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| Day 55 - Saint John, NB (Page Under Construction) | ||
 This morning we had a bus tour of the city scheduled so we were all out ready and waiting at the appointed time. |
 Yes, we are still enthusiastic about taking another bus tour. We always learn something new on each tour. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how long we remember what we learned, but that just makes it more fun to discover again on the next trip! |
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 We passed by a number of wonderful old homes in beautiful condition. |
 Another beautifully restored house that dates back to the 1800's. |
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 This is Reversing Falls Rapids at a neck where the Saint John river flows into the Bay of Fundy. At low tide the river flows into the bay. |
 These Cormorants are waiting for the high tide when the Bay of Fundy is higher than the river, and the water flows up the river bringing herring along with the tide. |
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 We also had a show from a couple of kayakers as they played in the rapids. |
 A view looking downstream toward Reversing Rapids Bridge. |
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 A wonderful old house that is now broken up into apartments. It is used as a haunted house over Holloween. I looks like it is right out of an Adam's Family movie. |
 Perched high above Saint John is the Martello tower with its commanding views of the area. It is no wonder why the British built it during the war of 1812. The two story structure on the top was added during WWII as an observation and fire command post, to control guns placed around the harbor. |
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 The original portion of the tower is fully restored to the 1812 era with British uniforms, bedrolls and equipment. |
 The table is set with period dinnerware. |
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 Mike checks out the view from the WWII observation deck. |
 This is the view Mike sees looking out over Saint John harbor. The island you see is Partridge Island, where the Irish immigrants coming into Saint John were processed. |
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 The Catholic Chruch of the Assumption was built from the ballast stones of ships arriving from England in the 1700s. |
 This is a fascinating clock tower. The hours are inscribed around the circular base below where the statues are standing. There is a serpent coiled around their feet, that appears to be eating the numbers, but is actually pointing to the correct time! Unfortunately, the time was on the other side as we drove by. |
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 This building is called Chubs Corner and it is across the street from city hall. The city coucilmen did not want it built because it would block their view of the harbor. |
 However, after lengthy court battles, it was finally built and evidently Mr Chubs had a sense of humor because he put the faces of all the city coucilmen above the 3rd floor windows. Now not only was the councilmen's view blocked, but they had to look at their faces as well. |
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 Our next stop was City Market, which was restored from 1987 to 1990. |
 Inside are three rows of merchants selling fresh veggies, clothing, food, etc. Many of us had lunch from a number of small restaurant and food vendors. |
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 Back at the bus, Bob Beitler tied a bow in Ed Rzepkas, rather scant, hair. |
 Ed poses with his new hair adornment. |
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 Next, was the Imperial Theater. This theater has a long history in Saint John, but it was almost demolished a number of years ago. A cab driver saw the value in the building, and asked the owners for a one year extension, so that he could try to come up with $1,000,000 to save it. |
 After a year of campaigning, the money was raised to buy the building, but it took an additional $15,000,000 to restore the theater to its present condition. Again, it is astonishing what one person with a mission can accomplish. That cab driver now sits on the city council! |
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 We came back to Reversing Falls Rapids as the tide was now coming in from the Bay of Fundy. |
 The waves are much higher now, and going upstream rather than downstream; and the Cormorants are all feeding. |
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 Our farewell dinner party was held at the restaurant above the Reversing Falls Rapids. |
 The tide was about 2 hours from low tide when we arrived, and the river was flowing out to the bay. |
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 By the time we finished dinner, it was low tide and the river was flowing into the bay at full force. |
 L-R, Susan & Joe Barack, Harold Isley & Carolyn Powers, Ed & Pat Casey, Dee Capozzi & Kelvin Hauta |
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 Pat & Len Corley, Bob Beitler, Jim & Ray Anne Hamp |
 Tancy & Rick Leonard, Pat Beitler, Jim & Carol Harmes |
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 Mary & Jim Strahl, Terry & Barry Klein, Ernie & Ruth Lindgren |
 Sue Schmidt, Ann Rzepka, Jean Morrell, Tina Bender, Susan Shallbetter, Bob Schmidt, Carl Bender, Mike Morrell, Ed Rzepka |
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 Barry & Terry gave out individual award certificates, with a title fitting something each person had done during the trip. |
 The cleverly thought out certificates were well-accepted by each recipient and enjoyed by the group. |
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Click here for a Google map of above pictures. |
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