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| | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Saint John @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | In the struggle between France and England for possession of Acadia, the fort was captured and recaptured several times, finally becoming British in 1758. |
 | | The settlement was called Parr Town and in 1785 was incorporated with Carleton and named St. John, becoming the first incorporated city in Canada. |
 | | Among notable features in St. John are Market Slip (1783), the old Loyalist Burying Ground (1783), Martello Tower (fortification; built 1812), the old court house (1830), the Roman Catholic cathedral and bishop's residence (1853), the New Brunswick Mus., and the Reversing Falls rapids on the St. John River. |
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