Kingston (Ontario) activities: What to do in Kingston (Ontario)
Kingston (Ontario) activities: What to do in Kingston (Ontario)
The Haunted Walk. A good way to see the old residential neighborhoods of Kingston, as well as hear haunted stories and see the haunted houses. Also offering tours in Gananoque and Fort Henry. Register and pay online or in their ticket office at 200 Ontario Street (inside the lobby of the Prince George Hotel). Tours and times may very.
Thousand Island Cruise: There are boats that leave from Kingston and go downstream on the St. Lawrence river and around the Thousand Islands. The round-trip is about 3 hours. If you have a car it is better to get on the boat tours that leave from the nearby town of Gananoque, about 20 minutes northeast of Kingston, because you get to see more.
Heritage Cruise Lines: The small cruise ship MV Georgian Clipper offers 4-night, 5-day cruises from June to October in Lake Ontario, the 1000 Islands and St. Lawrence Seaway. The small cruise experience gets you up close and personal with the Islands, while providing interesting shore excursions throughout the area and luxurious dining and accommodations.
Skating:
Market Square: In 2005 the city built a new outdoor skating rink in Market Square. It's refrigerated, and the surface is conditioned by a Zamboni every couple of hours, so the surface is more regular than other outdoor rinks in the area. Hockey sticks are not allowed on this rink.
City Park (just west of downtown): Although the surface isn't as regularly conditioned as Market Square, this the place to go if you want to play hockey, since hockey isn't allowed on the Market Square rink.
Water Sports
Kingston is considered to have some of the best freshwater sailing in the world, and hosted the sailing events for the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Wind-surfing and kite-boarding are also popular.
Scuba Diving, Kingston is considered to have the most and best fresh water wrecks in the world.
The city also hosts events in summer and fall such as the Jazz Festival, Blues Festival, and Buskers' Rendezvous.
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