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Saint John is home to a number of post-secondary institutions, including the smaller of the two campuses of the University of New Brunswick, the Saint John campus (UNBSJ). Opened in 1969 and located next to the Saint John Regional Hospital near Millidgeville , [ 203 ] the campus serves around 2,000 of UNB's total student body. [ 204 ]
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.
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.
Greater Saint John (French: Grand Saint John) is a metropolitan area surrounding Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It has a population of 126,202. [ 3 ] The census metropolitan area of Saint John consists of 16 municipalities and parishes in addition to the City of Saint John.
Saint John is a city on the Fundy coast of New Brunswick and is the first incorporated city in Canada. [1] In Saint John, there are 6 buildings that stand taller than 50 m (164 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 19-storey, 81 m (266 ft) Brunswick Square. [2] This building is tied with Assumption Place in Moncton for tallest building ...
Saint John's first City Hall was made out of wood. Built in 1797, it is located about where the current city Hall Stands. [1] After the Great Fire of Saint John in 1877, the next City Hall was built in 1878. The building, now known as Old City Hall, was located on 116 Prince William Street and was used as the City Hall until the completion of ...
The Port of Saint John is a port complex that occupies 120 hectares (300 acres) of land along 3,900 m (12,800 ft) of waterfront of the Saint John Harbour at the mouth of the Saint John River in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. [5]
Joseph John Tucker (1832–1914) – English-born politician, newspaper president and Saint John Railway Company director John E. Turnbull – inventor [ 131 ] Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954) – engineer, inventor [ 132 ]