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Water Street (St. John's)
Street in St. John's, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 |
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