See Saint John

I never thought I would be saying this, but tonight I was watching Rogers television (channel 10 in Saint John), and saw something interesting. A woman was on talking about a Saint John magazine called See Saint John. They also have an online website that lists local events, city attractions, local features, maps of the city, and places to eat of course!

I headed to their website, and I found some interesting content!

Attractions (see more here):

• LOYALIST HOUSE was built by David Daniel Merritt in the early 1800’s. It survived the Great Fire of 1877 and is the city centre’s oldest standing wooden structure. It has been restored as a museum with period furnishings.
• CITY MARKET, located in the heart of uptown was built in 1876. It is the only commercial building still in use in the uptown area which survived the Great Fire of 1877. The market stalls sell hand-crafted items, local produce, and special delicacies in season: lobster, fiddleheads, salmon and dulse.
• KING’S SQUARE is one of four ‘royal’ squares included in the original town plan of 1783. The pathways were laid out in a Union Jack pattern. King’s Square is the site of many monuments commemorating Saint John heroes.
• QUEEN SQUARE situated four blocks south of King’s Square is another of the ‘royal’ squares designed by Paul Bedell in 1783. Most of the trees in this square were planted in 1883 by descendants of the original Loyalist settlers.
• OLD COUNTY COURTHOUSE was built in 1829 and is still in use as a courthouse. A notable architectural feature is the free-standing spiral stone staircase leading from the ground floor to the upper floors.

Features (see more here)

I am quite partial to Moosehead beer, so I liked reading this feature:

MOOSEHEAD COUNTRY STORE is located at 49 Main Street, Saint John West adjacent to Moosehead Brewery. This store is a celebration of Moosehead Brewery which began in 1865 when John Oland and his wife Susannah, along with their seven children, came from England to Halifax, Nova Scotia. John worked on the railway but Susannah began brewing a few batches of an old family recipe for “brown October ale”. In 1867 the Oland family opened their first brewery known as the Army and Navy brewery. In 1918, Susannah’s son George W.C. moved to Saint John with his son, George B. They purchased two breweries here and eventually the larger brewery became Moosehead Breweries Limited.

The Moosehead Country Store is extremely popular with visitors from around the world. Some of the most popular comments in their visitor book reflect the appeal the store has - “I always come back here” wrote David from the Isle of Man. A visitor from Ontario wrote, “We come all the way here just to visit this store”. The store sells a large variety of products all of them with the logo of the various beer brands made by Moosehead. Their hours are: Monday - Wednesday 9 -5 Thursday 9 - 9; Friday 9 - 9; Saturday 10 - 5. Telephone: (506) 635-7020. www.mooseheadcountrystore.com

The other interesting link was to the Tide Schedules. I never realized it was available online. Check it out here!

Check out their website, http://www.seesaintjohn.com, for more information on Saint John!