Parrtown

E379043

Parrtown was the original name of the Loyalist settlement that later became the city of Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Parrtown canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
foundedAfter American Revolutionary War ⓘ
foundedBy American Loyalists ⓘ
American Loyalists ⓘ
surface form: United Empire Loyalists
foundedInPeriod 1780s ⓘ
hasColonialPower Great Britain ⓘ
hasColonialStatus British colonial settlement ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole early Loyalist centre in New Brunswick ⓘ
precursor to the first incorporated city in Canada ⓘ
hasOriginalNameOf Saint John ⓘ
hasProvince New Brunswick ⓘ
hasRegion Atlantic Canada ⓘ
hasSettlementType Loyalist settlement ⓘ
languageOfMajority English ⓘ
laterBecame Saint John ⓘ
Saint John, New Brunswick ⓘ
surface form: city of Saint John, New Brunswick
locatedIn Bay of Fundy ⓘ
surface form: Bay of Fundy region

New Brunswick ⓘ
Saint John Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Saint John Harbour area
locatedNear mouth of the Saint John River ⓘ
locatedOn Bay of Fundy ⓘ
Saint John River ⓘ
mergedToForm Saint John ⓘ
mergedWith Carleton ⓘ
namedAfter John Parr ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint John → foundedAs → Parrtown ⓘ