Blanshard Street

Blanshard Street is an arterial road in Victoria, British Columbia. The Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre and Mayfair Shopping Centre are located along Blanshard. It has been the route for the Pat Bay Highway through Victoria since 1978 when the Blanshard Extension was completed from Hillside St to Douglas Street.[1][2]

Among the more notable buildings on the street is the Romanesque Revival building of Congregation Emanu-El, the oldest surviving synagogue building in Canada.

The street is named for Richard Blanshard, first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island.

References
  1. Mindenhall, Dorothy (12 May 2012). Unbuilt Victoria. Dundurn. ISBN 9781459701762 – via Google Books.
  2. "Unknown Victoria: Make Way For The Freeway".
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