St. John's

Detail of a map of St. John's, 1784.
Soldiers were often not given enough food to feed their families so they began growing their own vegetables. The land around Fort Townshend and Fort William was regularly used as garden plots.

Legend
A. Fort Townshend
B. The Town
C. The Church
D. Fort William

Courtesy of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives (Coll - 193, 12.04.070), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.
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