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Fort Townshend

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Fort Townshend is an archaeological site in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador that was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1951. The original military fort was built, as the headquarters of the British garrison, between 1775 and 1779, to secure St John's from attacks, from the French, as well as from American privateers, and it was abandoned in 1871. The great star-shaped citadel was one of the largest British fortifications in North America at the time. The Rooms which houses the Art Gallery, the Provincial Archives and the Provincial Museum, of Newfoundland and Labrador now stands on this site. During the planning and construction of the building much opposition was raised by archaeologists and historians.

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Places to eat and drink

  • Jumping Bean Coffee 150 m · 2 min walk
  • Tim Hortons 160 m · 3 min walk Coffee Shop
  • Black Cat Pizzeria 330 m · 5 min walk
  • Formosa Tea House 350 m · 5 min walk Chinese
  • Ches' Fish & Chips 360 m · 5 min walk Fish And Chips
  • No.4 Restaurant & Bar 380 m · 5 min walk
  • Duke of Duckworth 400 m · 6 min walk
  • India Gate 400 m · 6 min walk Indian
  • Saltwater 410 m · 6 min walk
  • Chinched 410 m · 6 min walk
  • Hungry Heart 410 m · 6 min walk
  • Leo's Fish and Chips 420 m · 6 min walk Fish And Chips

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