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Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
Halifax Street	Named for City of Halifax, Nova Scotia	now Ninth Street	Brow of the Hill	No	1859 - 1863
Hall Street	Named for Valentine Hall, first City Clerk and Postmaster		Downtown	No	1859 - 1863
Hamilton Street	Named for City of Hamilton, Ontario	was Ridley Street	Uptown, Kelvin, West End	Yes	1892
Hamley Street	Named for Wymond O. Hamley, colonial official - Collector of Customs		Downtown	No	1861
Hampton Street	Named for Mr. Hampton, contractor who built many houses in area		Queensborough	Yes	1913
Hancock Street			Sapperton	No	1892
Hanlan Street			Downtown	No	1892
Hartco Street	Named for F.J. Hart & Co., owned by Frederick J. Hart, Councillor	now part of Townsend Place	Queen's Park	No	1909
Harvey Street	Named for Wm. Harvey, owner of Pioneer Bakery.		Victory Heights	Yes	1893
Hastings Street	Named for one of the founding areas of Vancouver		Downtown	Yes	1892
Helmcken Street	Named for John Helmcken, early doctor and politician	now Chilliwack Street	Victory Heights	No	pre 1913
Hendry Place	Named for John Hendry, Mayor and businessman		Queensborough	Yes	1990
Hendry Street	Named for John Hendry, Mayor and businessman		West End	No	1909
Henley Street	Named for Joseph Henley, owner of soda water factory & Councillor		Kelvin	Yes	1909
Herbert Street		now Kingston Street	Kelvin, West End	No	pre 1913
Hill Street	Possibly named for Arthur E.B. Hill, Councillor		West End	Yes	1909
Hitchcock Street	Named for W.Hitchcock, property owner, and Councillor, melter at the Assay Office	became Elgin Street	Queen's Park	No	pre 1913
Holbrook Street	Named for Henry Holbrook, Mayor	now part of Victoria Street	Downtown	No	1890
Holland Street	Named for Holland family, well known as gardeners and farm owners		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
Holmes Street	Named for William Holmes, first property owner in area		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Hospital Street	Named for proximity to Royal Columbian Hospital		Sapperton	Yes	1892
Hoult Street	Named for E. Hoult, janitor at the Public Library		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Howay Street	Named for Judge F.W. Howay, Councillor		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
Howes Street	Named for Wm. Howes, local boat builder		Queensborough	Yes	1927
Hume Street	Named for Fred J. Hume, Mayor		Queensborough	Yes
Hunter Street	Named for Captain Hunter, of the steamer "Transfer"			No
Huron Street	Named for City of Huron, Ontario		North Arm North	No	1892
Irving Street	Named for Capt. Wm. Irving, Councillor	now Cunningham Street	Downtown	No	1885
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
Jack Mahony Place	Named for Jack Mahony, Victoria Cross recipient	member of the Royal Westminster Regiment	Glenbrooke North	Yes	1999
Jackson Crescent	Named for F.H. (Toby) Jackson, Mayor		Victory Heights	Yes	1966
Jamieson Court	Named for Robert Jamieson, pioneer Presbyterian minister & founding first school		Glenbrooke South	Yes	1989
Jardine Street	Named for John B. Jardine, Councillor & son-in-law of Alex Ewen		Queensborough, North Arm South	Yes	1910
Jarves Street		became Digby Street	Victory Heights	No	pre 1913
Jemmet Street	Named for Captain C.E.  Jemmett, surveyor		Downtown	No	1890
Jenkinson Street		became Coutts Street	Victory Heights	No	pre 1913
Jensen Street	Named for Nils Jensen		Queensborough	Yes	2008
Johnston Street	Named for J.J. Johnston, Mayor, "Mr. May Day"		Queensborough, North Arm South	Yes	1909
Jones Street	Named for Dr. J. Harold Jones, Medical Health Officer	now Carnegie Street	Victory Heights	No	1909
Julia #1 Street		now Prescott Street X-ref St. Julia	Uptown	No	pre 1913
Julia #2 Street		Not located on a map	Sapperton	No	1908
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
