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Osoyoos Customs House
Corporate body · 1901-1930

The first Customs house was built in 1860. There were 8 customs houses all together. The Osoyoos Customs House was built in Osoyoos between 1901 and 1902. It remained in Osoyoos until 1930 when a new customs house was built at the Canada-US border. Both the Osoyoos customs house and the border customs house
had corrals beside them to hold livestock prior to inspection by a veterinarian. In Osoyoos, the veterinarian lived across the street from the customs house while the customs officer lived in the customs house itself.

Corporate body · 1980 - 2001

The Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Society was officially formed on May 27, 1980 with the primary goal of undertaking a project to restore the Kingfisher Creek. A tributary of the Campbell River, this creek had originally run through the property of well known B.C. author and conservationist, Roderick Haig-Brown.

Prior to his death in 1976 Haig-Brown had made some preliminary plans to undertake this stream restoration project which later became the basis for the Society. In 2001, after extensive fund raising and several successive phases the project to restore Kingfisher Creek was completed.

In 2001 the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Society underwent a name change (as well as change in focus) and is now known as the Haig-Brown Institute.

Corporate body · 1912-

The West Vancouver School District began in 1912 with the founding of the municipality, when the residents of the District of West Vancouver elected their first Council and school board. Today, the school district is governed by a Board of Trustees and is managed by the Superintendent of Schools. Currently School District 45 encompasses fourteen primary and elementary schools, and three secondary schools in the District of West Vancouver, the Village of Lions Bay, and Bowen Island.

Corporate body · 1924-1934

The West Vancouver Scottish Society was established at a meeting held on October 28, 1924. According to its constitution, the purpose of the Society was, among other things, to "perpetuate the traditions and the national life of Scotland and to carry on its Poetry, Melodies and Music...To welcome new arrivals from the old home and to assist where necessary... To hold evenings of social intercourse, where lectures, cards, dancing and other recreations may be interspersed."

The Society was disbanded on a General Meeting held on December 21, 1934. A Trust Committee was appointed to dispose of the assets of the society.

178 · Corporate body · 1984-

The Lower Lonsdale Business Association (LLBA) began its activities in 1984 operating under both the names Lonsdale Merchants Association and Lonsdale at the Quay Merchants Association. Originally established to further the aims of the Town Centre Re-enhancement Project and to address issues related to parking availability in the Lower Lonsdale area, the LLBA's first formal activity was to organize a street festival to celebrate the completion of the Re-enhancement Project.

In 1990 the association formally changed its name to the Lower Lonsdale Business Association. On Aug. 24th 1990 the LLBA became a recognised association under the Provincial Societies Act with an executive board consisting of five local business owners and operators: Sean Braddick (president), Ron Kurucz (vice-president), Heidi Cant (secretary), Bonnie Olsen (Treasurer) and Sylvia Braddick (community programmer). Community members included local business owners, operators, or employees representing their business employer and individuals from local non-profit societies.

The mission of the LLBA is to serve the economic interests of its membership and to promote the social interests of other communities at large through combined efforts with other community based organizations to achieve a better social and economic environment in Lower Lonsdale.

LLBA activities include involvement in other community programs such as the Community Policing Centre, Gateway Committee, Lower Lonsdale Steering Committee and Committee Action Network; the publication of a newsletter; and participation in other community sponsored events and festivals, such as the Lower Lonsdale Fall Festival, the Clam Chowder Festival and 911 Relay.

Records pertaining to both the Community Policing Centre and Lower Lonsdale Fall Festival illustrate Vivian Kranenburg's (secretary of the LLBA 1993-2005) involvement with these community groups as a representative of the LLBA.

90 · Corporate body · 1933 - 1983

A collection of Voters' records containing names, addresses and occupations of eligible voters in the Salmon Arm and Shuswap Electoral Districts. Printed by the King's and Queens Printers.

