John Helmcken died in Victoria at the age of 96. The house Helmcken built in 1852 and lived in until his death is now a museum located at Thunderbird Park in Victoria. A street in Victoria and one in Vancouver's Yaletown neighbourhood bear his name.Tom Snyders, Namely Vancouver: A Hidden History of Vancouver Place Names, (Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press; 2001) p 133
