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Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location		Currently In Use		Appeared
Nanaimo Street	Named for the City of Nanaimo, BC	was Leith Street and Gladys Street	West End, Kelvin	Yes		1892
Napanee Street	Named for the City of Napanee, Ontario		Brow of the Hill	Yes		1892
Nelson Street	Named for Nels Nelson, brewery founder		Brunette Creek	No		1909
Nineteenth Street			West End	Yes
Ninth Avenue		was Turnbull Street	Connaught Heights, Glenbrooke North	Yes
Ninth Street		was Halifax Street	Downtown, Brow of the Hill, Kelvin	Yes		1892
Nootka Street	Named for the Nootka First Nation		Sapperton	Yes		1913
North Arm Road	Named for location leading to the North Arm of the Fraser River.	now Sixth Avenue	Connaught Heights, West End, Brow of the Hill, Kelvin, Uptown, Glenbrooke North, Queen's Park	No		1890
North Road	Named for the direction it went - north to Burrard Inlet.	now Columbia Street	Sapperton	No		pre 1913
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location		Currently In Use		Appeared
Oak Street	Named for the oak tree		Queen's Park	Yes		1892
Oakland Street	Named for the City of Oakland, Ontario	was Bacon Street	Queen's Park	Yes		1892
Oliver Street	Named for Joseph Oliver, an engineer who lived in the area.		Queen's Park	Yes		1909
Ontario Street	Named for the Province of Ontario		Downtown	Yes		1890
Orchard Street	Named for proximity to an orchard in the area	now Pine Street	Queen's Park	No		pre 1913
Osborne Avenue	Named for royal residence of Osborne House, Isle of Wight		Glenbrooke North	Yes		1909
Ottawa Street	Named for the City of Ottawa, Ontario	was part of Dublin Street	West End	No		1892
Ovens Avenue	Named for Thomas Ovens, Mayor	was Ovens Street	Glenbrooke North	Yes		1909
Oxford Street	Named for the City of Oxford, Ontario	was Calvin Street	Brow of the Hill	Yes		1892
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location		Currently In Use		Appeared
Page Street			Queensborough	No		1909
Paris Street	Named for the City of Paris, France		West End	No		1909
Park Crescent	Named for proximity to Queens Park		Glenbrooke North	Yes
Park Lane	Named for proximity to Queens Park	now First Street	Glenbrooke North	No		1859 - 1863
Park Row	Named for proximity to Queens Park		Downtown, Queen's Park	Yes		1892
Pearce Street	Named for Sidney J. Pearce, Police Chief, Sanitary Inspector, and Licence Inspector, who lived in the area.		Brow of the Hill	Yes		1909
Pearson Street	Named for Thomas R. Pearson, Councillor		Queen's Park	Yes		1909
Peele Street	Named for Adolphus Peele, pharmacist, who lived in the area.		Downtown, Queen's Park	Yes		1890
Pelham Street	Named for Sir Henry Pelham Clinton, Colonial Secretary	now Third Avenue	Queen's Park, Brow of the Hill, North Arm North, Uptown	No		1859 - 1863
Pembina Street	Probably named for the community of Pembina, Manitoba or Pembina, Alberta		Queensborough	Yes		1909
Phillips Street	Named for Phillips family including Matthew Phillips, Councillor	Named in 1920s	Queensborough	Yes
Pine Street	Named for the pine tree	was Orchard Street,  Essex St.	Queen's Park	Yes		1892
Pioneer Street	Named for Pioneer Lodge, into which the street led		Sapperton	No
Pipeline Road	Named for major water pipeline located under it.	now Braid Street	Sapperton	No		pre 1913
Pitt River Road	Named for the Pitt River, the destination of the early road.	now Brunette Avenue	Brunette Creek	No		1890
Portland Street	Named for the City of Portland, Ontario		Glenbrooke South	No		1892
Prescott Street	Named for the City of Prescott, Ontario	was St. Julia St.	Uptown	Yes		1892
Pretty Court	Named for Charles Fenn Pretty Sr., businessman who had a large cold storage plant in the area.		Queensborough	Yes		1993
Prevost Street	Named for Capt. James C. Prevost, Commander of H.M.S. Satellite & 1st Commisioner, Int'l Boundary Dispute	now Carnarvon Street Misspelled as Provost Street	Downtown	No		1859 - 1863
Princess Street	Probably named for the royal position of Princess	was Grey Street Between First and Second Street	Glenbrooke North, Uptown	Yes		1892
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location		Currently In Use		Appeared
Quayside Drive	Named for location along waterfront	was Terminal Avenue. Early 1860's maps show Quayside where docks are.	Downtown, North Arm North	Yes		1985
Quebec Street	Named for Province of Quebec		Downtown	Yes		1890
Queens Avenue	Named for Queen Victoria		Queen's Park, Uptown, North Arm North, Brow of the Hill, Downtown	Yes		1859 - 1863
Queen's Boulevard	Named for Queen Victoria	now McBride Boulevard	Downtown, Glenbrooke South, Glenbrooke North,	No		1859 - 1863
Queensborough Street	Named for one of original proposed names for City of New Westminster	now part of Townsend Place	Queen's Park	No		1909
Street Name	Derivation	Notes	Location		Currently In Use		Appeared
Rama Avenue	Named for Rama family, involved in the wood and fuel business for over eighty years in the area.		Queensborough	Yes		1994
Ramage Street	Named for John Ramage, Mayor		Downtown	Yes		1890
Regina Street	Named for the City of Regina, Saskatchewan	was Coatham Street	Queen's Park	Yes		1892
Reliance Court	Named for a prominent riverboat, the "Reliance"