Rossland Light Opera Players
A2015.004 · Corporate body · 1951-present

The Rossland Light Opera Players (RLOP) was founded on November 1, 1951, by Rossland teachers Bill and Kathleen Baldry, Gordon Griffin, and Margery Littley. The organisation’s purpose was to encourage music, drama, and associated arts in the area. Initial funds for starting the group were supplied by a Victory Bond from the defunct Rossland Amateur Operatic Society.

For their inaugural performance - Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance - the RLOP chose Gordon Griffin as the music director and Bill Baldry as the stage director. The cast, reportedly chosen without seeing any of the actors perform on stage, consisted of Jean Ellison as Mabel, Larry Gasen as Frederick, Stan Fisher as the Pirate King, Eric Bourchier as the Sergeant of Police, Bill Baldry as Major-General Stanley, and Kathleen Baldry and Margery Littely as supporting characters. Stan Fischer, the industrial education teacher at the Rossland high school, recruited his students to help in designing the production, which included lighting, staging, flats, and music stands.

The production of Pirates of Penzance opened in the Rossland high school auditorium in March 1952, performing two shows to enthusiastic audiences. The group then travelled for a show in the Trail Junior High auditorium (now called the Charles Bailey Theatre) and the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. All four shows were a success, generating a great deal of excitement about the RLOP and creating a lineup of talented individuals eager to be involved in future productions.

For their first eight seasons, the RLOP performed Gilbert & Sullivan productions, but in 1959, they branched out to other playwrights and eventually started writing their own productions. Performances have been held in various local venues, such as Rossland’s Miners’ Union Hall and Trail’s Charles Bailey Theatre.

In 1966, the RLOP negotiated a $1/year lease with the United Steelworkers Local 480 to rent Rossland's Miners' Union Hall (1899 Columbia Avenue). In 1976, the RLOP was forced to leave the Miners' Union Hall and ended up renting the two rooms in the Bank of Montreal to house their costumes. Their sets were stored in a shed behind the Rossland Credit Union, while their piano and lighting system were stored in the Junior High School in Trail. They were also forced to rent temporary locations in order to build sets and rehearse for upcoming productions. In 1983, the RLOP purchased the historic Bodega Hotel (2054 Washington Street) from the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

The RLOP has performed almost every year since their inception. The 2021 season was cancelled due to the global pandemic.

Some notable members include: Babs and George Bourchier, Jack Fisher, and Charles Bailey.

A2015.004.001 · Corporate body · 1937-1941

The Rossland Amateur Operatic Society began in 1937 as the Orpheus Male Choir (Trail). In 1939, the Orpheus Male Choir relocated to Rossland, changing their name to the Rossland Amateur Operatic Society. The Society performed a variety of productions, notably Trial by Jury and Dominoes in Rossland’s Capitol Theatre in May 1940. The group disbanded after a final performance of H.M.S. Pinafore in April 1941 due to failing membership during WWII. The group’s remaining assets were used to buy a $50.00 Victory Bond (approximately $950.00 in 2022). The Victory Bond would later be acquired by the Rossland Light Opera Players.

AR030 · Corporate body · 1884 - present

The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) was established in Victoria in 1884, and served as the main representative body for Chinese in Canada until 1908, when the Chinese Consulate was established in Ottawa. The CCBA's activities have included protesting against racial discrimination, mediating in community disputes concerning business deals and treatment of servants, providing financial assistance to Chinese individuals and families in other parts of Canada, China and Cuba, and monitoring the range of medical care offered by Chinese hospitals in British Columbia. In 1899, the CCBA built the Chinese Hospital in Victoria, which later developed into a boarding house for elderly Chinese men.

Rikki Swin Institute
AR421 · Corporate body · 2001-2004

The Rikki Swin Institute: Gender Education, Research, Library and Archives (RSI) opened in Chicago and was the world’s first institute dedicated to transgender research and education. It opened to the public on March 22, 2001, to coincide with the 15th Annual Conference of the International Foundation for Gender Education. The Institute closed in December 2004. The Institute had four objectives: the housing of a library and archives; conference co-sponsorship; digital video education; and research. Archival collections were purchased from Ari Kane, Betty Ann Lind, the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), and Virginia Prince.

