File:Kingston_Ontario_Canada_-_Laslovarga_(28).JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ202973· pop 75· linked from 3,972 articles

Kingston

Also known as Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, ON

city in Ontario, Canada

AI overview

Kingston is a city located in Ontario, Canada, situated at the eastern end of Lake Ontario where it meets the St. Lawrence River. It serves as an important regional center and has historical significance as a former capital of the Province of Canada.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Canada
Located in: Frontenac County
Population: 132485
Area: 450.39
Elevation: 93
Body of water: St. Lawrence River
Capital of: Province of Canada
Shares border with: South Frontenac
Founded by: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Official website: www.cityofkingston.ca
Image: Kingston - ON - Town hall at night.jpg
Dialing code: 613

Show 12 more facts

native label: Kingston
Commons category: Kingston, Ontario
topic's main category: Category:Kingston, Ontario
category for people born here: Category:Births in Kingston, Ontario
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kingston, Ontario
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Kingston, Ontario
category of associated people: Category:People from Kingston, Ontario
Commons gallery: Kingston, Ontario
inception: 1673-00-00
twinned administrative body: Mianyang
different from: Kingston
P12749: April 8

Sources (5)

via Wikidata · CC0

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario. It is at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River, the south end of the Rideau Canal. Kingston is located between the Prince Edward County and Thousand Islands tourist regions, and is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because it has many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone.

Growing European exploration in the 17th century and the desire for the Europeans to establish a presence close to local Native occupants to control trade led to the founding of a French trading post and military fort at a site known as "Cataraqui" (generally pronounced /kætəˈrɒkweɪ/ ka-tə-ROK-way) in 1673. The outpost, called Fort Cataraqui, and later Fort Frontenac, became a focus for settlement. After the Conquest of New France (1759–1763), the site of Kingston was relinquished to the British. Cataraqui was renamed Kingston after the British took possession of the fort, and Loyalists began settling the region in the 1780s.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.