Canada Estate (part), Moodkee Street, Rotherhithe, London, SE16
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Image: © Chris Lordan Taken: 30 Sep 2009
Built in the late 1960s to early 1970s and so named as built close to the Canada Dock within the Surrey Commercial Docks. Comprises five "courts" each having three blocks :- Calgary : Edmonton : Manitoba : Niagara (shown) : Scotia. There are two high rise blocks, Columbia Point and Regina Point. Built on land that in 1868 contained a whitelead, sulphur and saltpetre works.