Kingston Trip Overview
Looking for things to do in Kingston Ontario? A walk through the city’s historic center is an opportunity to learn about its history and discover all of its attractions. Solve challenges at each step along your way, to discover your next destination.
You will walk from City Hall to City Park, along the waterfront, passing various parks, museums, and monuments. Have fun completing challenges.
It takes 2 hours to complete, do it whenever you wish – you select your own date and start time, no scheduling or reservation needed. 20+ challenges, games, and enigmas to solve as you walk through this historic neighborhood.
Additional Info
Duration: 90 to 120 minutes
Starts: Kingston, Canada
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Looking for things to do in Kingston Ontario? A walk through the city’s historic center is an opportunity to learn about its history and discover all of its attractions. Solve challenges at each step along your way, to discover your next destination.
You will walk from City Hall to City Park, along the waterfront, passing various parks, museums, and monuments. Have fun completing challenges.
It takes 2 hours to complete, do it whenever you wish – you select your own date and start time, no scheduling or reservation needed. 20+ challenges, games, and enigmas to solve as you walk through this historic neighborhood.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Kingston City Hall, 216 Ontario St, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2Z3 Canada
This building was completed in 1844 when Kingston was the capital of the Province of Canada, a British colony. Soon after, the capital moved to Montreal for a few years.
Duration: 4 minutes
Pass By: Prince George Hotel, 200 Ontario St, Kingston, ON K7L 2Y9, Canada
The Herchmer Macpherson building became the Prince George Hotel in the middle of the 19th century.
Stop At: Confederation Park, Laurier Ave W Elgin St., Kingston, Ontario K1P 5J2 Canada
The park opened in 1967, on Canada’s centennial anniversary. There were industrial buildings here on the water’s edge, as well as the terminus of the Kingston-Pembroke railway line – before the creation of this park.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Shoal Tower, Kingston Harbour, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2Z1 Canada
It was originally named for Queen Victoria, but later renamed. It was built in 1847.
It is one of 4 towers built at the same time to protect Kingston and the entrance to the Rideau Canal by fear of an American invasion. You can spot another two across the river in Fort Frederick and Fort Henry.
Stop At: Kingston Waterfront, Ontario Street, Kingston, Ontario Canada
Follow Kinstgons’s waterfront as the Rideau river merges with the Saint-Lawrence River into Lake Ontario.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Navy Memorial Park, Kingston, ON K7L, Canada
This is where military ships were maintained during the 1st and 2nd world wars.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: PumpHouse Museum, 23 Ontario St, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2Y2 Canada
The Pump House is a museum of steam power. You will discover the steam machines that operated the first pumping station. It is also a science, technology, and engineering museum.
Stop At: City Park, Kingston, ON K7L, Canada
As you’ll see, there are a lot of mature trees, picnic tables and places to barbecue here. There are also a few playgrounds and public bathrooms.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 21st Battalion CEF Cenotaph, 44-64 West St, Kingston, ON K7L, Canada
This monument honors soldiers of the 21st battalion for their sacrifice during the Great War / WWI.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Queen’s University / Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON K7L 2V6, Canada
Queen’s University was founded in 1841 at the behest of Queen Victoria.
It was the 1st university west of the Maritime provinces to admit women as students.
Pass By: Frontenac County Court House National Historic Site, 5 Court St, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2N4 Canada
This neoclassical building was built in 1858 to house the Parliament of Canada when Kingston was considered its permanent capital.
Pass By: Empire Life, 259 King St E, Kingston, ON K7L 3A8, Canada
Empire Life is an insurance company founded in Kingston in 1923.
Stop At: St. George’s Cathedral, 270 King Street East, Kingston, Ontario Canada
George’s Cathedral was consecrated in 1828. It was built in the neoclassical style.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Kingston Customs House National Historic Site of Canada, 294 King St E, Kingston, ON K7L 3B2, Canada
Kingston’s customs house, opened 1859 in the neoclassical style.
Pass By: BMO Bank of Montreal, 297 King St E, Kingston, ON K7L 3B3, Canada
This old Bank of Montreal building is next to City Hall
Stop At: Market Square, 216 Ontario St, Kingston, ON K7L 2Z3, Canada
This public square is also an important gathering place for citizens. In 1758, the British Infantry used it to bomb the French’s Fort Frontenac across the Cataraqui River.
The Constitution Act of 1791, establishing the separate jurisdiction of Upper and Lower Canada, was proclaimed here by the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe.
Here, citizens heard the declaration of the War of 1812, followed by the confederation of Canada in 1867.
Duration: 10 minutes
