St. John (Market Slip at Low Water)

Market Slip, at the foot of King Street, is the principal business thoroughfare of St. John. This is the identical spot where landed the American Loyalists in 1783, the founders of the city. The tides in the harbour rise to the extraordinary height of twenty-two to twenty-six feet. At low tide the vessels in the Slip are left supported by the muddy bottom, with decks from ten to fifteen feet below the level of the wharves.