Mitsu Miyahara, widow of I, lived at 997 Howe Street in 1940.
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- 1
- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Mitsu Miyaharawidow of Ip. 435
Howe Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
HOWE
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 997 Howe Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 900 block of Howe Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 948, with a building from 1957.
The 900 block in 1940
Howe Street between Smithe and Nelson 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.
Howe Street, the 900 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)
North side, odd numbers
- 901Sunnyhurst Gro +2gone
- 907Trenholme A Agone
- 925Royal Parking Serv +1gone
- 927Hutchinson Mrs S Agone
- 935Vigneron Mrs B Agone
- 937Smith Mrs Mgone
- 943Alexander L Agone
- 947Boyle J Cgone
- 953Baker Mrs Mgone
- 961Elgin Apts +11gone
- 967Lee Fgone
- 973Swiler B Hgone
- 975Knight Mrs Mgone
- 983Neilas Mrs Lgone
- 985Ramsay Clng & Dye Wksgone
- 987A1 Barber Shopgone
- 995C M Lndygone
- 997Miyahara Mrs Mgone
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997 Howe Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/997-howe, 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.