02-13-2015, 03:40 PM
(02-13-2015, 01:28 AM)mpd618 Wrote:(02-13-2015, 12:02 AM)Drake Wrote: I appreciate the information you gathered in your reply NMS. Those old maps are very interesting to look at. I learned Regina Street was once named Queen prior to it's Latinizing.
I believe at some point early in the 20th century, Kitchener (Berlin?) and Waterloo renamed some streets so there wouldn't be identical street names in the two cities.
(02-13-2015, 11:07 AM)DHLawrence Wrote: The three cities of Cambridge did the same thing; Queenston Road in Preston used to be Queen Street, but that's the name of the main drag in Hespeler.
The wholesale street renaming may have happened later. I thought it was closer to the mid-1960s. However, it may have happened in a piecemeal fashion throughout the 20th Century. There are still some orphan streets including Fountain Street (Waterloo and Cambridge) and Young Street (Waterloo and Kitchener)
If anyone wants to play with ArcGIS, the University of Waterloo Map library has created digital versions of the 1955 historical County street maps.