Water Street is located in downtown St. John's,

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, Canada. It became a commercial trading outpost for the

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. The street now boasts many souvenir shops, restaurants, pubs, and high-end boutiques, as well as other commercial ventures. To this day the street remains the hub of commercial activity in the city and in 2020 the city implemented a seasonal pedestrian-only section of the road.

National Historic Site

The Water Street Historic District was designated a

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in 1987 and comprises a group of commercial structures which are representative of the 19th-century mercantile businesses associated with the Newfoundland fisheries and the Atlantic trade.

References

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