A quick internet search and presto! According to the Vancouver Street Stories, it was named because the first settlers of this neighborhood built small cedar cottages along the rough roads and forests. It's funny, because just the other day, I mentioned to a neighbor that it would be fun to apply for a small neighborhood fund to have a historic plaque added to Commercial street to commemorate the rich history of this working class neighborhood. Turns out Vancouver Street Stories have already placed one at Brewer's Park on Victoria and 26th which talks mostly about the Cedar Cottage Neighborhood House which started in the 1950's when 5 dads wanted to get their boys out of gangs and off the street. This youth group offered sports leagues, and school and family support on the the grounds on Lord Selkirk School and was later moved to it's current location near Brewer's Park.
While reading more about Vancouver Street Stories, I learned a few more tidbits about Cedar Cottage.
Maybe you already knew that in the 1880's Vancouver was home to 50 wild salmon streams, but did you know several major ones ran through Kensington-Cedar Cottage, such as China Creek and Brewer’s Creek, making it an ideal place to build a brewery at Knight and Kingsway? (Wouldn't be cool if there was still a micro brewery on that same corner selling China Creek Cider and Cedar Cottage Beer?)
Did you know that there was a theater on Commercial Street?
Spend some time on the Vancouver Public Library Special Collections Historical Photographs website for many other beautiful photos of the past.
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Cedar Cottage Brewery at Knight and Kingsway- Vancouver Street Stories
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