K de K Court	Named for J.S. Knyvett de Knyvett, and the "K de K" , the first ferry across the Fraser River.		Downtown	Yes	1985
Kamloops Street	Named for City of Kamloops, BC		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1892
Keary Street	Named for William H. Keary, Mayor		Sapperton, Brunette Creek	Yes	1892
Kellington Street	Named for Albert E. Kellington, Councillor		Victory Heights	No
Kelly Street	Named for the Kelly family, prominent in the City, especially John and James.		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Kelvin Street	Named for proximity to Lord Kelvin School	was Williams Street	Kelvin, West End	No	1909
Kennedy Street	Named for Kennedy family, newspaper publishers, including J.B. Kennedy, Councillor	was Douglas Lane or Douglas Place	Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
Kent Street	Named for the City of Kent, BC		Victory Heights	Yes	1909
King Street	Probably named for the royal position of King		West End	No	1909
Kingston Street	Named for City of Kingston, Ontario	was Herbert Street	Kelvin, West End	Yes	1892
Knox Street #1	Named for John Knox, Scottish church reformer (see Bonar and Calvin)	became Augusta Street	Brow of the Hill	Yes	pre 1909
Knox Street #2	Named for proximity to Knox Presbyterian church		Sapperton	No	1909
Kootenay Street	Named for region of British Columbia		Glenbrooke North	No	1913
Kwantlen Court	Named for Kwantlen First Nation		Glenbrooke South	Yes
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
Ladner Street	Named for Ladner family including Thomas Ladner, Councillor.		Victory Heights	Yes	1909
Laguna Court	Named by developer		Downtown	Yes	1989
Lancaster Street	Named for City of Lancaster, Ontario	was Forrester Street	Queen's Park	Yes	1892
Langley Street	Named for City of Langley, BC		Victory Heights	No	1892
Latham Street	Named for Harry Latham, City Treasurer		Victory Heights	No	1909
Laurel Street	Named for the laurel tree		Victory Heights	Yes
Lawrence Street	Named for Lawrence family who lived in the area	was Lawrence Road	Queensborough	Yes	1913
Lee Street	Named for John A. Lee, Mayor		Victory Heights	Yes	1913
Leith Street	Named for City of Leith, the port for Edinburgh, Scotland	now part of Nanaimo Streeet	Kelvin	No	1895
Leopold Place	Named for Prince Leopold, son of Queen Victoria		Downtown	Yes	1859 - 1863
Levi Street	Named for Thomas Levi, Councillor and owner of the American Hotel		North Arm North	Yes	1909
Lewis Street	Named for L.A. Lewis, Councillor & Manager of Brunette Saw Mills		Brunette Creek	No	1909
Lidster Place	Named for H. Norman Lidster, Councillor		Victory Heights	Yes	1973
Lilley Street			Brow of the Hill	No	1913
Liverpool Street	Named for the City of Liverpool, England		Queen's Park	Yes	1892
London Place	Named for the City of London, England		Connaught Heights	Yes	1972
London Street	Named for the City of London, England	bet 18 & 20 St. was Montreal Street; was Thirteenth Street	Connaught Heights, West End, Kelvin	Yes	1859 - 1863
Lorne Street	Named for the Marquis de Lorne, Governor General of Canada		Downtown	Yes	1890
Louellen Street			Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
Lulu Island Road	Named for Lulu Island which was named for Lulu Sweet, a show girl.	now part of Ewen Avenue	Queensbourough, North Arm South	No	1892
Lynch Street	Named for Fred J. Lynch, businessman, Councillor and lacrosse player		Victory Heights	No	1913
Lytton Square	Named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton		Downtown	No	1859 - 1863
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location	Currently in Use	Appeared
Mahony Street	Named for Mahony family, especially John, Assistant Government Agent		Victory Heights	No	1909
Maisie Street			Glenbrooke North	No	1909
Major Street	Named for Charles G. Major, Councillor		Sapperton	Yes	1909
Manchester Street	Named for the City of Manchester, England	now Wilson Street	Sapperton	No	pre 1913
