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Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
Dallas Street	Named for Alexander Grant Dallas, Governor of Hudson Bay Company	now Carnarvon Street	Downtown	No	1859 - 1863
Dan Lee Avenue	Named for Dan Lee who, with his wife, Nin Hay Lee, ran a farm in the area		Queensborough	Yes	1994
Dawe Street	Named for Dawe family, shipyard owners in the area.		Queensborough	Yes	1960
Debeck Street	Named for Debeck Brothers, owners of Brunette Sawmills		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Delta Street	Named for City of Delta, BC		North Arm North	No	1892
Devoy Street	Named for John Devoy, steward at Royal Columbian Hospital, worker at BC Penitentiary and lived in the area.		Victory Heights	Yes	1909
Dickenson Street	Named for Robert Dickinson, Mayor and early businessman	Misspelled.	Downtown	Yes	1890
Digby Street	Named for Digby family, especially Charles, head steward, Royal Columbia Hospital and John, electrician.	was Jarves Street	Victory Heights	No	1909
Distillery Road	Named for B.C. Distilleries in the area	was Braid Street	Sapperton, Brunette Creek	No	1907
Dixon Street	Possibly named for Mrs. Isabella Dixon, a retired teacher who lived in the area.		Victory Heights	Yes	1909
Dockyard Street	Named for the location of the street on the dockyards.		Downtown	No	1892
Dorer Street	Named for Horace Dorer, businessman and property owner in area	now Fenton Street	Queensborough	No	1913
Douglas Lane	Named for Sir James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia	became Kennedy Street. Also may have been called Douglas Place in 1892	Brow of the Hill	No	1891
Douglas Road	Named for Sir James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia	now Eighth Street - Break is at Royal	Downtown	No	1862
Douglas Street	Named for Sir James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia	now Eighth Street	Downtown, Brow of the Hill, Kelvin, Uptown	No	1859 - 1863
Downie Street			West End	Yes
Downing Street			West End	No	1909
Dublin Street #1	Named for the City of Dublin, Ireland		Connaught Heights, West End, Kelvin	Yes	1859 - 1863
Dublin Street #2	Named for the City of Dublin, Ireland	now Fourteenth Street	West End	No	pre 1913
Dufferin Street	Named for Lord Dufferin, Governor General of Canada		Downtown	Yes	1890
Duke Street	Probably named for the royal position of Duke		Victory Heights	No	1909
Duncan Street	Named for W.A. Duncan, City Clerk & Councillor		North Arm South	Yes	1909
Dundas Street	Named for the City of Dundas, Ontario		West End	No
Dundee Street	Named for the City of Dundee, Scotland		West End	No	1909
Durham Street	Named for Lord Durham	was Essex Street and Carmana Street	Glenbrooke North	Yes	1892
Durham Street East	Named for Lord Durham		Victory Heights	Yes
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
Eckert Avenue	Possibly named for Henry Eckert, owner of BC Manufacturing. Co.		Queensborough	Yes	1997
Eddie Drive	Named for Rae Eddie, unionlLeader		Glenbrooke South	Yes	1981
Edinburgh Street	Named for the City of Edinburgh, Scotland	Was Toronto St. bet 18 & 20	Connaught Heights, West End, Kelvin	Yes	1859 - 1863
Edworthy Way			Brunette Creek	Yes
Eickhoff Street	Named for Eickhoff family, prominent in the City		Uptown	No	1909
Eighteenth Street			West End, North Arm North	Yes	1892
Eighth Avenue		was Thorne Road	Connaught Heights, Glenbrooke North	Yes	1892
Eighth Avenue East		was Thorne Road	Victory Heights	Yes	1909
Eighth Street		was Douglas Street and Douglas Road	Downtown, Brow of the Hill, Kelvin, Uptown	Yes	1892
Eleventh Street		was Fortescue Street and Turner Street	Downtown, Brow of the Hill, Kelvin	Yes	1892
Elgin Street	Named for the City of Elgin, Ontario which was named after Lord Elgin	was Hitchcock Street	Queen's Park	Yes	1892
Ellice Street	Named for Rt. Hon. Edward Ellice, Col. Gov. & Dep. Gov. Hudson Bay Co.	now Tenth Street	Downtown	No	1859 - 1863
Elliot Street	Possibly named for Lt. G.H. Elliot, Royal Marines on station 1857-1860		Downtown	Yes	1862
Elmer Street			Sapperton	Yes	1909
Emory Street	Named for Emory Creek on the Fraser River		Queen's Park	Yes	1892
Esplanade Street	Named for walkway along the river		Brunette Creek	No	1909
Essex Street	Possibly named for Lord Essex	now Durham Street, was Pine Street (1913)	Victory Heights	No	1909
Ewen Avenue	Named for Alexander Ewen, Councillor and businessman	was Lulu Island Road	Queensborough, North Arm South	Yes	1890
Ewen Street	Named for Alexander Ewen, Councillor and businessman	Became Alexander Street	Downtown	No	1891
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
Fader Street	Named for Elijah John Fader, lumber man and councillor		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Fairweather Lane	Named for Fairweather family, owners of Strand Hotel, later known as Queensborough Hotel