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Location DB > Canada > British Columbia > Burnaby > Lakeview Subdivision
 Name
Lakeview Subdivision
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 Database Info
created by HagensborgViking on 6/23/2004 2:31 AM
last modified by oldtimer on 1/5/2006 8:15 PM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
 Overview
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 Basic Information
Type: Park expansion / Conservation area
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: not very exciting
 Physical Information
Address
Elwell at Hill Street, Across from RB Park
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada
Owner: City of Burnaby / BC Hydro
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  •  Hazards
  • rust
  • water
  • thick brush, deep mud in places
  •  Interesting Features

     Security Measures
  • mother nature is a real old hag
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1904
    Closed: 1955
     Required Equipment
  • gloves
  • long pants / sleeves
  • tall boots, machette
  •  Recommended Equipment
    a little DEET couldn't hurt
     History
    Once a pioneer tram station community. Only two houses remain of this 1904 neighbourhood, the rest having made way for a new and exciting concept called a FREEWAY. As Burnaby made the transition from rails to rubber, once-proud farmers and their families were bought out and moved along by the dozens, while the not so lucky ones quite literally walked away from their worthless properties. It is these few "other" houses, the ones that were not exactly in the way of the 1956 paving madness, that have left behind their footprints for us to ponder over. Most homes were looted and vandalized until the greenery got big enough to make people forget about them. That gave them three additional decades to secretely collapse into themselves uninterupted.

    Once serviced by both the Cumberland Station and the Hill Avenue Station, this tightly knit community is now nothing more than four houses in the way of a park expansion, two of which date from the original neighbourhood, and a very wide spread scattering of heritage house corpses.
     Media Coverage

     Future Plans
    One half Robert Burnaby Park expansion, one half regional conservation area (George Derby waterways)
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    Lakeview Subdivision
    Wed, Jun 23rd, 2004
    posted by HagensborgViking
    26 pictures
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    Lakeview
    Fri, Dec 9th, 2005
    posted by nobody
    12 pictures
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    Sept 11/2012
    Wed, Sep 12th, 2012
    posted by PoT.
    16 pictures
     


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     Moderator Rating
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    Category Rating
    Photography 6 / 10
    Coolness 6 / 10
    Content Quality 8 / 10
     Validation
    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Opheliaism on 9/12/2012 1:32 PM.

     Latest Changes
  • on Sep 12 12 at 13:32, Opheliaism validated this location
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:52, PoT. updated gallery picture Historic Interurban Hill St 1951
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:46, PoT. updated gallery picture Historic Interurban Hill St 1951
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:44, PoT. updated gallery picture Elwell Foundation
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:44, PoT. updated gallery picture Elwell Fence2
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:44, PoT. updated gallery picture Elwell Fence
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:43, PoT. updated gallery picture Ravine 2
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:43, PoT. updated gallery picture Ravine 1
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:41, PoT. updated gallery picture Cumberland Manhole
  • on Sep 12 12 at 5:41, PoT. updated gallery picture Wallis 7
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