Kingston (Ontario)

See also: Kingston

City of the Ontario (metropolitan region: approximately 160  000 inhabitants in 2006,1900 square kilometers) located at the junction of the River the St. Lawrence, the channel Curtain and the Lake Ontario.

Old capital of the Canada, it is now mainly anglophone (the French-speaking community is of approximately 5  000 people).

Kingston is a popular tourist destination, inter alia because it is located at the beginning of the area of the Thousand-Islands. Founded in 1673 under the name of Cataraqui (with several variations in orthography), a fortress of the New France, this city of the county of Frontenac (founded by LaSalle) remained French until its destruction during the British invasion of 1758.

The city was restored in 1784 like camp of Réfugié S for the Loyalistes Britannique S fleeing the Révolution naires of the the United States to be maintained in the lifestyle of the Empire.

Kingston is called the “city of limestone” (“ limestone city ”) because of the many historical buildings made starting from the local stone.

The old municipality of Kingston is clearly separated by the Cataraqui river in the east and the Cataraqui split in the west.

Situation between Toronto and Montreal

Kingston is to 260 km of Toronto by road 401 (the Macdonald-Cartier highway), 290 km of Montreal by the Autoroute 20 in Quebec and 180 km of Ottawa. The Railroad Canadian National passes there. Kingston also constitutes the southern terminus of the Canal Curtain, sea route brought into service to connect the Lake Ontario to the Rivière of Outaouais and to divert the maritime transport of the Frontière of the the United States.

One finds there the airport Norman Roger (CYGK), founded in 1940, where forward more than 80.000 travellers per year.

Kingston shelters two universities, the royal military Collège of Canada and the Université Queen' S, as well as the St Lawrence College. One of the oldest radio stations of the world, CFRC, belonged to the university Queen' S and car its name of the “famous Champions of Rugby of Canada” (“Canada' S Famous Rugby Champions”).

The base of the Canadian Forces of Kingston shelters units of the terrestrial force, the School of the communications and electronics of the Canadian Forces as well as the Museum of the communications of the Canadian Forces.

One finds there several prisons federal, of which the Pénitencier of Kingston, founded in 1835, which does one of the penitentiaries of it of the continuous use oldest of the world.

The city accommodated the competitions of veil for the Olympic Games of summer in 1976. Kingston is famous for its exceptional conditions of veil, and with August each year, of the amateurs of veil of everywhere in the world give itself to it appointment for CORK (Canadian Regatta Olympic-training, Kingston).

The downtown area receives several festivals of importance successfully each summer, of which the festival Buskers (entertainers of street), Limestone City Jazz Festival and Kingston Blues Festival. Kingston generated several Canadian popular personalities in the field of the music, including the Tragically Hip, Sarah Harmer, Bryan Adams, Hugh Dillon of the Headstones and David Usher (formerly of Moist).

History of Kingston

The Strong Frontenac French, built by the governor of News-France Louis de Frontenac, was taken and destroyed by the British at the end of the Seven Year old Guerre in 1758. The loyal supporters of the plain British Empire (UEL) and the nation Mohawk of the Six Nations Iroquois of New York (carried out by Weakened Brant) formed a significant part of the local population at the end of the 18th century. The community which is called now Cataraqui, of the original Amerindian name 'Kateracoui' of the Mississauga, is in the west of Kingston.

Kingston was the base of the naval fleet British of the east of the Area of the Big lakes and delivered a wild competition to the American fleet based with Sackett' S Harbor (New York) for the control of the Lake Ontario.

After the war, Great Britain built the Fort Henry and a distinctive series of turns Martello to protect the entry from the Canal Curtain (to date, Strong Henry remains a very popular tourist destination, and modern military base is neighbouring).

One considered Kingston to become the capital of the plain Canada before the Confédération, but after a short stay like national capital of 1841 with 1844, it lost this statute with the profit of Montreal, Toronto, Quebec then Ottawa.

Kingston was however the city of the first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, which is buried today there, and on June 13rd 1841 was held the first meeting to with it of the legislative Assemblée of the province of Canada.

With the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Kingston was an important port of the big lakes and a center of Construction of ships and Locomotives (Locomotive Company Canadian - later late Fairbanks-Morse - closed in 1969). This heavy industry being relocated, employment is there from now on mainly in the sectors governmental, educational, military and tertiary. One finds moreover in Kingston several industries of importance, of which Dupont and Bombardier, not to name but these.

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External bonds

  • the Center Frontenac
    • radio/tele
  • CJBC/CBOFT of Radio-Canada
  • the Royal Military College
  • the old man strong Henry
  • Kingston: Open doors
  • Kingston Kiosk
  • Weather forecasting
  • Info highway: History free-Ontarian
  • French Presence in Ontario - history
  • the old market kingstonien
  • Expo-Sciences
  • Economic development
  • Infomag - tourism in the St. Lawrence
  • the Office of the French-speaking businesses - Ontario
  • Closing of the military college St-Jean - 1994

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