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The 1914 Saint John street railway strike (sometimes called the Saint John street railwaymen's strike) [216] was a strike by workers on the street railway system in the city which lasted from July 22 to 24, 1914, with rioting by Saint John inhabitants occurring on July 23 and 24. The strike was important for shattering the image of Saint John ...
The French position in Saint John was abandoned in 1755, with British forces taking over the area shortly afterwards. The area was incorporated into a city in 1785. During the 19th century Saint John saw an influx of Irish migrants, with the city becoming the third-largest city in British North America by 1851, after Montreal and Quebec.
In May 1783, along with approximately 6,000 other loyalists, they landed at Parrtown, New Brunswick (what is now the south end of the City of Saint John), having fled the American Revolution. The patriarch of the Saint John Merritts, Thomas Merritt (1729–1821), lived with his wife and seven children in Parrtown.
The City of Saint John designated the area as the city's first heritage conservation area in 1982; it has since expanded in area. [1] Surrounding the Trinity Anglican Church, the area includes several National Historic Sites of Canada within its boundaries. Much of the area consists of Victorian brick buildings raised after The Great Fire of ...
John Waterhouse Daniel (1845–1933) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament and Senator; Don Darling – former mayor of Saint John; Joseph A. Day (born 1945) – former politician, senator; James De Mille (1833–1880) – novelist, professor at Dalhousie University [27]
Saint John County (2016 population: 74,020 [1]) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy .
This article is a list of historic places in St. John County, New Brunswick entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. While the vast majority of listings are within the city of Saint John , there are a few in outlying rural portions of the county.
Buildings and structures in Saint John, New Brunswick (2 C, 39 P) C. Culture of Saint John, New Brunswick (3 C, 10 P) E. Economy of Saint John, New Brunswick (2 C, 7 P)