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.

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.

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