Archaeology under the Street. - St. John's

finds have been in areas where the course of Water Street has been changed, either to widen the street or to to straighten it. Water Street began as a path along the shoreline between fishing plantations. The name Water Street was first used in 1812, for what had been previously known as the Lower Path. Southwood 1675 In tracing the original course of Water Street we are very lucky in being ... ................
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