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Victoria Park, St. John's

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Victoria Park is a Victorian-era urban park located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and named for Queen Victoria. The park has street frontage on Water Street, Sudbury Street, Hamilton Avenue (formerly Pokeham Path), and Angel Place, and occupies most of the block bounded by Water Street, Sudbury Street, Hamilton Avenue, Alexander Street.

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Victoria Park, St. John's
Hamilton Avenue, St. John's

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A1E 1P7 St. John's
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Railway Coastal Museum

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George Street United Church
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