The first capital of Canada - Kingston
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From London, Ontario to Kingston is 441 km, along the
highway 401 has been to the East, 4 hours 12 minutes arrived in Kingston.
Kingston is a small city in the province of Ontario, Canada, on Ontario Lake,
to the estuary of the St. Lawrence River, it is a water city. Winter is not too
cold, summer is not too hot, suitable for living.
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Kingston, the Canada's oldest city, was once the
capital of Canada, is also an important military base in Canada. City overall
atmosphere cozy, comfortable, and there are many limestone magnificent building
was built in the 19th century, along downtown narrow alley came, a shuttle
across in the sense of the European castle.
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Kingston, founded in 1600, has been more than 500
years of history. Kingston was the capital of Canada in 1841-1844, then it is
the largest city in Canada. Kingston is a military fortress in the war of 1812
was a British army headquarters -- "the five Great Lakes fleet". In
addition, Kingston is still a tourist attraction, to a thousand island cruise
port in downtown. Travel a thousand island, another well-known port in Kingston
near, it is town of Gananoque.
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Kingston is a university town. It was founded in 1841
by Queen's University. The University accounted for 1/3 of the city's area. And
St. Lawrence college. When school starts, the urban population will increase by
three times.
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There is a military academy in Kingston, which is
Royal Military College of Canada. The city used to be an ancient battlefield,
the British and American war in 1812, the main battlefield is here. In the
military academy square, you can see the cannon.
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Don't look at Kingston is a small town with a
population of only 110 thousand people. Kingston is the largest of 5 kinds of
people: in addition to the travel of tourists, residents are students, the
elderly, soldiers, prisoners. The famous prison of Canadian in Kingston.
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An outstanding politician in Canada, the former
residence and grave of the first Prime Minister John A. MacDonald （1815.11.11~1891.6.6） is in Kingston. He took
office as Canadian Prime Minister in August 1867, 19 years in this post. One of
his achievements is to establish the Trans Pacific Railway, the railway was
opened to traffic in 1885. The opening of the railway to the implementation of
Canada from the east to the west of the federal laid the foundation, people
called him Canada, the father of the federation.
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Kingston is the summer climate is cool and pleasant
scenery. Kingston's autumn tour leaves a good place, from Toronto to Kingston
and Montreal Road, which is the famous maple leaf ornamental route.
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Canada's national history is not long, Kingston is
water city of charm, and style of the ancient capital, Kingston was once the
capital of Canada, so this charming small town still left to the people a capital
of the atmosphere and cultural pluralism, small city’s lake, with quiet good
impression.
