41 30 31 29 43 43 416 15 29 10 62 15 The Kingston Rides Map is produced by Tourism Kingston, a division of the Kingston Economic Development Corporation. No part of this map or 41 editorial may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. Tourism Kingston cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions in 44 the material contained herein. Copyright 2014 Tourism Kingston. All rights reserved. 27 28 Printed in Canada. 25 15 29 32 42 46 42 33 45 15 26 34 62 43 25 10 25 15 2 38 24 9 23 11 41 37 15 37 11 4 12 13 10 2 11 14 15 5 CANAM NORTH SHORE 58 10 18 OPTIONAL ROUTE ‘A’ 812 35 4 4 37 11 42 6 9 9 38 10 41 15 41 40 57 62 38 12 37 58 1 8 22 11 7 2 2 39 37 47 2 49 33 48 1 36 50 81 4 2 14 58 15 16 13 8 4 3 CANAM SOUTH SHORE 21 OPTIONAL ROUTE ‘B’ 25 2 51 33 12 49 8 2 11 6 62 12E 81 5 3 33 62 See reverse side for CANAM route 17 7 12E 18 8 Lake Ontario The Loyalist / Sydenham Route 20 10 Kingston Rides Rideau Heritage Route 12 ROUTE MAP Land O’Lakes Route 11 kingstonrides.ca The Wine Route The 1000 Islands 19 Great Waterway Route The CANAM Route (see reverse side) 1 Points of Interest En Route 209 Ontario Street • 1 888 855 4555 (see reverse side for descriptions) 41 43 7 43 416 15 7 29 62 7 41 15 401 29 15 42 42 7 62 7 41 401 7 15 37 2 58 401 812 CANAM NORTH SHORE 15 8 Babcock Mill 18 The Crystal Palace 30 Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario 42 The 1000 Islands Tower 53 Fort Ontario Historic Site OPTIONAL ROUTE ‘A’ 2 41 40401 The historic Babcock Mill, built in 1856, is a must- The Crystal Palace, built in 1887, adopted its name The Railway Museum is located on 10.5 acres in the The 1000 Islands Tower is a unique62 tourist The first fortification built by the British in 1755 41 37 38 12 58 Points of Interest 37 26 was named “The Fort of the Six Nations”. It was 57 11 see when visiting Odessa. The mill combined from the original Crystal Palace created by Sir heart of Smiths Falls. The station building, built in attraction, the only one of its kind in the 1000 401 401 Islands. The observation deck provides visitors an eight-pointed wooden stockade, with swivel 2 a woolen factory with grist, planning and saw Joseph Paxton in 1851 for the Great Exhibition 1912 by the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway, is 2 39 En Route milling operations. It has been restored as a fully in London England. The building re-opened in a National Historic Site. with a spectacular panoramic view of the 1000 cannons, effective only against small bodies of 2 33 49 50 operational water-powered mill and park site 1997 and remains one of the few original Crystal Islands and St. Lawrence River. attacking401 troops. 48 58 81 Palaces in the world. 31 Rideau Canal Visitor Centre 9 Wilton Cheese Factory 43 Fulford Place Museum 54 Fort Brewerton 25 The Rideau Canal Visitor Centre is the flagship 401 51 19 Sandbanks Provincial Park CANAM SOUTH SHORE Founded in 1867, the Wilton Cheese Factory interpretation centre for the historic Rideau Canal A visit to Brockville is a must, including a stop at Fort Brewerton was constructed in 175933 after the 12 OPTIONAL ROUTE ‘B’ 37 (WCF) is currently operated by the Jensen family, Sandbanks is among the largest and most system – a National Historic Site of Canada, the historic Fulford Place Museum. It’s the early fall of Fort Niagara. The fort was constructed to entering its third generation of artisanal cheese beautiful beaches in Ontario, with golden sand and a designated Canadian Heritage River, and a 20th century mansion home of Senator George protect the river trade route between the Great 11 62 Lakes and Albany. The reconstructed Blockhouse 12E 81 making. The WCF offers a wide variety of quality sparkling water. Windsurfing, sailing, canoeing and UNESCO World Heritage destination. Taylor Fulford. It was designated a National 49 boating compete with sunbathing and swimming houses the Fort Brewerton Historical Society’s 3 cheeses, with fresh curd made every Sunday, Historic Site of Canada in 1992. 33 Monday, Wednesday and Friday. are favourite park activities. 32 Newboro Lockstation 62 Museum. 