Cape St. John
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Cape St. John () is located on the northeastern point of the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.
The cape has a high prominent peak with steep cliffs rising to an elevation of 74m that are reddish in colour. The nearest community to this cape is La Scie.
When the Treaty of Versailles of 1793 ended the French fishing rights between Cape Bonavista and Pointe Riche, a new one was drawn up that included the coastal areas from Cape St. John to Cape Ray. In 1894, the coast between these two capes was divided into eight districts with a fishery warden appointed to each district. In 1904 with the signing of the Anglo-French Convention the land and territorial waters of the French Shore was ceded back to the Newfoundland people.
In 1867 the Queen of Swansea ran ashore on Gull Island and in 1884 the Newfoundland government built the Gull Island-Cape St. John lighthouse on the highest point of land on Gull Island.
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