Not from there Frank, but I've been there twice. My first trip (ten years ago)was coming over from Nova Scotia on my way back to Maine on a bicycle tour! Two years ago I attended a ministry conference there. I knew a Newfie when I worked overseas in Kuwait and she was a lovely lass.

St John's has a strong tie to the USA. A large number of loyalist left the colonies when they earned their independence from England and migrated there.