Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kingston, Canada
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7.6 km
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 KingstonSight 1: Leon's Centre
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.
Sight 2: Kingston City Hall
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.
Sight 3: St. George's Cathedral
St. George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario.
Sight 4: 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.
Sight 5: 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.
Sight 6: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
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)
Sight 7: Chalmers United Church
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
Sight 8: Agnes Queen’s Art Gallery
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
Sight 9: Beth Israel Congregation
Beth Israel Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located at 116 Centre Street in Kingston, Ontario.
Wikipedia: Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ontario) (EN)
Sight 10: Bellevue House
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.
Sight 11: former Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario.
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