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Thanks Morturn.
With regards to street names after places, I had thought that was a possibility (Dovedale - Peak District; Wendover - Chilterns etc) but Capilano road appeared to be the square peg so to speak hence the ship thread.
Many thanks for the reply.
Hello new to the forum but fascinated by reading all this.
As to Capilano Road and the origins of the name I was raised in Abingdon Road just around the corner and the have been curious as to the names (Abingdon: Buxton: Wendover: Hastings)> at first I thought Battles maybe? But couldn't find...