44 Fort Wellington 12E Originally called the Isthmus, this lockstation 10 Hell’s Holes Nature Trails & Caves 20 Bloomfield 55 Jefferson County Historical Society 3 marks the watershed divide between the Rideau Fort Wellington was built during the War of 1812 180 55 56 26 Museum 812 Enjoy 3.2 km of self-guided trails through a A key destination on Prince Edward County’s Taste River watershed and the Cataraqui / Gananoque to defend the St. Lawrence River shipping route gorgeous geological area of Eastern Ontario. and Arts Trails, Bloomfield is where friends gather rivers watersheds. Newboro also features one of from possible attack by the United States. The The Jefferson County Historical Society Museum 3 126 Cross a natural stone bridge and walk through - for fine dining, cozy pubs, cafes and tearooms, the four blockhouses built for the defense of the Department of the Interior reopened the fort in is housed in the historic Paddock Mansion in a rugged crisscrossing gorge with overhanging wineries, antiques, handcrafted ice cream, fresh downtown Watertown, New York. Listed on the Rideau Canal. 1923 to the public as a historic site. 11 ledges, grottos, flowerpots, mushroom-shaped pastries, and homemade bakery goodies. National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it 126 Loyalist/Sydenham ROUTE 33 The Village of Delta and Delta Mill 45 Mac Johnson Wildlife Area was formerly the home of local banker Edwin L. rocks, sinkholes and more. 12 Glanmore House 52 26 21 The Mac Johnson Wildlife Area includes 532 Paddock and his wife, Olive (Wheeler). Take the Loyalist/Sydenham Route to enjoy the 11 Tweed & Area Heritage Centre The original name for Delta was Stevenstown, scenic tour of the City of Kingston and Loyalist Glanmore House, designated a National Historic chosen for its founder, Baptist Clergyman Abel hectares of wetland, field and forest. There are 11 3 56 The New York State Zoo 177 Township boundary. Beginning at Kingston’s The Tweed & Area Heritage Centre comprises the Site of Canada in 1969, was built in 1882-1883 for Stevens, a British Loyalist from Vermont, who kilometres of trails that cross woodland, wetland Lake Ontario 81 289 Visitor Information Centre, this route ventures Victorian Houston House 1897 and the annex. wealthy banker J.P.C. Phillips and his wife Harriet settled in the area in 1796. It boasts many examples and field areas. Located at Thompson Park the zoo strives to be a This is a multi-purpose facility which includes a Dougall Phillips. The grand interior features premier zoological park focused on conservation, through the historic town of Bath and circles of beautiful 19th century architecture. 46 back through beautiful Napanee, photographic Welcome & Information bureau, local arts and beautiful hand-painted ceilings and ornate Athens education, scientific study, and recreation. It is the Wilton, rural Odessa and South Frontenac before crafts galleries, Memorial Hall and more. woodwork. 34 Lyndhurst Bridge Athens is a lively town dating back to the early only zoo in the world to exhibit species native to 26 returning to Kingston. Reputedly the oldest bridge in existence in 1800’s, and is definitely worth an afternoon of New York State. 12 Spindletree Gardens Ontario, this structure was built in 1856-57. A fine visiting the local stores and looking at the murals. 12 1 Collins Bay Institution 57 Alexandria Bay One of Land O’Lakes’ signature attractions, example of masonry arch construction, the three- Athens murals are famous and another “must see” 3 Opened in 1930, Collins Bay Institution was Spindletree Gardens offers a series of gardens span bridge was built of local field stone, and is attractions. Alexandria Bay and the 1000 Islands Region are 11 originally known as the “Preferred Class with thousands of spring bulbs, perennial walks, unadorned except for the sandstone wall caps and an international destination for a wide variety of visitors. The Alexandria Bay area has maintained Penitentiary (Ontario)” until 1932. Collins Bay rose gardens, formal and informal water features arch surrounds. 34 Lyndhurst Bridge their original quaint characteristics. From here you Institution is a medium-security facility and is and a unique walled kitchen garden. Reputedly the oldest bridge in existence in 26 Upper and Lower Brewers Mills can visit Boldt Castle and Singer Castle located in the second oldest institution for federal male 35 Ontario, this structure was built in 1856-57. It is 13 offenders in the Ontario region. Used as the lockmaster’s residence, the gun slits distinguished by the curved flare of its end walls the 1000 Islands. have been sealed in, but if you look closely, you and by the slightly oblique shape of two of its 104 2 Fairfield House 104 can see where they were. Behind a row of cedars arches. 53 The Fairfield House was built in 1793 on the shore on the shore of the basin is “The Ark,” an old, NORTH SHORE OPTION ‘A’ 3 11 of Lake Ontario. It is one of several wood frame very large “houseboat,” pulled up on shore many 35 Upper and Lower Brewers Mills 104 69 183 houses that are still around from the Loyalist era.