[BCMA] PSA - Burnaby - Charting Change

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 16, 2010

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*CHARTING CHANGE: AN INTERACTIVE ATLAS OF BURNABY'S HERITAGE*

 

(BURNABY, BC) --  The legacy of Burnaby's history can be seen in every 
corner of our city. 

 

On February 15, 2010, the City Archives launched a new website which 
dynamically charts the natural and cultural heritage of our community 
through the use of four interactive maps. Titled /Charting Change: An 
Interactive Atlas of Burnaby's Heritage/, this website will allow users 
to see how historical events, ranging from First Nations settlement to 
the founding of Fort Langley in 1825, through to the Depression and 
post-war housing boom have shaped the community of Burnaby.

 

 

In 2001, Burnaby's Community Heritage Commission initiated a project to 
create an atlas mapping all protected heritage resources and other 
historic sites in Burnaby, illustrating the evolution of our city.  Our 
new website will build on the earlier work of the Commission and we 
acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage 
through the Canadian Culture Online Program which helped make this 
project possible. 

 

 

Tools and resources from all of Burnaby's Heritage partners -- the City 
Archives, the Burnaby Village Museum, the Burnaby Planning Department 
and the Burnaby Historical Society -- are linked to historic 
photographs, artifacts, and neighbourhood histories to create a powerful 
on-line resource that links history and geography to reveal community.  
Over 1500 photographs from the Burnaby Village Museum collection have 
been scanned and described specifically for this site, which adds to the 
existing inventory of approximately 8000 photographs from the City 
Archives.  The atlas also makes use of innovative Google Street View 
capabilities, allowing users to zoom into many of our heritage sites and 
historic buildings to view them in their present context -- a truly 
unique feature that offers our citizens a rare glimpse of how the 
landscape of our city has evolved. 

 

To visit the website, please go to www.heritageburnaby.ca 
<http://www.heritageburnaby.ca/> and click on the /Charting Change/ link. 

 
 

Contact:

Arilea Sill; City Archivist

Tel: 604.297.4818

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