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Street in St. John's, Canada

Water Street
LocationSt. John's
East endTemperance Street
West endWaterford Bridge Road / Topsail Road
National Historic Site of Canada
Official nameWater Street Historic District National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1987

Water Street is located in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It became a commercial trading outpost for the Basques, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. The street now boasts many souvenir shops, restaurants, pubs, and high-end boutiques, as well as other commercial ventures. To this day, the street remains the hub of commercial activity in the city; in 2020, the city implemented a seasonal pedestrian-only section of the road.

National Historic Site

The Water Street Historic District was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1987 and comprises a group of commercial structures which are representative of the 19th-century mercantile businesses associated with the Newfoundland fisheries and the Atlantic trade.

References

  1. Water Street Historic District. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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47°33′45.29″N 52°42′31.13″W / 47.5625806°N 52.7086472°W / 47.5625806; -52.7086472


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