Pokémon GO Comes to Uptown Saint John

If you’ve been anywhere with an internet connection in the last week, you’ve surely heard of the phenomenon that is Pokémon GO. The app, developed by Nintendo’s Niantic Labs, has smashed new records every day since its launch. Released yesterday in Canada, the game has already brought millions of users outdoors to explore their surroundings, hunting for Pokémon and other in-game rewards at historic sites, landmarks and businesses.

Whether you’re a Pokémon trainer yourself or an interested parent hoping to get your kids outside, we figure you could use a little help finding those hard-to-catch Pokeémon. We’ve compiled a list of all of the Pokémon offerings of Uptown Saint John!

Six Pokémon Gym Locations:

Canada Games Aquatic Centre

Saint John City Market

Three Sisters Lamp

Loyalist Burial Ground – Beaver Fountain

Church of Saint Andrew and Saint David

Mural at Duke and Water Street

Thirty-seven PokéStop Locations:

Businesses Museums Landmarks & Historic Sites Chipman Hill Suites Loyalist House CenterBeam Place Sculpture Vito’s Restaurant No. 2 Engine House Museum King Street Clock Harbour Station Saint John Jewish Historical Museum SPCA Statue (City Hall) Imperial Theatre Hooper “People Waiting” Statue Hayward and Warwick Moose Sculpture Britts Pub & Eatery Hooper “Time Piece” Statue (Market Square) Genesys Loyalist Burial Ground Entrance Irving Golden Ball Peel Plaza Fiddlehead Sculpture NB Telephone War Memorial Saint John Fire Memorial Founding of NB Statue (King’s Square) Great War Memorial Statue (King’s Square) King’s Square Bandstand Charles Gorman Statue (King’s Square) Saint John Fire Dept. Station Trinity Church Calvary Temple Samuel de Champlain Statue (Queen’s Square) Old Harbour Plaque (Water Street) Saint John Port Workers Memorial (Water Street) 26th New Brunswick Battalion Memorial (Water Street) Battle of the Atlantic Plaque (Market Slipp) Market Square Sculpture (SJ Trade & Convention Centre) Port Plaque (Harbour Passage) Octagonal Lighthouse (Market Slipp) Uptown Lighthouse (Market Slipp)

We went Pokémon hunting ourselves, and took a few shots of our Uptown fun!

(All photos courtesy of Allie Ruigrok)