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List of National Historic Sites Of Canada In Kingston, Ontarioreport

  • [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]: Bellevue HouseBeaver 1 (PSF)(retouched)(transparent).png
    [Date(s)]: 1841 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1995
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′22″N 76°30′12″W / 44.22278°N 76.50333°W / 44.22278; -76.50333 (Bellevue House)
    [Description]: A noted example of Italianate architecture in the Picturesque manner in Canada, and the former residence of John A. Macdonald, a Father of Confederation and the first Prime Minister of Canada
    [Image]: Exterior view of Bellevue House in winter
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Cataraqui Cemetery
    [Date(s)]: 1850 (established)
    [Designated]: 2011
    [Location]: Kingston44°15′52″N 76°32′28″W / 44.26444°N 76.54111°W / 44.26444; -76.54111 (Cataraqui Cemetery)
    [Description]: One of the best examples of a medium-sized rural or garden cemetery in Canada, containing a range of remarkable monuments, a Gothic Revival lodge, and the graves of many notable Canadians, including John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister (itself a NHS)
    [Image]: A view of grave markers in Cataraqui Cemetery
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Elizabeth Cottage
    [Date(s)]: 1843 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1993
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′54.46″N 76°29′20.26″W / 44.2317944°N 76.4889611°W / 44.2317944; -76.4889611 (Elizabeth Cottage)
    [Description]: A representative example of a 19th-century Gothic Revival villa
    [Image]: Exterior view of Elizabeth Cottage in winter
    (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]: Fort Henry
    [Date(s)]: 1840 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1923
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′48.95″N 76°27′34.85″W / 44.2302639°N 76.4596806°W / 44.2302639; -76.4596806 (Fort Henry)
    [Description]: British fort that served as the principal fortification among a series of military works designed to defend Kingston, its harbour and dockyard and the entrance to the Rideau Canal
    [Image]: Soldiers at Fort Henry
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Frontenac County Court House
    [Date(s)]: 1858 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1980
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′40″N 76°29′23″W / 44.227777°N 76.489777°W / 44.227777; -76.489777 (Frontenac County Court House)
    [Description]: Representative of the large-scale court houses erected in Ontario after 1850, when the Municipal Act was amended to give increased power to counties to construct court houses on a monumental scale to accommodate various county functions
    [Image]: Exterior view of front facade of Frontenac County Court House and fountain
    (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]: Kingston Customs House
    [Date(s)]: 1859 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1971
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′46.64″N 76°28′56.45″W / 44.2296222°N 76.4823472°W / 44.2296222; -76.4823472 (Kingston Customs House)
    [Description]: A limestone former customs house; an excellent example of the architectural quality of mid-19th-century public buildings designed in the British classical tradition
    [Image]: A 1907 postcard of the Kingston Customs House
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Kingston Dry Dock
    [Date(s)]: 1892 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1978
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′30.63″N 76°29′0.16″W / 44.2251750°N 76.4833778°W / 44.2251750; -76.4833778 (Kingston Dry Dock)
    [Description]: An important construction and repair facility for ships on the Great Lakes; noted for the Second World War naval vessels, notably corvettes, built in this dry dock
    [Image]: Dry dock in 1890
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [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]: Kingston General Hospital
    [Date(s)]: 1833-1924 (completion of historic buildings)
    [Designated]: 1995
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′27″N 076°29′35″W / 44.22417°N 76.49306°W / 44.22417; -76.49306 (Kingston General Hospital)
    [Description]: A complex of limestone buildings, built between 1833 and 1924, set in a campus of more recent hospital buildings; the oldest public hospital in Canada still in operation, with facilities illustrative of health care in Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries
    [Image]:
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Kingston Navy Yard
    [Date(s)]: 1788 (established)
    [Designated]: 1928
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′44″N 76°28′07″W / 44.22889°N 76.46861°W / 44.22889; -76.46861 (Kingston Navy Yard)
    [Description]: The site of a Royal Navy Dockyard from 1788 to 1853
    [Image]: Naval shipyard, Point Frederick, July 1815. Watercolour by Emeric Essex Vidal. Commodore's house and two ships under construction, the Canada and the Wolfe, can be seen in the background
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Kingston Penitentiary
    [Date(s)]: 1835 (established)
    [Designated]: 1990
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′14″N 76°30′48″W / 44.22069°N 76.51340°W / 44.22069; -76.51340 (Kingston Penitentiary)
    [Description]: Canada's oldest reformatory prison, with a layout that served as a model for other federal prisons for more than a century; its massive stone wall and north gate are an imposing local landmark
    [Image]: Exterior view of the north gate of Kingston Penitentiary
    (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)

  • [Site]: Old Kingston Post Office
    [Date(s)]: 1859 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1971
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′47.91″N 76°28′58.89″W / 44.2299750°N 76.4830250°W / 44.2299750; -76.4830250 (Old Kingston Post Office)
    [Description]: A two-storey, limestone building built in the Neoclassical style, illustrative of the popularity of neoclassical elements in the mid-19th century and the eclecticism of early Victorian architecture in Canada
    [Image]: Exterior view of the Old Post Office in Kingston
    (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]: Rideau CanalBeaver 1 (PSF)(retouched)(transparent).png
    [Date(s)]: 1837 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1925
    [Location]: Ottawa to Kingston45°25′33″N 75°41′50″W / 45.42583°N 75.69722°W / 45.42583; -75.69722 (Rideau Canal)
    [Description]: Built for the British government by Lieutenant-Colonel John By as a defensive work in the event of war with the United States, the canal is the best preserved example of a 19th-century slack water canal in North America, with most of its original structures intact
    [Image]: View of the canal locks at Jones Falls
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Roselawn
    [Date(s)]: 1841 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1969
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′31.98″N 76°30′36.66″W / 44.2255500°N 76.5101833°W / 44.2255500; -76.5101833 (Roselawn)
    [Description]: A two-storey neoclassical house, now used as a conference centre by Queen's University; at one time the centre of a large estate, it is representative of the large 19th-century country houses built for affluent Kingstonians just beyond the (then) city outskirts
    [Image]: Exterior view of the Roselawn house
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Shoal TowerBeaver 1 (PSF)(retouched)(transparent).png
    [Date(s)]: 1847 (completed)
    [Designated]: 1930
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′43.69″N 76°28′41.14″W / 44.2288028°N 76.4780944°W / 44.2288028; -76.4780944 (Shoal Tower)
    [Description]: A martello tower located on a shoal in Kingston harbour; a component of the Kingston Fortifications NHS, and symbolic of Kingston's military and naval significance in the 19th century
    [Image]: Exterior view of Shoal Tower
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: Sir John A. Macdonald Gravesite
    [Date(s)]: 1891 (burial)
    [Designated]: 1938
    [Location]: Kingston44°15′43″N 76°32′32″W / 44.262080°N 76.542188°W / 44.262080; -76.542188 (Sir John A. Macdonald Gravesite)
    [Description]: The burial place of Sir John A. Macdonald, a Father of Confederation and the first Prime Minister of Canada, in Cataraqui Cemetery NHS
    [Image]: 1891 photo of Macdonald's funeral in Cataraqui Cemetery
    (National Historic Sites)

  • [Site]: War of 1812 Shipwrecks
    [Date(s)]: 1814 (built)
    [Designated]: 2015
    [Location]: Kingston44°13′52″N 76°27′08″W / 44.231003°N 76.452241°W / 44.231003; -76.452241
    [Description]: Wrecks of the British ships Saint Lawrence, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Regent in Deadman Bay and elsewhere
    [Image]:
    (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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