The Church of England cathedral
also went to Fredericton, although the Catholics chose St.
By the mid-1870s, Saint John had rail connections with both
Central Canada and New England, but steamships made its
sailing ships obsolete, and the railroads, instead of increasing the market, destroyed local manufacturers by undermining competition. During the
Revolutionary War, the Americans and the French and their descendants supplied the
British Navy with masts, ships and equipment,
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13
which created the economic foundation on which the city was to grow. . Wallace, Laurentian University
Canada's oldest city is Saint John, New Brunswick, enthusiastic Governor Thomas
on May 18 and Carleton on May 15
Colonial
Office accepted reluctantly. The financial power of Saint John
reached its peak in the 1850s and 1860s when its builders,
bankers, insurance men, merchants, often the same people,
2 mingled with other people from London, Boston and New York. D. The city also names Champlain as its discoverer (June 2
, 160
), General Robert Monckton as the British Liberator (September 20, 1758),
and the title of "Loyal City" in honor of its former
inhabitants. Even with these credentials,
,
St.
John as their bishop.
