Water Street (St. John's)
Location | St. John's |
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East end | Temperance Street |
West end | Waterford Bridge Road / Topsail Road |
Official name | Water Street Historic District National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | 1987 |
Water Street is located in
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.[1]
References
- ^ Water Street Historic District. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 August 2012.