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Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently In Use	Appeared
Adams Street	Possibly named for George Adams, early businessman and Councillor		Victory Heights	No	1892
Agnes Street	Named after Agnes, the daughter of Governor Douglas		Downtown	Yes	1859 - 1863
Albert Crescent	Named for Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria		Downtown	No	1859 - 1863
Alberta Street	Named for the province of Alberta		Victory Heights, Sapperton	Yes	1892
Alder Street	Named for the alder tree		Glenbrooke North	No	1900
Alexander Street	Named for Alexander Ewen, Councillor, who lived on the street.	Now Alexander Street	Downtown	Yes	1892
Alfred Terrace	Named for Prince Alfred, son of Queen Victoria	now part of Columbia Street	Downtown	No	1859 - 1863
Alice Street #1	Named for Alice Gardens which were named for Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria		Downtown	Yes	1892
Alice Street #2	Named for Alice Gardens which were named for Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria		West End	No	1913
Allen Street	Possibly named for Thomas Allen, a teamster and contractor who lived in the area.		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Allison Place	Named for A.J. Allison, Councillor		Victory Heights	Yes	1973
Amess Street			Sapperton	Yes	1909
Anne Street		now Ash Street	Uptown	No	pre 1913
Anthony Court	Named for Pete Anthony, lacrosse player		Queen's Park	Yes	1995
Arbutus Street	Named for the arbutus tree		Queen's Park	Yes	1909
Archer Street	Named for Samuel Archer, Royal Engineer		Victory Heights	Yes	1909
Argyle Street	Named for Thomas Argyle, R.E., gunsmith and blacksmith		Glenbrooke North	No	1909
Armstrong Street	Named for W.J. Armstrong, Mayor and/or J.C. Armstrong, Councillor	now part of Clarkson Street	Downtown	No	1890
Arthur Terrace	Named for Arthur, seventh child of Queen Victoria	now part of Columbia Street	Downtown	No	1859 - 1863
Ash Street	Named for the ash tree	lower part was Fife Street; upper part was Anne Street	Uptown, Downtown	Yes	1892
Ashcroft Street	Named for the city of Ashcroft, B.C.		West End	No	1909
Auckland Street	Named for the city of Auckland, New Zealand		Downtown	Yes	1859 - 1863
Augusta Street	Named for one of the names proposed for New Westminster, along with Regina	was Knox Street	Brow of the Hill	Yes	1892
Aurora Street	Named for the city of Aurora, Ontario		West End	No	1909
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently In Use	Appeared
Bacon Street	Named for Charles A. Bacon, a melter at the Assay office	now Oakland Street	Queen's Park	No	pre 1913
Barnet Street	Named for McDonald Barnet Mills, a lumber company in the area		North Arm South	No	1909
Basran Avenue	Named for the Basran family, prominent in the area.		Queensborough	Yes	1997
Beach Street	Named for George Beach, founder of Westminster Mills		North Arm South	Yes	1909
Begbie Square	Named for Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie		Downtown	No	1980
Begbie Street	Named for Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie who owned the adjacent lots		Downtown	Yes	1859 - 1863
Bell Lane	Listed for Alex Bell, businessman		North Arm South	No	1909
Belleville Street	Named for the city of Belleville, Ontario		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1892
Belmont Street	Probably named for the city of Belmont, Ontario		Uptown	Yes	1892
Belyea Street	Named for Harry A. Belyea, head of the Royal City Transfer Co.		West End	Yes	1909
Bennet Street	Misspelling of Brunette Street - appears in only one year's directory.			No	1891
Bent Court	Named for G.H. Bent, teamster, or J.G. Bent, carpenter, residents in the area		Uptown	Yes	1909
Beth Street	Named for Beth Wood, Mayor		Glenbrooke South	Yes	1981
Birch Street	Named for the birch tree		Glenbrooke North	No	1909
Blackberry Drive	Named for the blackberries growing abundantly in the area		Glenbrooke South	Yes	1993
Blackford Street			Queen's Park, Uptown	Yes	1909
Blackie Street	Named for Walter Blackie, blacksmith & Councillor	was Ferris Street.	Downtown	Yes	1890
Blackley Street	Named for George Blakely, Poplar Island Shipyards and member of the Harbour Commission	Misspelling of Blakely Street, corrected in 1958	North Arm South	Yes	1909
Blackman Street	Named for J.W.B. Blackman, City Engineer		Glenbrooke North	Yes	1909
Blackwood Street	Named for Arthur Blackwood, senior official, Colonial Office		Downtown	Yes	1859 - 1863
Blair Avenue	Named for J.C. Blair, first resident on the street.		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Blakely Street	Named for George Blakely, partner in Westminster Mills		North Arm South	No	1958
Bole Street	Named for Judge Wm. Norman Bole, first Police Magistrate		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
Bonar Steet	Named for Horatio Bonar, Scottish hymn writer, influenced by Knox and Calvin.	now Cornwall Street	Brow of the Hill	No	pre 1913
Bonson Street	Named for Lewis F. Bonson, Royal Engineer & Councillor		Downtown, Queen's Park	Yes	1890
Boundary Road	Named for the boundary between New Westminster and Richmond.		Queensborough	Yes
Bourke Street	Named for David Bourke, Deputy