Limners (Group of artists)
AR440 · Corporate body · 1971-2008

The Victoria Limners Society, commonly referred to as The Limners or The Limner Group, was a collective of painters, potters, sculptors and other visual artists that formed in 1971 in Victoria British Columbia. The name “limner” comes from traveling journeymen painters from the Middle Ages who painted portraits and signs. The Victoria Limners Society incorporated as a non-profit society under the Societies Act of British Columbia in October 1972 and it was dissolved in 2008. Many of their group shows were held at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Winchester Gallery in Victoria, but they also showed in other venues from Vancouver, to Edmonton, to the Atlantic provinces.

1996 marked the 25th anniversary of the Limners and was celebrated with a series of exhibitions at various venues in Victoria, including the Winchester Gallery, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Emily Carr House. This year also saw the publication of a book by Patricia Bovey of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria called <i>A Passion for Art: The Art and Dynamics of the Limners</i> by Sono Nis Press. This book examined the contribution of the Limners to the Victoria arts scene since the 1970s, both at a group and individual level, as well as the Limners’ relationships with other Canadian artists.

In the late 1990s, Agustin Luviano-Cordero produced a video about the Limners, which was funded in part by Employment and Immigration Canada’s Job Development Programme. It was likely titled <i>The Limners: Art and Friendship</i> and it aired on the Knowledge Network, Rogers, Shaw Cable and possibly the Bravo Channel.

Over the years, Limners members have included Maxwell Bates, Pat Martin Bates, Richard Ciccimarra, Robert De Castro, Walter Dexter, Nita Forrest, Colin Graham, Helga Grove, Jan Grove, Leroy Jensen, Elza Mayhew, Myfanwy Pavelic, Nikola Pavelic, Carole Sabiston, Herbert Siebner, Robin Skelton, Sylvia Skelton, Karl Spreitz and Jack Wilkinson.

Honorary Limner members have included Dennis Bowen, Ann Mayhew, Dick Morris, Peter Pollen, Bernie Ruffo, Martin Segger and Montcrieff Williamson.

Union College
AffB 10 · Corporate body · 1927-1971

Union College was created in 1927 through an amalgamation of Ryerson College and Westminster Hall. Union College was located on the UBC campus and continued to provide theological training until 1971, when it amalgamated with the Anglican Theological College. The principals of Union College were J.G. Brown (1927-1948) and William S. Taylor (1948-1971).

Heritage Alive Project
AffB 11 · Corporate body · 1974-1979

Heritage Alive was a federally funded project that had the purpose of working with retired church people through British Columbia, to seek out records, historical papers, and minutes of the United Church and its founding churches, and to list where they were located or to obtain them for BC Conference Archives to fill gaps. Another purpose was to record on tape the experiences, reflections, and anecdotes of retired people who had been active in their church and communities. A group called the “History Seekers” was formed to undertake this project, with the Rev. Lawrence G. Sieber as its chair. The project began late in 1974 and ended in 1979.

AffB 37 · Corporate body · 1926-1979

In 1921, the SCM of Canada was created. It was formed through student departments in the YMCA and YWCA as well as local Student Christian Associations. In 1926, The Student Christian Movement of Canada, University of British Columbia Branch (SCM, U.B.C.) officially became a member of the Student Christian Movement of Canada. In 1974, the Anglican-United Campus Ministry and SCM, U.B.C. amalgamated to form the Cooperative Christian Campus Ministry (CCCM) at U.B.C. In 1979, the SCM, U.B.C. left the CCCM; campus ministry continued at U.B.C. through the CCCM and later, United Church Campus Ministry.

