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Downtown, Vancouver

118 Water Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 118 Water Street holds three firms.

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Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Water Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WATER

  1. 118Can Transfp. 165
  2. 118Marpole Transfp. 165
  3. 118Overland Cartagep. 165
The lines for 118 Water Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 118 Water Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); across the street, 115, on the heritage register, still has one from before 1946, one of eight on the block.

The 100 block in 1940

Water Street between Abbott and Cambie Streets, Downtown: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Water Street, the 100 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

Water Street, block by block

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118 Water Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/118-water, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.