After lunch we boarded the bus and headed to Saint John (Our guide told us that you do not abbreviate the word “Saint”. OK.)
We were met by a local city walking guide who toured us around to some of the historic sites and buildings.
Saint John has been around for a long time – initially as a First Nations trading point and later as a French, then English settlement. The city wasn’t incorporated until 1785 when English loyalists (we call them Torys) who had been exiled from the US arrived.
Trinity church, founded by loyalist refugees
Much of the rest of the town shows signs of having existed thru the 19th century:
Two Story Bandstand (with a fountain in the ground floor)
Auto dealership and garage repurposed into restaurants and condosHome actually built within the last 30 years, but styled to fit with the neighborhoodIndoor shopping arcade (a la Pike Place Market) with decorations by school children commemorating the 150th anniversary of confederation
Following the tour we had free time until dinner. So Cheryl and I went for a walk down to the wharf
It’s “Cruise Ship Day”Working light house with working container loading equipment across the harborFort Howe. We didn’t have time to walk up there. Next time.Public Library in a warehouse repurposed as an upscale shopping mall. But I was really shooting the sculpture of the girl with balloons.Model of the Marco Polo. Saint John was a major center of shipping and ship building. It had the only major port open all year north of Boston
