, the Corporation of Burnaby gave final reading to Bylaw No. 3203, which resulted in the conveyance of land in DL 142, 143 and 144 (Burnaby Mountain site) to the Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company. Construction of the Burnaby Mountain tank farm was completed in October of 1953 and the site became operational as the first shipment of oil reached Trans Mountain’s Burnaby Terminal.
When the Lake City Industrial Park first opened in the 1950's, it was a fairly isolated industrial enclave with convenient access to rail and road transportation routes. The sense of entrepreneurial flare and success that was anticipated for the area is evident in the naming of local streets which include "Production", "Enterprise" and "Venture". The anticipated potential of the area was also demonstrated by the inclusion of many significant development amenities of the time, such as paved streets, site landscaping, rail service, natural gas service, and architectural controls.
Brothers Herbert, Walter, James and G. Emerson Gilley began operating the Gilley Brothers Logging Company in 1887 and in 1903 took over the logging business of L. T. Dundas, setting up camp on Burnaby Mountain. Gilley logged over 2.5 million board feet of timber and cut 20,000 cords of shingle bolts here. The Gilley Brothers also logged areas of South Burnaby.
When Simon Fraser University opened in 1965, approximately sixteen industrial properties had been developed in the Lake City Industrial Park. In addition, significant tracts of land in the western portion had been pre-cleared and graded in anticipation of additional development, while most of the eastern half remained forested. Some of the early companies to locate in the area were Nabob Foods, Volkswagen Canada, British Columbia Television Broadcasting, Simpson Sears, and H.Y. Louie Company Limited. Both Imperial Oil and Shell Oil established petroleum storage and distribution facilities in the area. Initially a heavy industrial area, by 1979, single family neighbourhoods south of Lougheed Highway and west of Eagle Creek had been largely developed. By the mid1980's, the Burnaby 200 multi-family development along Forest Grove Drive had also been completed.
The Forest Grove subdivision in Burnaby was developed during the early 1980s and resulted in a rapidly growing population that required a school facility to support this "instant" community. Forest Grove Elementary was the second largest elementary school in the city when it opened and 374 pupils were recorded in its first year.
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan of / Subdivision of Lot No. 69 / Group One / New Westminster District / Pro…
4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
Material Details
Scales [between 1:1584 and 1:3168]
Index number on edge of board reads: "14"
Scope and Content
Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side.
Side A:
1. Blueprint "Plan of / Subdivision of Lot No. 69 / Group One / New Westminster District / Property of Ernest Buse, Esq. / Scale 3 chs = 1 in. / Map No 290". Plan is signed by "Garden, Hermon and Burwell, Dom. Land Surveyor" (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of Lots 1-19, 36-53 and 69-75 inclusive / in the Subdivision / of / Lot 30 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 2 chs = 1 in. Map No 631". Plan is signed by "Jno [sic] Strathern [sic] P.L.S." Names and Lot numbers are handwritten in red pencil in sections along Douglas Road and read: "20 - F / 21 - Fitherstruhaul [sic] / 22 - J.S. Craig / 23 - McGill & Dill / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 - School / 29 - School / 30 - D. McDownall / 31 - W.J. Troloow [sic] / 32 - N.C. Nelson / 33 - _[sic] McGill / 34 - T.S.[sic] Craig / 35" (Geographic location: Burnaby)
Side B:
1.Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of Centre Portion / of Lot 28 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 200' = 1" / Map No 627". Plan is signed by "Jno Strathern / P.L.S." (Geographic location: Burnaby)
2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of N.1/2 Lot 100 and S.1/2 Lot 101, / Group One / New Westminster District, BC / Scale 4 chs = 1 in." (Geographic location: Burnaby)
4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITE…
4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm
Material Details
Scale [1:1200] and [1:6000]
Scope and Content
File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN." / KEY PLAN". Plans covered in this "Key Plan" are numbered 1601 to 1626, 1632 and 1651 covering District Lots: 15; 31; 100 to 102; 114; 141 to 144; 147 and 148; 209 to 214. Plan "E" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1701 to 1705; 1711 to 1715; 1723 to 1727; 1729 to 1733; 1737 to 1742 and District Lots: 68 to 74; 80 to 84; 32 to 35 and 38 to 39. Plan marked "F" is a key plan titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY and covers plans: 1706 to 1710; 1716 to 1722; 1734 and 1735; 1743 to 1752 and District Lots: 42 to 44; 59; 75 to 80; 83 to 87; 89 to 93 and 130. Plan "1729" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots 34 and 35.
4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of …
4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm
Material Details
Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]
Scope and Content
File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans 1623 to 1651 and District Lots: 1 and 2; 4; 6; 8; 10 to 14; 25; 27; 40; 56 to 58; 88 and 89. Plan "1738" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 34 and 35. Key plan "G" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1801 to 1813; 1823; 1824; 1833 to 1838; 1841 to 1853 and District Lots: 32; 93; 94; 97 to 99; 149; 150; 152; 155 to 159; 161 to 164.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a view of Simon Fraser Townhouses and Lake City Industrial Park from Salish Court Tower West. The crane pictured is on one of the Salish Court Towers.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Description Level
Item
Record No.
556-521
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-13
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a view of Simon Fraser Townhouses and Lake City Industrial Park from Salish Court Tower West. The crane pictured is on one of the Salish Court Towers.
Aerial photograph of Burnaby with Lougheed Highway running west to east through the middle of the photograph and the Trans Canada Highway in the lower left segment.
Aerial photograph of Burnaby with Lougheed Highway running west to east through the middle of the photograph and the Trans Canada Highway in the lower left segment.
Photographs of the Mountainside Village Shops commerical complex located at 8650 Cinnamon Drive. Stores visible in the photographs include Video Link, Country Hair, and Pizza and Pastry.
Photographs of the Mountainside Village Shops commerical complex located at 8650 Cinnamon Drive. Stores visible in the photographs include Video Link, Country Hair, and Pizza and Pastry.