The 1940 directory lists 15 firms and one other line at 8884 Graveley Street; the firms' trades: oil, pumps and saw manufacturers. The street section prints one name the name section doesn't list: Star Stokers.
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- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- 16 linesNational Transfer and its suites and households, each on the page beside
Only in the street section
- Star Stokersp. 69
Graveley Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
GRAVELEY
- 8884National Transfp. 69
- 8884Overseas Wood Prodp. 69
- 8884Pac Bolt Mfg Co Ltdp. 69
- 8884Pac Coal Co Ltdp. 69
- 8884Pac Fuels Ltd oilp. 69
- 8884Pac Lime (plant)p. 69
- 8884Serv Sta Equip pumpsp. 69
- 8884Sidney Roofing & Paperp. 69
- 8884Spear & Jackson (B C) saw mfrsp. 69
- 8884Star Stokersp. 69
- 8884Tyee Mach Co Ltdp. 69
- 8884Vanalta Ltd oilp. 69
- 8884Walsh Constn Co Ltdp. 69
- 8884Watkins-Winram Ltd (bunkers)p. 69
- 8884Western Steel Prodsp. 69
- 8884Wrights Canadian Ropesp. 69
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 8884 Graveley Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred).
The 8800 block in 1940
Graveley Street, Hastings-Sunrise: 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.
Graveley Street, the 8800 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
South side, even numbers
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8884 Graveley Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/8884-graveley, 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.