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Gilbert and McKenzie roads are named after two historical Richmond residents.
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Richmond street names: Gilbert, McKenzie roads
By Samuel Cheng
Published 12:46 PDT, Thu October 27, 2022
Last Updated: 5:04 PDT, Thu October 27, 2022
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Gilbert Road and McKenzie Road are named after two historical Richmond residents: Jasper Frederick Gilbert and William Murdock McKenzie.
Gilbert and his wife Sarah Elizabeth moved to Vancouver in 1912 from Kimberley, Ont. About 13 years later, the couple moved to Richmond and built a farm on No. 5 Road. Within the same year, they built their own house between No. 2 and No. 3 roads south of Steveston Highway, then called No. 9 Road.
Gilbert’s neighbour McKenzie was a landowner on the south side of Steveston Highway. He settled in Richmond with his wife Florence sometime after they married in 1899. Together, they had two sons and two daughters. McKenzie also served as a Richmond city councillor from 1936 to 1939.
In May 1929, Gilbert and McKenzie petitioned the Richmond city council requesting the naming of the roads next to their respective properties.
McKenzie suggested that the sub-division road on his property running north-south be named McKenzie Road and the road between his property and Gilbert’s be named Gilbert Road.
City council approved their request, and those road names remain in use today.
Gilbert passed away on Nov. 9, 1958 aged 74. McKenzie passed away on March 31, 1952.
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