Canada Original City

Canada Original City (HM1GY5)

Location: Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John County
Country: Canada
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N 45° 16.347', W 66° 3.94'

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La ville originale du Canada

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What do you do for a 225th anniversary The answer in Canada first incorporated city was celebrate! Saint John 225: The Original City/La ville originale was a year-long celebration of the city heritage, creativity and cultures. Neighbourhoods and community organizations, regional and local businesses and all levels of government helped Saint John live up to its title as a 2010 Cultural Capital of Canada.


Saint John 225 was a year of festivals: the Original Flavour of Saint John Fundy Food Festival, the First Nations Festival, the Rising Tides Festival, Festival de la Baie Francaise and many more/ Sports fans thrilled to the 2010 Acadian Games, watched the Seadogs hockey team win the QMJHL Memorial Cup and cheered for local players at the Lily Lake Pond Hockey Tournament.


From around the world, people added their Saint John stories, memories and insights to a unique online project called City Stories: Our People History. Saint Joh 225 commissioned artist Peter Powning to make a sculpture for Harbour Passage that included imprints of people prized Saint John memorabilia. In a generous gesture by industry leader Jack and John Irving, an elegant clock was erected at the foot of King Steet to commemorate the anniversary.



Art, writing, music, theatre and dance were celebrated with The Originals Saint John Arts Awards ceremony, while Enterprise Saint John sponsored a video tribute to the city heritage, arts and culture. On December 31, 2010, the city 225th ended with a bang as the Original New Year Eve Celebration featured sports awards, a free concert and spectacular fireworks.


New Brunswick Original Business Centre



Saint John was incorporated on May 18, 1785, when King George III signed a Royal Charter to join the communities of Parrtown to the east of Saint John Harbour and Carleton to the west into one city.



It rapidly became a major North American port of entry for immigrants, welcoming newcomers from around the world and starting the city tradition of cultural diversity.


New Brunswick first Governor, Thomas Carleton, regulated fishing, shipbuilding and trade in the busy port city, already a centre for commerce, manufacturing and transportation. Located about 110 km (68 miles) from the nearest border with the United States, Saint John serves domestic and international business through its road and rail connections. Ship transport exports and import cargos through the deep-water, year-round port, while cruise ship passengers keep the waterfront hopping with ships arriving weekly from June to October.


French


Comment souligne-t-on un 225ᵉ anniversaire? La premi?re ville officiellement constitu?e au Canada, elle a d?cid? au f?ter! Sous le th?me Saint John 225: La ville originale / The Original City, Saint John a c?l?br? durant un an ses richesses patrimoniales, sa cr?ativit? et ses cultures. De associations, de quartier, des groupes communautaires, des enterprises r?gionales et locales, ainsi que tous les paliers de gouvernement ont permis ? Saint John d??tre ? la hauteur de son titre de capitale culturelle de Canada en 2010.


Saint John 225 a ?t? riche en festivals : le festival gastronomique Original Flavour of Saint John Fundy, un festival sue les Premi?res Nations (First Nations Festival), le Festival de la Mar?e montante et le Festival de la Baie Fran?aise, entre autres. Les amateurs de sport ont assist? nombreux aux Jeux de l?Acadie 2010, ils ont encourag? leur ?quipe, les Seadogs, lors du tournoi de la coupe Memorial de la Ligue de hockey junior majeur de Qu?bec et se son mass pour encourager les joueurs ? l?occasion du tournoi de hockey sur ?tang de Lily Lake.


Un projet en ligne unique intitul? Historie de nos gens a permis ? des citoyens de partout dans le monde de partager leur histoires, leurs souvenir et leurs r?flexions sur Saint John. Le comit? organisateur de Saint John 225 a engag? l?artiste Peter Powning pour r?aliser une sculpture pour Harbour Passage ? partier d?empreintes d?objets souvenirs remis par les citoyens. Dans un ?lan de g?n?rosit?, les chefs d?enterprise Jack et John Irving ont offert un ?l?gante horloge qui a ?t? ?rig?e au pied de la rue King pour comm?morer cet anniversaire.


Les arts visuels, la litt?rature, la musique, le th??tre et la danse ont ?t? mis en valeur lors de la c?r?monie de remise des prix des arts de Saint John, Les Originaux. Enterprise Saint John a commandit? la production d?une vid?o en hommage au patrimoine, aux arts et ? la culture de la ville. Le 31 d?cembre 2010, les festivit soulignant le 225ᵉ anniversaire de la ville ont pris fin avec ?clat : les c?l?brations du Nouvel an de la Ville originale comprenaient un hommage aux h?ros du sport, un concert gratuit et des feux d?artifices spectaculaires/



Le centre d?affaires original du Nouveau-Brunswick


La ville de Saint John a ?t? constitu?e le 18 mai 1785 lorsque le roi George III a sign? une charte royale pour unir en une seule municipalit? les communaut de Parrtown ? l?est de Saint John Harbour et de Carleton ? l?ouest.



Saint John est rapidement devenu un des principaux ports d?entr?e de l?immigration en Am?rique de Nord, accueillant des nouveaux arrivants de partout dans le monde. Ainsi est n?e la tradition de diversit? culturelle propre ? Saint John. Thomas Carleton, le premier gouverneur de Nouveau-Brunswick, a r?glement? la p?che, l?industrie navale, et le commerce dans cette ville portuaire anim?e, d?j? devenue un centre important pour les ?changes commerciaux, la fabrication et la transport. Situ?e a environ 110 kilom?tres de la fronti?re am?ricaine la plus proche, Saint John occupe un emplacement n?vralgique pour le commerce int?rieur et international gr?ce ? ses reaux routiers et ferroviaires. Le port en eau profonde, accessible toute l?ann?e, accueille des cargos ? destination ou en provenance de l??tranger tandis que les paquebots de croisi?re y font escale chaque semaine de juin ? octobre.
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Date Added Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 3:58am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 730170 N 5017406
Decimal Degrees45.27245000, -66.06566667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 16.347', W 66° 3.94'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 16' 20.8200" N, 66° 3' 56.4000" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near Harbour Passage Trail, Saint John New Brunswick , CA
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