Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kingston, Canada

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 7.6 km
Ascend 93 m
Descend 97 m

Explore Kingston in Canada with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Kingston

Sight 1: Leon's Centre

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Slush Puppie Place is an indoor arena in downtown Kingston, Ontario. Opened in 2008, it is the home of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League.

Wikipedia: Rogers K-Rock Centre (EN)

470 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Kingston City Hall

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Kingston City Hall is the seat of local government in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Occupying a full city block facing Lake Ontario in Kingston's downtown, the city hall is a prominent building constructed in the Neoclassical style with a landmark tholobate and dome.

Wikipedia: Kingston City Hall (Ontario) (EN)

344 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: St. George's Cathedral

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St. George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario.

Wikipedia: St. George's Cathedral (Kingston, Ontario) (EN)

586 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston

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Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston

The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes is a museum dedicated to marine history in the Great Lakes. It is located at 55 Ontario St. in Kingston, Ontario, which is also a designated National Historic Site of Canada.

Wikipedia: Marine Museum of the Great Lakes (EN), Website

782 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: Murney Tower

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Murney Tower

Murney Tower is a Martello tower in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, whose construction dates to January 1846. The Tower was built in response to the Oregon Crisis, which was a tense dispute over the border between British North America and the United States in the 1840s.

Wikipedia: Murney Tower (EN), Website

1258 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 6: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

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St. Andrew's Church is a Presbyterian Church in Kingston, Ontario. The church opened for service in 1822. St. Andrew's was the centre of Presbyterianism in Upper Canada, and the church was instrumental in the establishment of Queen's College, later to become Queen's University.

Wikipedia: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Kingston, Ontario) (EN)

490 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Chalmers United Church

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Chalmers United Church in Kingston, Ontario, Canada is a United Church of Canada church. It is located on a triangular property at the intersection of Clergy, Barrie and Earl streets, immediately bordering the north-east corner of Queen's University. It is one of four churches located within 600m along Clergy Street. It is named after Thomas Chalmers.

Wikipedia: Chalmers United Church (Kingston, Ontario) (EN), Website

777 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: Agnes Queen’s Art Gallery

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The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is located in Kingston, Ontario, on the campus of Queen's University. The gallery has received a number of awards for its exhibitions from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Association of Art Galleries and others.

Wikipedia: Agnes Etherington Art Centre (EN), Website, Website3, Website2

1100 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 9: Beth Israel Congregation

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Beth Israel Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located at 116 Centre Street in Kingston, Ontario.

Wikipedia: Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ontario) (EN)

541 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Bellevue House

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Bellevue House National Historic Site was the home to Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John Alexander Macdonald from 1848 to 1849. The house is located in Kingston, Ontario.

Wikipedia: Bellevue House (EN), Website

1263 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 11: former Kingston Penitentiary

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former Kingston Penitentiary

Kingston Penitentiary is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario.

Wikipedia: Kingston Penitentiary (EN), Website

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