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	V
	Valdez Place
	Origin uncertain, probably after Spanish Captain Cayetano Valdes who in 1792 with Captain Alcala Galiano became the first Europeans to circumnavigate Vancouver Island.
	This is one of several cul-de-sacs created in the Uplands during the early 1930s when many large-size lots were subdivided into medium-size lots to encourage sales during the early years of the Depression
Other cul-de-sacs created in the Uplands at this time were Torrence Place, Chiltern Place,Tarn Place and Thorpe Place. An extension of Weald Road was also created north of Cotswold Road to service new medium-size lots. Also at this time Lincoln Road (north of Lansdowne Road) disappeared to be replaced by Exeter Road and realigned Norfolk Road built to sevice newly-created medium-size lots in the eastern portion of the Uplands.
	Victoria Avenue
	Queen Victoria
	Named after Queen Victoria.
	So named in 1921 after consolidating Laurel Street (south of McNeill Avenue) and Myrtle Street (McNeill Avenue to Granite Street)

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