Kingston Fortifications

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cultural heritage site historic military fortification system

Kingston Fortifications are a historic network of 19th-century British military defenses in Kingston, Ontario, built to protect the entrance to the Rideau Canal and the strategic harbor on Lake Ontario.

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Label Occurrences
Kingston Fortifications canonical 2
Kingston Harbour defenses 1
Kingston Harbour defensive works 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic military fortification system ⓘ
architecturalStyle 19th-century military architecture ⓘ
category 19th-century fortifications in Canada ⓘ
British forts in North America ⓘ
Military history of Ontario ⓘ
constructedFor defense of British North America ⓘ
defense of the entrance to the Rideau Canal ⓘ
protection of Kingston harbour ⓘ
controlledBy British Army ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
country Canada ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
hasPart Cathcart Tower ⓘ
Fort Frederick ⓘ
Fort Henry ⓘ
Kingston Fortifications self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingston Harbour defenses

Martello towers in Kingston ⓘ
Murney Tower ⓘ
Shoal Tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 2007 ⓘ
locatedIn Kingston, Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Fort Henry ⓘ
surface form: Fort Henry National Historic Site
locatedInTimePeriod 19th century ⓘ
locatedNear Rideau Canal ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Lake Ontario ⓘ
maintainedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Parks Canada ⓘ
partOf Rideau Canal ⓘ
surface form: Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site
primaryBuildingMaterial stone ⓘ
significance illustrate British imperial defense strategy in the 19th century ⓘ
protected strategic naval and commercial route between Montreal and Kingston via the Rideau Canal ⓘ
significantConflict War of 1812 aftermath ⓘ
significantEvent built in response to tensions between Britain and the United States ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction ⓘ
usedFor heritage interpretation ⓘ
military training (historically) ⓘ
tourism and education ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Henry → partOf → Kingston Fortifications ⓘ
Kingston Fortifications → hasPart → Kingston Fortifications self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingston Harbour defenses
Kingston Fortifications (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site component) → hasPart → Kingston Fortifications ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston Fortifications
this entity surface form: Kingston Harbour defensive works
Kingston Fortifications (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site component) → hasPart → Kingston Fortifications ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston Fortifications
this entity surface form: Kingston Martello towers
Murney Tower → locatedIn → Kingston Fortifications ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingston waterfront fortifications
Murney Tower → partOf → Kingston Fortifications ⓘ