{"id":1451,"date":"2017-05-20T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2024-12-13T13:54:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:54:20","slug":"st-johns-newfoundland-north-americas-oldest-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/st-johns-newfoundland-north-americas-oldest-city\/","title":{"rendered":"St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland: North America\u2019s Oldest City"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland: North America\u2019s Oldest City<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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One day I realized that I hadn\u2019t been anywhere in Canada for a while. As I thought more about it, my attention was drawn toward the east, toward Labrador and Newfoundland. Logistics to Labrador were tricky. Newfoundland is easy to get to, has a city to stay in, and is beautiful, rugged and remote. It\u2019s a bit off the tourist trail for U.S. visitors. And it\u2019s a long way away, about half way to London for us east coasters. A long way from the rest of Canada, too.<\/p>

What finally drew me there? Partly, it might have been that remoteness, that being on the edge. And maybe it was an old Audubon magazine with an article about puffins. They are so cute and the largest North American colony of Atlantic puffins is off Newfoundland. Then there are superlatives. Newfoundland is the easternmost tip of Canada. St. John\u2019s is the oldest city in North America. I like the north. All these things came together over a few days and I decided to go.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Oldest City in North America \u2013 a Few Facts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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St. John\u2019s is the capital of the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It\u2019s remote, but then not so remote. From St. John\u2019s to New York, it\u2019s a four-hour flight. But it\u2019s also only four and a half hours\u2019 flying to London or Dublin. St. John\u2019s is the easternmost city in North America. Cape Spear, just down the road is the eastern tip of Canada. It\u2019s where they say Canada begins or ends, depending on which way you\u2019re going.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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There is wildlife to see \u2013 there are those puffins and much besides, especially the moose that can wreck your car. So watch out. And don\u2019t forget the dogs. Someone said when I told them about my trip, \u201cThere\u2019s a dog named Newfoundland, isn\u2019t there?\u201d This is the very homeland of the Newfoundland dog! And the Labrador dog (yes, it\u2019s from Newfoundland, not Labrador)! It\u2019s hard to beat a pair like that.<\/p>

As far as European settlements in North America go, St. John\u2019s and Newfoundland are likely the oldest. After Columbus stumbled into the Americas in 1492, the English hastened to get into the action. In 1497 John Cabot arrived in Newfoundland and claimed it for England. In the late 1500s, the explorer and promoter Sir Humphrey Gilbert got a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to plant a colony in North America, and in 1583, he arrived in St. John\u2019s and staked his claim. When he entered the St. John\u2019s harbor he found 36 ships \u201cof all nations.\u201d St. John\u2019s might be a new claim for Gilbert, but the Vikings had come here hundreds of years before, and Europeans had been fishing the abundant cod fish and sheltering in St. John\u2019s harbor for generations. When Gilbert arrived, the English \u201cfound no inhabitants\u201d in the south, but did in the north. The local people, he figured, had abandoned the south because of the European traffic.<\/p>

Old it is, but Newfoundland is the newest Province of Canada. Newfoundland was a Dominion of the British Empire until after World War II. It joined Canada in 1949.<\/p>

Newfoundland is one big island. It\u2019s bigger than Ireland or Iceland. Bigger than Cuba, and bigger than Tasmania. By latitude, St. John\u2019s is south of Paris and all but a tiny bit of Newfoundland is south of Ireland. But it has a northern climate. Keep this in mind even in summer. Newfoundland sits out in the \u201cstorm-tossed, ice-infested North Atlantic waters\u201d as I read on a sign honoring Newfoundland seamen, and the weather can turn chilly and rainy even in the summer season. But it has the third mildest winter in Canada and cool to warm summers. And clean air. Very clean air. Go to Newfoundland to admire the views and breathe.<\/p>

So what did I do with six days to spend? See my St. John\u2019s posts about my excursions<\/a> and out and about in town for that!<\/p>

Trip date:<\/strong> May-June 2016.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland: North America\u2019s Oldest City One day I realized that I hadn\u2019t been anywhere in Canada for a while. As I thought more about it, my attention was drawn toward the east, toward Labrador and Newfoundland. Logistics to Labrador were tricky. Newfoundland is easy to get to, has a city to stay in, and is beautiful, rugged and remote. It\u2019s a bit off the tourist trail for U.S. visitors. And it\u2019s a long way away, about half way to London for us east coasters. A long way from the rest of Canada, too. What finally drew me there? Partly, it might have been that remoteness, that being on the edge. And maybe it was an old Audubon magazine with an article about puffins. They are so cute and the largest North American colony of Atlantic puffins is off Newfoundland. Then there are superlatives. Newfoundland is the easternmost tip of Canada. St. John\u2019s is the oldest city in North America. I like the north. All these things came together over a few days and I decided to go. The Oldest City in North America \u2013 a Few Facts St. John\u2019s is the capital of the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It\u2019s remote, but then not so remote. From St. John\u2019s to New York, it\u2019s a four-hour flight. But it\u2019s also only four and a half hours\u2019 flying to London or Dublin. St. John\u2019s is the easternmost city in North America. Cape Spear, just down the road is the eastern tip of Canada. It\u2019s where they say Canada begins or ends, depending on which way you\u2019re going. St. John\u2019s harbor There is wildlife to see \u2013 there are those puffins and much besides, especially the moose that can wreck your car. So watch out. And don\u2019t forget the dogs. Someone said when I told them about my trip, \u201cThere\u2019s a dog named Newfoundland, isn\u2019t there?\u201d This is the very homeland of the Newfoundland dog! And the Labrador dog (yes, it\u2019s from Newfoundland, not Labrador)! It\u2019s hard to beat a pair like that. As far as European settlements in North America go, St. John\u2019s and Newfoundland are likely the oldest. After Columbus stumbled into the Americas in 1492, the English hastened to get into the action. In 1497 John Cabot arrived in Newfoundland and claimed it for England. In the late 1500s, the explorer and promoter Sir Humphrey Gilbert got a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to plant a colony in North America, and in 1583, he arrived in St. John\u2019s and staked his claim. When he entered the St. John\u2019s harbor he found 36 ships \u201cof all nations.\u201d St. John\u2019s might be a new claim for Gilbert, but the Vikings had come here hundreds of years before, and Europeans had been fishing the abundant cod fish and sheltering in St. John\u2019s harbor for generations. When Gilbert arrived, the English \u201cfound no inhabitants\u201d in the south, but did in the north. The local people, he figured, had abandoned the south because of the European traffic. Old it is, but Newfoundland is the newest Province of Canada. Newfoundland was a Dominion of the British Empire until after World War II. It joined Canada in 1949. Newfoundland is one big island. It\u2019s bigger than Ireland or Iceland. Bigger than Cuba, and bigger than Tasmania. By latitude, St. John\u2019s is south of Paris and all but a tiny bit of Newfoundland is south of Ireland. But it has a northern climate. Keep this in mind even in summer. Newfoundland sits out in the \u201cstorm-tossed, ice-infested North Atlantic waters\u201d as I read on a sign honoring Newfoundland seamen, and the weather can turn chilly and rainy even in the summer season. But it has the third mildest winter in Canada and cool to warm summers. And clean air. Very clean air. Go to Newfoundland to admire the views and breathe. So what did I do with six days to spend? See my St. John\u2019s posts about my excursions and out and about in town for that! Trip date: May-June 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","tag-st-johns-newfoundland-history"],"yoast_head":"\nDiscover St. John\u2019s, North America\u2019s Oldest City - Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about St. John\u2019s, the oldest city in North America, with its rich history, wildlife, and unique cultural charm. 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