Fort Henry: Historical military structures. Visit time: 3 hour max.
CFB Kingston: Modern military structures. Full of soldiers, including the Joint Signals Regiment (JSR), 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment, and their Communications Museum.
Royal Military College: Historical structures and wide avenues filled with soldiers and students. Visit time: 1 hour max.
Bellevue House: A finely-maintained villa with lush gardens which served briefly as the home of first Canadian prime minister Sir John A. MacDonald. Bellevue is located 1-2km west of the downtown and the university. Guided tours Visit time: 1-2 hours.
Cataraqui River and LaSalle Causeway Bridge: Water and steel. Visit time: 15 min max.
Rideau Canal: Completed in 1851 as a defensive route bypassing the St Lawrence, the original stone locks and wooden gates are still manually operated by Parks Canada for small pleasure craft. Kingston Mills lock, the first of a long series ultimately extending to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, is reachable by small watercraft or by car on Kingston Mills Road, which runs between Battersea Rd (401 exit 619/Montreal St) and Hwy 15 (401 exit 623). Just far enough north of the 401 to be well into the countryside. Visit time: 45 min max.
Princess St and Downtown: Shops, food, and various stuffs. Visit time: 5 hours max.
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral: Big, very tall Roman Catholic church. The bells in this church ring LOUD. Visit time: 0.5 hours max.
St. George's Anglican Cathedral: Big, very elaborate old Protestant church of architectural and historical interest. Visit time: 0.5 hours max.
Murney Tower: A Martello Tower (historic military structure). Visit time: 45 min.
Kingston Penitentiary: One of Kingston's most famous institutions. One time home of notables such as Clifford Olsen and Paul Bernardo, people would kill (and have killed) to get in for well over a century. The Penitentiary Museum (located directly north of the jail on King St at Sir John A MacDonald Blvd) is open to visitors, as is the Olympic Harbour marina (adjacent to the jail) which served as home of the sailing events for the 1976 Summer Olympic games. Visit time: 2 years to life. If 'just visiting', allow a little over an hour to tour the museum.
Queen's University: Another of Kingston's most famous institutions. Many limestone buildings with ivy and students.
Art Galleries: Queen's has two art galleries: the student run Union Gallery in Stauffer Library, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre .
Beamish-Munro Hall: For kids who are interested in how buildings are made, the Integrated Learning Centre, or Beamish-Munro Hall may be worth a visit. This building is the new centre of Applied Science (Engineering) at Queens. This 'live building' was designed to allow people to see how the building works and interact with it.
Miller Museum of Geology: This is a fairly small museum, but is still interesting. Call ahead for tours.
The Museum of Health Care at Kingston: A tiny museum with exhibits (and quite a lot of artifacts) related to the history of medicine. It co-sponsors a walking tour on the history of KGH for $5, but the museum itself is free. Usually not busy, since it's small and hard to find. Visit time: Depends on your level of interest in the subject -- two hours if you're really into the museum and you take the tour.
Waterfront: Kingston has a lively waterfront that, depending on the day, may afford opportunities to partake.
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