The Port of Boston, located in Boston Harbor, is Massachusetts largest seaports and one of the most important in the Country. The waterfront is historically extremely important for the growth of the city the area served as a trading post for Native Americans in the region. After the establishment of the Boston settlement by John Winthrop in 1630 and the creation of a local shipbuilding industry, the port served the rapidly expanding American colonies. Adjacent to the New England Aquarium, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, the Financial District and the historic Italian neighborhood of North End are only one block away from the Waterfront District. In the early 19th century, schooners imported fruit and other products and continued the salt fish trade with the West Indies and the British Maritime Providences. By the last part of the 19th century, the steamship industry had taken over the seas. The south shore was served from Rowes Wharf by the side-wheeled steamboats of the Eastern Steamship Line from the 1860's to 1940. The Boston and Bangor Steamship Company debarked from Foster's. Today, the Waterfront area has become an integral part of the city of Boston where "merchants" of the financial world meet. Also, one of Boston’s most popular tourist attractions where one can find fine restaurants, shopping, and a cruise terminal and of course the very famous harbor cruise.