St. Johns, capital of Newfoundland, situated on a splendid harbour on the peninsula or Avalon, in the E. of the island: is the nearest port of America to the continent of Europe; has oil and tan works, &c.
Population (circa 1900) given as 26,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
St. John * St. Joseph