Location St. John's Major cities St. John's | East end Temperance Street Designated as world heritage site 1987 | |
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West end Waterford Bridge Road (becomes Route 60) Official name Water Street Historic District National Historic Site of Canada | ||
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.
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Map of Water St, St. John's, NL, Canada
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.
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Water Street (St. John's) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA