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EXPERIENCE Newfoundland and Labrador

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wharfside lane of gin mills
ST. JOHN’S started. Once a brawling
and brothels, Water Street
and the parallel Duckworth
art galleries, and some
k 4 miles (6 km) N of the city @ Memorial University Street now offer gift shops,
g Argentia 80 miles (130 km) SE n 348 Water St; of Newfoundland’s top
(709) 576 8106 restaurants. Harbour Drive,
also along the waterfront, is
The capital of Newfoundland and Labrador province, a great place to stroll, while
St. John’s is a bustling port, and one of North America’s George Street is the hub of
oldest settlements. Rainbow-hued row houses line the the city’s nightlife.
streets around the harbor, where commercial fishing,
oil exploration, and boat servicing are still viable
occupations. The people of St. John’s are known for 3 East End Quidi Mallard Cottage
their friendliness, a delightful counterpoint to the Commissariat House Pippy Park NEW COVE ROAD T H E B O U L E V A R D Vidi Lake Quidi Vidi
Village
rugged beauty that surrounds this historic town. 2 miles (3 km) PORTU GAL COVE ROAD
⌂ King’s Bridge Rd KI N G ’ S B R I D G CLA N C E Y DRIV E F O R E S T R O A D
§ (709) 729 6730
1 markets. The buildings only Commissariat House, now C A R P A S I A N R O A D WINTER AV E N UE E R O L A KE AVE
Forest Road
just survived a huge fire that
Murray Premises engulfed the city in 1892; they a Provincial Historic Site, was PINE BUD AVE Cemetery Johnson Signal Hill National
RENNIES MILL ROAD
mark the western boundary of built between 1818 and 1820 CIRCULAR RD A D EMPIRE AVENU E Geo Centre Historic Site of Canada
⌂ Cnr Water St & Beck’s Government
Cove # 8am–10:30pm the fire’s devastation. Now a and was once the home of House Commissariat SIGNAL H I L L ROAD
Provincial Historic Site, the
19th-century British officials.
daily ∑ murraypremises E M P I R E A V E N U E RENNIES MILL RD BANNERMAN ST House
hotel.com restored buildings are home The Georgian building MONKSTOW RD MILITARY ROAD BATTERY ROAD
to a boutique hotel and offices. contains a multimedia
At the west end of Water BONAV ENTURE AV E N U E GOWER STREET The Battery Cabot
BARNES ROAD
Street stands Murray Premises. Tower
W A T E R S T R E E T
Built in 1846, these rambling PRESCOTT ST
brick and timber-frame 2 \= Did You Know? The Rooms D U C K W O R T H S T R E E T The The Narr ows
Waterfront
build ings are the last remain- The Waterfront MAYOR AVE HA RV E Y R OA D QUEEN’S ROAD
ing examples of the large ⌂ Water St There are more pubs HARBOUR DRIVE St. John’s S O U T H S I D E R O A D
mercantile and fish-processing per square foot on FRESHWATER RD Harbour
premises that used to be Tracing the edge of St. John’s George St, St. John’s, LIVINGSTONE ST Murray Premises
common on the St. John’s waterfront, Water Street is the than anywhere else GEORGE ST The Merchant
waterfront. Murray Premises oldest public thoroughfare in in Canada. LEMARCHANT ROAD BARTERS HI L L Tavern
once bustled with the work North America, dating to the NEW GOWER ST S O U T H S I D E R O A D
of shipping cod to world late 1500s, when trading first CASEY ST 0 meters 800 N
336 SPRINGDALE ST WAT E R S T Cape Spear Lighthouse 0 yards 800
9 miles (15 km)
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