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St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland.
29 Οκτ 2024 · St. John’s is the home of the Memorial University of Newfoundland (1925) and Queen’s College (1841; Anglican), and its Newfoundland Museum displays relics of the extinct Beothuck tribe (Newfoundland’s original inhabitants).
16 Σεπ 2012 · The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, the city of St. John's is located on the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula of southeast Newfoundland. Its landlocked harbour is approached through a long, narrow channel and is protected by the high hills on which the city is built.
Learn about the history of St. John's, the oldest English colony in North America, from the 16th to the 18th century. Explore the maps, censuses, defences and fisheries that shaped the town's development and survival.
The timeline of St. John's history shows the significant events in the history of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. 15th Century. 1497 – Tradition declares that St. John's earned its name when explorer John Cabot became the first European to sail into the harbour, on June 24, 1497 — the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. [1] 16th Century.
By 2010, St. John's had become the capital of a Canadian province, a social, economic, and political centre experiencing rapid growth and development in a post-fishery economy based largely upon offshore oil and service industries.
Ravaged by fire in 1816, 1846 and 1892, the town recovered and rebuilt after each. Learn more on the early history of the City of St. John’s including important dates in our timeline.
