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Fort La Tour

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Fort La Tour
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates45°16′22″N 66°4′20″W / 45.27278°N 66.07222°W / 45.27278; -66.07222
Site history
Battles/warsAcadian Civil War
Events
Official nameFort La Tour National Historic Site of Canada
DesignatedMay 25, 1923

Fort La Tour is the archaeological site of what was a fur-trading post[1][2]

  • "Fort LaTour was situated on the Carleton side of the harbour of Saint John on that point of land which juts out towards Navy Island, from which it is divided by a narrow and shallow channel, dry at low water. It was square in outline, eighty paces in diameter, with a bastion at each of its angles."[3]
  • In August 1775, an old French barracks at old "Fort Neck" was burnt by "a party of "the rebels" from Machias" after landing on the Carleton side of Saint John.[4]

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  1. ^ "Fort La Tour National Historic Site of Canada". www.pc.gc.ca. Parks Canada Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Fort LaTour". www.historicplaces.ca. HistoricPlaces.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ Jack, David Russell (1883). Centennial prize essay on the history of the city and county of St. John. Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan. p. n30. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ Jack, David Russell (1883). Centennial prize essay on the history of the city and county of St. John. Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan. p. n70. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

Prince William Street

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Prince William Street
LocationSaint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Official namePrince William Streetscape National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1981

Prince William Street is a street located in Uptown Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Due to the large amount of commercial business present on the street, it had been referred to as the "Wall Street of Saint John".[1]

In 1981, the Prince William Streetscape, comprising of twelve buildings along the road, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to the historic value of the buildings' 19th-century architecture.[2]

Main Street (Saint John)

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Main Street is a street in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

It has six lanes.[3] It is part of New Brunswick Route 100.[3]

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During the 18th century, Main Street was used as a trading route for transporting goods from the First Nations settlement up to Fort Howe.[4] Up until the mid-1960s, Main Street had been a prosperous commercial district in the city.[4] The street declined as its inhabitants aged and urban renewal demolitions of homes were done for the Saint John Harbour Bridge.[4]

In 2022, a project was approved by the City Council to narrow down the street to four lanes in order to make the road more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists.[5] The need for the road to have six lanes has been questioned.[5] In 2023, the project was put on pause.[6]

At one point, Main Street had been home to a thriving neighbourhood. During urban renewal efforts in the 1970s, most of the buildings in the area were demolished.[5]

1974 Irving gas station explosion

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On January 4, 1974, an Irving gas station in Saint John, New Brunswick exploded, killing five and injuring six.[7][8][9]

The explosion occurred at night. The explosion caused a nearby bridge to be temporarily closed to inspect for possible structural damage. Two transport truck drivers were killed. The blast shattered windows and damaged walls in the area. The Reversing Falls Bridge also received structural damage from the blast.[10][11]

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On June 9, 1998, an explosion occurred at the Irving Oil Refinery, also in Saint John, killing one nearby worker and injuring two others.[12][13] Another explosion at Irving's refinery occurred during the morning of October 8, 2018, caused by a corroded pipe in the refinery's Hydrodesulfurization area, resulting in 80 workers suffering various, minor injuries from falling, fleeing the fire, noise, psychological stress and smoke inhalation. Due to the explosion, 36 of the injured workers had to lose time from working. In 2020, Irving Oil received a $200,000 fine for the incident after pleading guilty to violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act in New Brunswick.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "Prince William Street - Before and After the 1877 Fire Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "MAIN STREET REDESIGN GAINS STEAM". Saint John Commercial Real Estate. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Wright, Julia (8 October 2016). "This is Main Street: Rise and fall of a once thriving commercial district". CBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Saint John's Main Street to get major facelift". CBC News. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  6. ^ Perry, Brad. "Saint John pauses Main Street active transportation project". Country 94. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ^ Webb, Steven (2 May 2020). "An electric connection: A classic Fender guitar finds its way home by chance". CBC News. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  8. ^ "How CTV reported on a 1974 explosion in Saint John". CTV Atlantic. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Police report finding 4th body". The Sault Star. 7 January 1974. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Police report finding 4th body". The Sault Star. 7 January 1974. p. 4. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Third body found, 2 more sought after blast destroys gas station". The Ottawa Citizen. 7 January 1974. p. 12. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Probe begins into blast at Saint John refinery". The Hamilton Spectator. 10 June 1998. p. 33. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  13. ^ Bousquet, Tim (10 October 2018). "A man was killed in a 1998 explosion at the Irving refinery; afterwards, a safety report made recommendations that would "prevent a similar occurrence," but 20 years later the refinery exploded again". Halifax Examiner. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  14. ^ Quon, Alexander; Cromwell, Andrew (16 April 2020). "Irving Oil fined $200,000 in connection with 2018 refinery explosion | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  15. ^ Cave, Rachel (15 April 2020). "Irving Oil fined $200K in connection with 2018 refinery explosion". CBC News. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

Saint John West

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Saint John West is a region in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[1]

It is located west of the Saint John Harbour, and includes the former city of Lancaster.[2]

It includes the former community of Carleton, which previously made up of settlements Menagoueche and Conway. In 1785, Carleton amalgamated with Parr Town to form the city of Saint John.[3]

  • Carleton was previously named Conway.[4]
  • Carleton amalgamated with Parr Town on May 17, 1785.[5]

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  1. ^ "Saint John West". saintjohn.ca. City of Saint John. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  2. ^ Angus, Fred F. (1979). Loyalist city streetcars : the story of street railway transit in Saint John, New Brunswick. West Hill, Ont. : Railfare Enterprises. ISBN 978-0-919130-29-6.
  3. ^ "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". archives.gnb.ca. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ Jack, David Russell (1883). Centennial prize essay on the history of the city and county of St. John. Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan. p. n87. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  5. ^ Jack, David Russell (1883). Centennial prize essay on the history of the city and county of St. John. Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan. p. n89. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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