Fonds AM1540 - Save Our Parkland Association fonds

Codd Wetland designation Codd Wetland designation Codd Wetland designation Codd Wetland designation Codd Wetland designation Celtic Slough Deering Island Park Deering Island Park Deering Island Park Deering Island park Deering Island Park Deering Island Park Deering Island Park Deering Island Park Deering Island Park Deering Island Park Deering Island Park shelter Deering Island Park shelter Official opening of Deering Island Park Official opening of Deering Island Park Official opening of Deering Island Park Official opening of Deering Island Park Barbara Neild with Barbara Fraser Tilley and John Ball Bob Purdy with Wendy Turner and Bert Brink and John Brady Bob Purdy with Wendy Turner,  John Brady and john Bell Dick Stace-Smith and Barbara Fraser Tilley Dick Stace-Smith Order of BC SOPA meeting Dick Stace-Smith, Order of BC, with Sheila Haddock and Don McClure Don McClure with June Binkert Gayle Martin (past Chair, GVRD Parks) at the SOPA plaque unveiling for Kanaka Creek Regional Park John Brady with Barbara Nield June Binkert at SOPA plaque unveiling for Kanaka Creek Regional Park June's Pond dedication of plaque with June Binkert and Pietr Rutgers Memorial plaque to Phil Haddock on the grand fir near the Simon Fraser monument Memorial plaque to Phil Haddock with June Binkert, Sheila Haddock, Ira Mann, Tom Nichols and Mitc... Plaque unveiling with Don Morrissy (? or Manning) and Dick Stace-Smith Kanaka Creek Regional Park plaque unveiling with May Brown Rick Hankin (recipient in 2003) handing over the Vancouver Natural History Society's Frank Sanfor... Rick Hankin (manager, GVRD Parks) with Cornelia Oberlander SOPA plaque unveiling with Judy Higginbotham (Chair, GVRD Parks Committee) SOPA plaque unveiling for Kanaka Creek Regional Park, with Maple Ridge Mayor Kathy Morse SOPA plaque unveiling for Kanaka CreekRegional Park, with Rick Hankin Wendy Turner and Tom Smith at the dedication of Margaret Piggott Park on Point Grey road Wendy Turner with Bert Brink

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Save Our Parkland Association fonds

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  • 0.95 m of textual material
  • 44 photographs

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The Save Our Parkland Association was established in 1963 by citizens with a shared concern regarding the disposition of the former Shaughnessy golf course. In 1966 the former Shaughnessy Golf Course became VanDusen Gardens. The goals of the Save Our Parkland Association were to preserve and establish additional park space by lobbying and establishing communication with local government. Education and engagement with the surrounding communities was an additional aim of the Save Our Parkland Association. Save Our Parkland was registered as a non-profit association. This status was dropped in 2006.
This Association meets monthly and lobbies for issues including the University Endowment Lands to become Pacific Spirit Park and the preservation of Burns Bog.

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Records were collected and maintained by June Binkert. The records were donated by Wendy Irish Turner who was a member of the Save Our Parkland Association.

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The fonds consists of textual materials and photographs related to the issues and concerns of the Save Our Parkland Association. Newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets and brochures are grouped according to topic and are largely environmental and land-use in nature. Such topics include: Hastings Park, Fraser Ports, Greenways Vancouver, Fraser River Estuary, Stanley Park, Burns Bog, Burnaby Lake, UBC, Lions Gate Bridge and the Arbutus rail corridor. Minutes of monthly meetings are in draft and completed form as well as membership and director lists from 1970-2006.
Correspondence to and from the following: Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Vancouver International Airport Authority, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Minister of Environment, Minister of Environment Lands and Parks, Minister of Municipal Affairs, City of Burnaby, the Fraser River Port Authority and Lower Mainland residents.
Photographs depicting events such as: Codd Island Regional Park designation, Deering Island Park Official opening, Margarett Piggott Park dedication, Kanaka Creek Park plaque unveiling and the memorial plaque placing for Phill Haddock as well as photos of various members of the association at meetings.

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Photographs in this fonds have been assigned catalogue numbers in the range CVA 1540-1 to CVA 1540-46. It appears that they were misnumbered and items CVA 1540-20 and CVA 1540-27 never existed.

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