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Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Saint John Portland-Simonds

Saint John Portland-Simonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

The place

Saint John Portland-Simonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created for the 1995 provincial election as Saint John Portland and its boundaries were altered slightly in 2006. It in the 2013 redrawing of boundaries its boundaries were moved significantly southward into territory previously part of Saint John East; though the boundaries commission did not recommend a name change, a committee of the legislative assembly later voted to change the name to Portland-Simonds. The riding name refers to Portland and Simonds Parish in Saint John County.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Saint John Portland-Simonds

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

    The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada is a cathedral of the Diocese of Saint John located at 91 Waterloo Street in the city's central neighbourhood of Waterloo Village. The Cathedral is a prominent example of Gothic Revival architecture.

    3.6 km · cathedral in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Canada Games Stadium

    Canada Games Stadium is a multi-purpose, fully lit stadium in Saint John, New Brunswick. It was built on the campus of UNB Saint John for the 1985 Canada Summer Games and has a seating capacity of 5,000 spectators.

    2.3 km · multi-purpose, fully lit stadium in Saint John, New Brunswick · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fort Howe

    Fort Howe was a British fort built in Saint John, Nova Scotia, during the American Revolution. It was erected shortly after the American siege in 1777 to protect the city from further American raids.

    4 km · historic site in Saint John, New Brunswick · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Rockwood Park

    Rockwood Park is an urban park in Saint John, New Brunswick established in 1894. It is 2,200 acres in size, with ten lakes and 55 trails and footpaths.

    700 m · city park located in Saint John, New Brunswick · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hans W. Klohn Commons

    The Hans W. Klohn Commons is the academic library of the University of New Brunswick Saint John campus, located in Saint John, New Brunswick.

    1.9 km · academic library · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Fernhill Cemetery

    Fernhill Cemetery, known as the Rural Cemetery when it opened in 1848, is located at 200 Westmorland Road in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Renamed Fernhill in 1899, the 125 acre cemetery has a special section for veterans of both World War I and World War II and is the burial site of one of only a few Canadians to ever receive the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.

    2.7 km · cemetery in New Brunswick, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to Saint John Portland-Simonds

Airports
Halifax / Stanfield (YHZ), 206 km
  • Halifax → Saint John Portland-Simonds
    204 km · quickest by road, 6h 10m · C$50–70
  • Quebec → Saint John Portland-Simonds
    437 km · quickest by road, 10h 53m · C$85–115
  • Montréal → Saint John Portland-Simonds
    125 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · C$21–28
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Saint John Portland-Simonds

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Saint John Portland-Simonds. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIf you're travelling from southern Nova Scotia, your best bet is to take Bay Ferries from Digby.
  • Get inSaint John can also be reached by ferry coming from Digby, Nova Scotia.
  • Get inAs of 2024, it is operated by Bay Ferries Ltd.
  • Get inParking is available at the Saint John and Digby ferry terminals.
  • Go nextMartins | image4=Ferry Sign.svg | imagesize4=22 | directionl4= N | majorl4=END | minorl4 S | majorr4=Digby | minorr4= → becomes }}

From Wikivoyage: Saint John, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    260 km
  2. 02
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    775 km
  3. 03
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    2,992 km
  4. 04
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    3,023 km
  5. 05
    SabaNL

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    3,089 km

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