Interior of death row cell with sink and toilet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of interior of death row cell number three with sink and toilet inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
Interior of death row cell with vent and sink
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of interior of death row cell number three with wall vent and sink inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
Isolation Unit at Oakalla
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cells in the main isolation unit at Oakalla Prison Farm. The isolation centre was known as " the Hole."
Isolation Unit at Oakalla
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cells in the main isolation unit at Oakalla Prison Farm with the doors open. The isolation centre was known as " the Hole." A man is standing at the back left of the photo.
J. Eldridge
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Deputy Warden of Oakalla Prison Farm, J. Eldridge, in uniform.
Kitchen inside Oakalla Prison
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of kitchen inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre) building. Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
Laundry and kitchen building with stack at Oakalla
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of laundry and kitchen building with stack at Oakalla Prison Farm (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
List of Oakalla inmates posted at Oakalla Open House
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a list of what may be Oakalla inmates that were incarcerated at Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). List was put on display during the Oakalla Open House in the fall of 1991.
Lock
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.32.1
- Description
- This metal lock is painted black with several rusted corners and edges. The bottom third of the lock is divided into 6 sections by metal bars. The main lock is solid with a rused keyhole in the centre and a logo that reads "Yale". The top of the lock has brass-like rectangular piece.
- Object History
- This item was the main gate lock to Oakalla on the entrance off or Royal Oak Avenue. Given to Ross Manthorpe when Oakalla was demolished.
Ross joined the Oakalla staff full time as a Presbeterian Minister in 1971, employed by the BC Correctional Services Branch. He worked there as Chaplain until 1991 when Oakalla closed. He was often called in from home to help with high pressure situations that arose at Oakalla to help defuse incidents like hostage taking and other high pressure conflicts.
Ross collected several items from Oakalla when it closed, but some were given to him because of the significance of his time there.
- Marks/Labels
- YALE
- Colour
- Black
- Gold
- Measurements
- 15.5cm l x 20.5 cm h
- Maker
- Yale
- Subjects
- Building Components
- Government - Provincial Government
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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Lock box for prison cells inside Oakalla Prison
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the lock box for prison cells with locking mechanisms inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). This lock box may have been located near death row cells.
Looking into death row cell number one
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking into death row cell number one inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Cell door is open and porcelain sink inside is visible. This cell was converted into a shower room at some point.
Looking through exit door from death row cells
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking out exit door to exterior from death row cells inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Exit door was blown out with expolosives by Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1991 in order for Burnaby Village Museum to remove cell components.
Looking towards Deer Lake
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken looking towards Deer Lake. The lake is frozen and dozens of people can be seen skating on it.
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Barns
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Fence
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Grounds
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - House
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Block