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  • [Site]: Kingston FortificationsBeaver 1 (PSF)(retouched)(transparent).png
    [Date(s)]: 1840 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1989
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′20″N 76°29′25″W / 44.222275°N 76.490357°W / 44.222275; -76.490357 (Kingston Fortifications)
    [Description]: A fortification system consisting of five installations (Fort Henry NHS, Fort Frederick, Murney Tower NHS, Shoal Tower NHS and Cathcart Tower), crucial to the 19th century defense of Kingston and the terminus of the Rideau Canal
    [Image]: The Martello Tower at Fort Frederick
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Point Frederick Buildings
    [Date(s)]:
    [Designated]: 1973
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′40.73″N 76°28′10.12″W / 44.2279806°N 76.4694778°W / 44.2279806; -76.4694778 (Point Frederick Buildings)
    [Description]: A peninsula upon which a major British naval base was located during the War of 1812; an assemblage of architecturally significant structures used by the Royal Military College of Canada
    [Image]: Exterior view of the martello tower on Point Frederick in winter
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Kingston City Hall and Market Square
    [Date(s)]: 1844 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1961
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′47.68″N 76°28′50.1″W / 44.2299111°N 76.480583°W / 44.2299111; -76.480583 (Kingston City Hall)
    [Description]: A prominent example of the Neoclassical style in Canada, with a landmark tholobate and dome; its scale and design are reflective of Kingtson's status at the time of construction as capital of the Province of Canada . The Kingston Public Market, founded in 1801, is behind city hall and part of the national historic site and is the oldest public market in Ontario.
    [Image]: Exterior view of Kingston City Hall
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Fort Frontenac
    [Date(s)]: 1673 (original fort completed)
    [Designated]: 1923
    [Location]: Kingston44°14′00″N 76°28′43″W / 44.23333°N 76.47861°W / 44.23333; -76.47861 (Fort Frontenac)
    [Description]: Originally a French trading post that served as a gateway to the West, the base of Robert de LaSalle’s explorations and a French outpost against the Iroquois and English forces
    [Image]: Remnants of the old fort with the new Fort Frontenac in background
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Ann Baillie Building
    [Date(s)]: 1904 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1997
    [Location]: Kingston 44°13′25.56″N 76°29′32.53″W / 44.2237667°N 76.4923694°W / 44.2237667; -76.4923694 (Ann Baillie Building)
    [Description]: One of the first purpose-built nurses’ residences in Canada, the building represents the professionalization of nursing in Canada in the early 20th-century, and now serves as the Museum of Health Care
    [Image]: Postcard from circa 1910 showing the Nurses' house at the Kingston General Hospital, now known as the Ann Baillie Building
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Murney Tower
    [Date(s)]: 1846 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1930
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′20″N 76°29′26″W / 44.22228°N 76.490582°W / 44.22228; -76.490582 (Murney Tower)
    [Description]: A martello tower located on Murray Point on the west shore of Kingston Harbour; also a component of the Kingston Fortifications National Historic Site of Canada
    [Image]: Exterior view of Murney Tower
    (National Historic Sites)

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Kingston Kingston is a city in southeastern Canada, one of the most important ports on the St Lawrence Seaway. Located on the shores of Lake Ontario, it is the industrial, commercial, cultural and tourist center of Ontario. Population: About 53,000(1981). It has been an important water transport hub since ancient times, strategically important, and 1783 has become an important town in Upper Canada.

It was the capital of British Canada in the mid-19th century. In addition to water transport, road and rail transport is also well developed, are Canada’s grain storage and export port. Industry to locomotives, machinery, shipbuilding-based, as well as synthetic fiber, chemicals, leather and wood processing. Kingston also has a lot of national historical events, natural here also left many famous national historical sites. The random tool generated a total of 22 items, including world-famous cultural relics such as the Ann Baillie Building, Cataraqui Cemetery, Elizabeth Cottage, Fort Frontenac and others.

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