Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 mouth of the Saint John River was first discovered by Europeans in 1604 during a reconnaissance of the Bay of Fundy undertaken by French cartographer Samuel de Champlain. The day upon which Champlain sighted the mighty river was St. John The Baptist's Day, hence the name, which in French is Fleuve Saint-Jean. The city has the same name in ...
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 .
The port suffered a decline following the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the introduction of icebreaker services in the Seaway in the 1960s. In 1994 CPR left Saint John when it sold the line to shortline operator New Brunswick Southern Railway. The Canadian National Railway still services Saint John with a secondary mainline from Moncton.
City of St. John Alongside City and County of St. John: 1st 1867–1872 Samuel Leonard Tilley: Liberal–Conservative: 2nd 1872–1873 1873–1874
The Great Saint John Fire of 1877: The rise, destruction and recovery of Canada's leading port city. Formac. ISBN 9781459507074. Stewart, George (1877). The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877. Toronto: Belford Brothers – via Internet Archive. Conwell, Russell Herman (1877).
Saint John—Rothesay (formerly Saint John) is a federal electoral district in southern New Brunswick, Canada.With its predecessor ridings, St. John—Albert and Saint John—Lancaster, the area has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917.
After 1914, the counties of Saint John and Albert were joined, and the riding was known as St. John—Albert. It returned two Members of Parliament until 1935. In 1966, Albert County was moved to the Fundy—Royal riding and the district became known as Saint John—Lancaster.