We didn’t arrive in this pretty city until noon,
but we stayed until 8:00PM. Getting into the harbor is fun in that we came
through the narrows where you could see the eyes of the birds nesting on the
banks. St. John's is an interesting town
with most everything built up the hills from the harbor, which is quite small;
it is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. St.
John's is also one of North America's oldest settlements. However, people didn’t
begin living here year-round until sometime after 1630 but seasonal habitation can
be traced back to between 1494 and 1545 (depending on whose records you read). The
English fishermen who had seasonal camps in Newfoundland in the 16th
Century were forbidden by the British government from creating permanent homes
along the English controlled coast, which is the reason that St. John's was late
in becoming a town.
