Bellevue House, The House of the First Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. McDonald, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Scottish highland cattle enjoy dinner out on the Anchorage farm.
Oliver Boisselle house built in 1838. The house was originally one story tall. He was a cooper (barrel maker). Barrels were in big demand to hold flower, cured meats, pickles, apples, beer and nails or any other bulk commodity.
This was the first campus for Queen's University in 1842 at 67 Colborne Street. It was called Queen's College then. It was set up by St. Andrews Presbyterian Church a few blocks away as a theology college. Sir John A. McDonald was one of it's promotors. The university now has about 20,000 students. Kingston had about 8,500 citizens at that time. It moved to 320 Princess Street, at Clergy St.
Portsmouth United Church, built in 1855. Like other United churches built in Sydenham, Odessa, Elginburg and Westbrook about the same time. A central front door, between tall windows, and 4 windows on each side. None have a steeple.
Cannons on the Lake
These boaters intend to spend the winter on board. One boat has a load of fire wood on the deck, and a chimney. There is now a skim of ice around the boat in mid December.
A particularly fine example of a split cedar rail snake fence. Could be 100 years old, has been maintained.
The maple sugar house at the Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area.
St. John's Anglican Church started about 1850 and built in stages. Note it's modest steeple.
Lions Hall, formerly the Kingston Township Municipal Hall. Built in 1847.
This house at the foot of Sydenham Road was built by Dr. Wm. Beamish about 1859 and it is believed that he used prison labour to built it. He was the doctor at K.P. It became a rectory in 1904 for Christ Church up the hill and they may have added that addition on the right side with the unique windows. It is now used as professional office space.
Kingston water tower
Sisson's House built in 1845. The stone work on the 2 nd. floor is different than on the lower floor, indicating that it may have been added later. Note the absence of front lawns for all the houses of this era. Back yards were large, with stables, a winter supply of fire wood, and an out-house. There was probably a basement cistern for rain and wagon loads of water..
The east dike of Kingston Mills in January, it is 0.6 km. long, the west dike is 0.95 km long. Built between 1826 and 1832 with man and beast power. The road way is to assist regular inspection and maintenance. The dikes form Colonel By Lake and drown a lot of land.
A stone railway culvert on the K&P trail, built in 1876. Strong enough for locomotives.
A beautiful old limestone house, about 1850's.
After a blizzard.
What is amazing about these three old brick houses? They were moved here fully intact, along Union Street from the main Queen's University campus a few decades ago.
George Hyland house, 1830 view from south side. He probably built this house for himself. It is very modest in size, heating with wood in the winter was exceedingly expensive, most people just kept the kitchen warm, bedrooms got cold, sometimes froze. Many older people died in the winter months with cold related problems. They probably had a small loft bedroom.
Christs Church, Anglican. Built in 1870 and enlarged in 1877.
The retired ice breaker, Alexander Henry in it's natural setting beside the Marine Museum. You can tour through it as part of the tour of the Marine Museum. Built in 1958, and retired in 1984. It is sitting in ice, in a dry dock.
A tree in the street. The light snow cover shows how cars have to drive around it. How did it start there?
Gardiner House. This fine old brick house may not get your attention at first, but it was built in 1818 and is one of the oldest houses around. It would have used locally made, wood fired bricks. Other brick houses of this vintage are at King and Gore Street Kingston, and Main Street in Barrifield. The bricks and mortar (just as critical) may have all been made by the same brick maker. They stood the test of time in a harsh climate.
The Rideau trail goes from Kingston City Hall to the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. These hikers are actually setting out to do the whole length in sections. To date, 489 club members have done it. The trail passes through this cemetary, the Kingston train station, fields and forests, in parks and on private land, abandoned rail lines and some roads. Sixty four hikers have done the entire winter hike. One 80 year old hiker did the 300 km. in 12.5 days, at mostly -20 C.
Morton Inn, built in 1830 while the Rideau Canal construction was underway (1826-1832), and two years before Fort Henry. Even the workers, engineers and architects needed housing.
THE OLDEST STRUCTURE IN ONTARIO. Partly restored perimiter walls of Fort Frontenac, built by the Frenchman, Count Frontenac in 1673 to promote fur trade with the native population. It was abandoned to the Iroquois in 1689, recaptured in 1695 by the French, and it was captured by the British in 1758 who partly destroyed it. There was little British settlement in the area until 1790's.
Cedar forest are reclaiming a lot of poor farm land in the area. Along the Rideau Trail.
28 Cliff Crescent
This is the oldest part of Kingston. This building dates from 1838 and likely replaces an earlier wooden building dating back to late 1780's, as much as a half century old at the time. Most buildings were lost to fires over the years. This one survived the massive fire and explosion of 1840 on the waterfront. Gun powder was kept ready to defend against an American invasion.
Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, founded in 1917. Ready for a curling tournament.
Old school house. The school bell is located on the left side of the front. Built before 1878. Now a private home.
Simkins Sewing Machines on Sydenham Street since 1956. Built in 1891 for Lucerna Gildersleeve. The second floor was a Jewish synagogue until 1910 after which it moved beside 150 Queen Street, then to Centre Street near Union Street.
Charming small stone houses from about 1830's. There was no municipal water, sewer, electricity, street lights for the next 20 years or more. They used chamber pots and out houses (even in the winter). They cooked and heated the house a bit with expensive wood. Rain water and wagon loads of water dumped in a cistern had to do. Often it was polluted. Coal for heating appeared after 1871, electricity in 1898, oil heat after 1945 and high speed internet after 2000.
There is a lot of empty unused land in the city. Looking south from the K&P Trail.
Stone Friggate at RMC. The stone was quarried right on the building site in 1820, it was used as a naval store house. In 1837 it was used to house men of a naval detachment, thus it's name. In 1876 it became the main college building for RMC. Today it is a cadet dormitory. The stone was of low weather resistance grade and the building had to be reclad with other stone in 1965. RMC replaced it's 300 oil lamps with electric lights in 1892.
Spring time in the Cataraqui Cemetary, founded in 1850. This is along the Rideau Trail.
This monument was errected in memory of Rev'd John Barclay, the first minister of St.Andrews Presbyterian Church. He died in 1826, aged 30. Later, ten thousand others who died in typhoid epidemics were burried in this park in mass graves.
A marsh between the K&P trail and the 401 highway. Looking east
A&P
Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation area after an April ice storm. There was wide spread damage to pine trees who dense winter foliage make them more vulnerable than deciduous trees.
Wolfe Island United Church, built in 1886 as a Methodist Church.
Beautiful Italian style villa, unusual in Kingston.
Massive limestone house.
St. John the Apostle Catholic Church. It was built in 1942, not 1842 like other similar churches in the area.
This little bridge was built in 1927 by CPR who owned the K&P railway. The original bridge and tracks were built in 1875.
The foundation for this bridge was built in 1929 by CPR who owned the K&P railway at the time. The deck is new. It replaced the original bridge built 54 years earlier (1875). Try to picture a really old steam engine spewing lots of black smoke and white steam, chugging along here at a top speed of 60 kph.
Centennial Drive
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