BUR CE · Corporate body · 1970-1991

Central Burnaby United Church was formed in 1970 by the amalgamation of Deer Lake United Church (Burnaby, B.C.: 1955-1970), Douglas United Church (Burnaby, B.C.), and St. Matthew's United Church (Burnaby, B.C.). In 1991, its name was changed to Deer Lake United Church (Burnaby, B.C.: 1991-). It is a single-point charge in Westminster Presbytery.

BUR DE · Corporate body · 1991-

Central Burnaby United Church was formed in 1970 by the amalgamation of Deer Lake United Church (Burnaby, B.C. : 1955-1970), Douglas United Church (Burnaby, B.C.), and St. Matthew's United Church (Burnaby, B.C.) In 1991, its name was changed to Deer Lake United Church (Burnaby, B.C. : 1991-). It is a single-point charge in Westminster Presbytery.

BUR DL · Corporate body · 1955-1970

Deer Lake United Church (Burnaby, B.C. : 1955-1970) began in 1923 as Burnaby Lake Community Church Association (interdenominational). It joined the United Church at union in 1925 as Burnaby Lake United Church. Its name was changed in 1955 to Deer Lake United Church (Burnaby, B.C. : 1955-1970). In its early years, it was part of several pastoral charges: Douglas Road Pastoral Charge, with Douglas United Church (1926-1930); Burnaby Pastoral Charge, with Dundonald and East Burnaby United Churches (1930-1950); and East Burnaby Pastoral Charge, with East Burnaby United Church (1950-54). It was a separate single-point charge in Westminster Presbytery from 1954 to 1970. In 1970, it amalgamated with St. Matthew's and Douglas United Churches to form Central Burnaby United Church (Burnaby, B.C.), which was later renamed Deer Lake United Church (Burnaby, B.C. : 1991- ).

Haney Brick & Tile Limited
CA MRM HBT · Corporate body · 1907 - 1977

The Port Haney Brick & Tile Company Limited was established in 1907 by Harold Burnet, Edward G. Baynes, and William M. Horie to take advantage of a growing market for brick downriver in Vancouver. The operation was located on a rich deposit of clean clay along the banks of the Fraser River, making it ideal for the creation and distribution of their product. The success of the company was augmented by the availability of inexpensive labour using migrants from India and China. The company specialized in facing bricks, drainage tiles, and, after WWII, consumer-oriented garden tiles.

The name was changed to Haney Brick & Tile Limited ca. 1947 when river traffic had reduced to the point that "Port" was no longer relevant in the name of the town. The company closed in 1977 when the operations of the kilns were no longer as profitable as they had once been.

Haney Brick & Tile Limited was managed by three individuals over the course of its existence: Harold Burnet from 1907-1946, Jim Hadgkiss 1946-1970, and Alan Findlay 1970-1977.

Some of the structures built by the company for its use remain as heritage pieces in the municipality of Maple Ridge.

Haney Women's Institute
CA MRM HWI · Corporate body · 1915-1983

The Haney Women's Institute was established in 1915, arising from the Women's Institute movement established in Ontario in 1897. Women's Institutes were founded to advocate for "domestic sciences" and "home economics", with the institutes in early Maple Ridge greatly involved in community service. The Women's Institute cared for the needy throughout the Great Depression and established a Well Baby Clinic, which provided immunizations and care at no cost to the community, before Public Health assumed responsibility for this activity in 1965.

The early records of the Haney Women's Institute were lost to a fire at the Oddfellows building in 1936. The organization was active until its 68th year, when it was disbanded.

CA MRM MRAA · Corporate body · 1901 - Present

The Maple Ridge Agricultural Association was created in 1901 to encourage the development of agriculture and to promote "mechanical & household arts".

