Kingston

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city municipality

Kingston is a historic Canadian city in eastern Ontario, located where the St. Lawrence River meets Lake Ontario, known for its limestone architecture and role as a former capital of the Province of Canada.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
City of Kingston 2
Kingston and the Islands 2
City of Kingston municipal government 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 343 ⓘ
613 ⓘ
753 ⓘ
capitalPeriodEnd 1844 ⓘ
capitalPeriodStart 1841 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceToOttawa approximately 200 km southwest ⓘ
distanceToToronto approximately 260 km east ⓘ
electoralDistrict Kingston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingston and the Islands
formerName Cataraqui ⓘ
King’s Town ⓘ
foundedAsFort 1673 ⓘ
foundedBy French colonists ⓘ
governmentType single-tier municipality ⓘ
hasCollege St. Lawrence College ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Fort Henry ⓘ
surface form: Fort Henry National Historic Site

Kingston Fortifications (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site component) ⓘ
hasHospital Hotel Dieu Hospital ⓘ
Kingston General Hospital ⓘ
Providence Care Hospital ⓘ
hasMilitaryBase CFB Kingston ⓘ
hasPort Port of Kingston ⓘ
hasPrison Kingston Penitentiary (historic) ⓘ
hasUniversity Queen's University at Kingston ⓘ
surface form: Queen’s University at Kingston

Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1846 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 1838 ⓘ
knownFor historic military fortifications ⓘ
limestone architecture ⓘ
role as former capital of the Province of Canada ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Cataraqui River ⓘ
locatedBetween Montreal ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Ontario ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River
majorHighway Highway 401 ⓘ
nickname Limestone City ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Frontenac County (census division) ⓘ
regionCode K7L–K7P (postal codes) ⓘ
sportsTeam Kingston Frontenacs ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
wasCapitalOf Province of Canada ⓘ
waterwayConnectedTo Rideau Canal ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

this entity surface form: Kingston and the Islands
Province of Canada → capital → Kingston ⓘ
Beamish-Munro Hall → city → Kingston ⓘ
Douglas Library → city → Kingston ⓘ
Goodes Hall → city → Kingston ⓘ
Queen's Centre → city → Kingston ⓘ
subject surface form: Queen's University at Kingston
Smith School of Business → city → Kingston ⓘ
Stauffer Library → city → Kingston ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Kingston
this entity surface form: City of Kingston
subject surface form: Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge
this entity surface form: City of Kingston
Kingston → electoralDistrict → Kingston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingston and the Islands
Queen's Gaels → homeCity → Kingston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingston and the Islands (federal)
Kingston, Ontario → isSeatOf → Kingston ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Kingston municipal government
Brockville → locatedBetween → Kingston ⓘ
subject surface form: Queen's University at Kingston
this entity surface form: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
subject surface form: Queen's University at Kingston
this entity surface form: Kingston, Ontario
Highway 401 → passesThrough → Kingston ⓘ