Edward Hotel
300 Water Street
The fire-resistant iron-and-steel-framed Edward Hotel (built in
1906) replaced the wood-framed Regina Hotel on this site. The Regina
was the only Gastown building to survive the fire of 1886. The people
trapped inside plastered wet blankets on the walls and formed a
bucket brigade on the roof. Cambie Street, running north and south,
formed the western edge of the original Granville townsite. Beyond
this, up the hill, was land granted the CPR in exchange for extending
the railroad to Vancouver.
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