Yaletown Productions Inc.
CAN-124 · Corporate body · 1981-present

Michael Collier is the common thread relating the creators of this fonds to each other. For a biography of Collier and administrative histories of the film companies represented in this fonds which Collier was involved with (as founder, producer, president, partner) please see descriptions at the respective sousfonds levels: Michael Collier personal records, Tommy Tompkins Wildlife Films, New Horizon Films Ltd, North Wind Films Ltd, Yaletown Productions Inc, Urban Safari Films Inc, Post Digital Inc and Yaletown Entertainment Corp.

CCF · Corporate body · 1933-

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, or CCF, was formed in Calgary in 1932 as a political coalition with the goal of economic reforms to improve conditions resulting from the Great Depression. It soon became well established, and CCF clubs were formed across the country, including a number in Saanich. The first meeting of Local No. 1 CCF club in Saanich was held on September 13, 1933 at 3234 Albina Street with Mr. Williamson as Chairman. Meetings were held in members’ homes and occasionally at St. Mark’s hall until the construction of the Douglas CCF Hall (located at 3368 Douglas Street) in 1944. The club registered under the Societies Act in 1950. In 1952, CCF member Frank Snowsell was elected MLA for the constituency of Saanich in the British Columbia general election, a position he held for one year. In 1961 the CCF entered into a formal alliance with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) to create the New Democratic Party. Following this change, the Douglas CCF Hall Society was renamed the Douglas NDP Hall Society.

McKee Athletic Association
CR-120 · Corporate body · [ca. 1931-1995]

The McKee Athletic Association was incorporated under the Societies act on February 27th, 1931. The first directors of the society were farmers and property owners in East Delta and included; Lester Waldon Embree, Thomas J. Robertson, Leyland Feildon Hornby, Walter Parry, George Burton Embree and John Fallis. The 2.71 acres described as S.E. 1/4 of Section 3, Township 4 of New Westminster District (10379 Ladner Trunk Road),originally owned by David A. McKee was conveyed in trust to Thomas Joseph Robertson on Nov. 27, 1930 for a park and community hall in East Delta. The formation of the society and the ownership of land, enabled the community to build a community hall for public meetings, concerts, lectures, dances, and offices. At the same time members of St. Stephen's United Church were thinking of building a church hall and so it was decided that building a community hall could also double as a church hall and St. Stephen's was promised free use of the new facility once it was built. The society's constitution stipulates that white residents over 18 years of age could purchase memberships to the society for $4.00 in 1931. The building was partially rebuilt with new windows and a rear addition in 1995 after a damaging fire which occurred in 1993.

Rotary Ann Club of Ladner
CR-127 · Corporate body · 1961-2000

The term "Rotary Ann" is an affectionate nickname for the wives of the male members of the Rotary Clubs internationally. The term grew out of an interesting historical occasion.

In 1914, the San Francisco Rotarians were boarding a special train to attend the Rotary convention being held in Houston. The name "Rotary Ann" was the nickname given to Ann Brunnier, the only wife of a Rotary member to make the trip with her husband. At the next convention, Rotary Ann skits and songs were written. One of the prominent Rotarians in Houston was Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia, whose wife's name was also Ann. The two Anns were hoisted on the men's shoulders and paraded about the hall. The term of endearment, "Rotary Ann" was given to all the wives of Rotarians from that day on. Because their husbands eventually became presidents of Rotary International, the two original Anns became the First Ladies of the Rotary.

The Ladner Rotary Anns' first meeting took place on January 18, 1961. Their main interest was in providing a social club for Rotary women, but they did take on some service activities. Some of the charities they supported were: The Delta Foundation, The Provincial Resource Program for Autism and Related Disorders, Delta Community Hospice Foundation, Deltassist Community Services Society, as well as the Soil and Water Conservation Foundation of the Philippines. Their correspondence reveals the many donations these women made, as well as the many requests for support they received as wives of service club members.

The 1961/62 Executive Officers of the Club were:

President: Betty Burnett
Vice Pres: Muriel Remphrey
Secretary: Peggy Oliver
Sgt-at-arms: Winonah Maxwell