| Description: | Saint John travel guide
Canada's oldest incorporated city, Saint John boasts a metro population of approximately 125,000 and routinely plays host to cruise ships and individual tourists from all over North America. (Note: Saint John is never spelled St. John locals will be very quick to point this out).
Visitors from outside North America may be shocked to find many (apparently) homeless alcoholics loitering downtown, lending the city a somewhat "ghetto" feel like Ottawa, but without the cachet of being the nation's capital.
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Driving to Saint John is usually not a hassle, unlike many other cities. However, during recent years, traffic has been steadily increasing. And for travellers driving from Fredericton to Saint John on Highway 7, care is required because of the risk of moose collisions at certain times of year and certain times of the day.
Saint John is only 107 km (66 miles) from the Calais/St. Stephen border between Canada and the United States o |