Manitoba Street	Named for Province of Manitoba		Downtown	Yes	1890
Maple Street	Named for the maple tree		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
Marine Drive	Named for proximity to water		Connaught Heights, North Arm North	Yes
Marine Way	Named for proximity to water		Connaught Heights, North Arm North	Yes
Marisie Street	May be misspelling of Maisie Street		Glenbrooke North	No
Marks Street			Queen's Park	No
Mary Steet	Named for Colonel Moody's wife, Mary	now Sixth Street	Downtown,  Kelvin, Uptown, Glenbrooke North	No	1859 - 1863
Massey Street	Probably named for Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada	was Coquitlam Street	Victory Heights	Yes
Matsqui Street	Named for City of Matsqui, BC		Victory Heights	No	1909
Mayers Street	Named for Capt. Fritz. Mayers, captain of the tug "Fearless" who lived in the area.	Misspelled as Mayerp Street, and Currently in Usely as Mayes Street on Currently in Use list & map	Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
McBride Boulevard	Named for Sir Richard McBride	Formerly Queen's Boulevard	Downtown, Glenbrooke South, Glenbrooke North,	Yes	1909
McDonald Street	Named for Roderick McDonald, Councillor or John McDonald, first resident on street		Sapperton	Yes	1909
McDougal Street	Named for McDougal family in the area	was Flett Street	Victory Heights	No	1909
McGill Street				No	1909
McGillivray Place	Named for Donald McGillivray, owner of McGillivray's Pipeworks who produced all the pipes for the City's first water system.		Queensborough	Yes	1992
McInnes Street	Named for T.R. McInnes &/or Loftus McInnes, both Mayors		Downtown	Yes	1890
McKay Street			Victory Heights	Yes	1913
McKenzie Street			Downtown	Yes	1885
McMartin Street	Named for Isaac McMartin, millwright who lived in the area		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
McNeely Street	Named for Thomas McNeely, prominent builder of the City		Downtown	Yes	1890
McPhaden Street	Named for Duncan McPhaden, Councillor who lived in the area		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1909
McQuarrie Street	Named for McQuarrie family including W.G., lawyer and N.H., City Treasurer		Victory Heights	No	1909
Mead Street	Named for George Mead, property owner in the area		Connaught Heights	Yes
Melbourne Street	Named for City of Melbourne, Australia	now Fifth Avenue	Queen's Park, Brow of the Hill, North Arm North, Uptown	No	1859 - 1863
Mercer Street	Named for Mercer shipyard, possibly Edward Mercer		North Arm South	Yes	1909
Merivale Street	Named for Undersecretary of State, H. Merrivale, 1860's		Downtown	Yes	1859 - 1863
Mersey Street	Named for the Mersey River, England		Brunette Creek	No	1909
Mill Street	Named for proximity to mill.		North Arm South	No	1909
Milton Street	Named for Lord Milton who came to New Westminster & bought property.	Became Brown #2 Street	Brow of the Hill	Yes	1892
Miner Street	Named for sappers and miners of the Royal Engineers	was Cemetery Street	Sapperton & Glenbrooke South	Yes
Mission Street	Named for City of Mission, BC		West End	No	1909
Montreal Street	Named for the City of Montreal, Quebec	now Fourth Avenue	Queen's Park, Brow of the Hill, North Arm North, Uptown	No	1859 - 1863
Moody Street	Named for Col. Richard Clement Moody, founder of New Westminster		Downtown	Yes	1890
Morrison Street			Brunette Creek	No	1913
Morrow Street	Named for A.T. Morrow, Manager of BC Distillery	Not located on a map	Brunette Creek	No	1909
Mott Crescent	Named for William M. Mott, Mayor		Victory Heights	Yes	1960s
Mowat Street	Probably named for Thomas Mowat, long-time Fisheries inspector.		Brow of the Hill	Yes	1893
Munday Street	Named for Munday family, Sapperton, including George Munday, Councillor	now Sixth Avenue East	Victory Heights	No	1909
Myrtle Street	Named for the myrtle tree	now York Street	Victory Heights	No	pre 1913

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