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58 401 812 CanAm North Shore 15 8 Babcock Mill 18 The Crystal Palace 30 Railway Museum of 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 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 . 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 / 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 . 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 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, . 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 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. decades ago, now a private residence. One of the four remaining timber swing bridges on 13 In 1959, the Fairfield House became the property 46 the Rideau, this beautiful swing bridge is so well 40 Gananoque 81 69 of the Province of Ontario, which entrusted it to balanced that one person can swing it by simply 3 the St. Lawrence Parks Commission. Gananoque, an aboriginal name which means 26 pushing on it. 49 69 “town on two rivers” has a population of just 264 3 Millhaven Institution 481 Rideau Heritage route 47 Barriefield Rock Garden over 5,000 year-round residents, as well as many 13 49 Opened in 1971, Millhaven Institution was originally summer residents because of the 1000 Islands, 54 46 Envisioned and championed by Bill Robb, the built to replace the area’s other maximum security Gananoque’s most important tourist attraction. 49 The Rideau Heritage Route is the most scenic Barriefield Rock Garden is intended to be a grand prison, Kingston Penitentiary. A riot at Kingston of Kingston’s Motorcycle Tourism routes, with 825 entrance into the city, combining beautiful views 41 Railway 34 Oneida Lake 46 Penitentiary forced Millhaven to open prematurely. winding, narrow roads that take you through 31 of the historic waterfront, Fort Henry, the lake and 481 The Wine route breathtaking cottage country and the quaint (TIR) Engine 500, a 35- 370 81 the river. 4 Fairfield-Gutzeit House towns of Westport and Sydenham as well as ton diesel rebuilt by CN owned-Oshawa Railway Take the Wine Route for a leisurely tour through from an electric locomotive. Originally three miles 31 13 90 The Fairfield-Gutzeit House is a Pre-Victorian Frontenac Provincial Park. 48 365 31 Canada’s fastest growing wine region. This tour will long, the TIR connected Gananoque, Ontario, on 90 90 Historic home, with its Georgian style architecture 90 (built in 1796 by the Fairfield Brothers). This take you through beautiful Picton, Bloomfield and 22 Kingston Mills the St. Lawrence River with Canada’s - 5 beautiful house is furnished in the Victorian era, the . Adjust your route to stop at one This is the site of the first mill built on the Rideau, main line. of the 30+ world class and award winning wineries 26 with collectibles dating back 200 years or more. the Kingston Mill, built here at Cataraqui Falls in 34 81 39 46 for the full Prince Edward County experience. 1784. The site today features a lovely set of three 1000 Islands/Great 1 (888) 855-4555 Ride Safe and Ride Free! For more information contact the Visitor Information Centre at: • • • • • • riding through some of the most beautiful scenery. explore the winding roads that lead you on a journey of great community, you can branch out for day trips to experience and best kept motorcycling secrets. From our historic and welcoming festivals and events. The Kingston area is one of the world’s restaurants, patios, unique shopping and charming waterfront, dream and it all begins in historic a rider’s Kingston,It’s with its

5 Loyalist Landing locks, a turning basin, a detached upper lock and Howe Island was named after a British officer Kingston Rides 13 York and its historic communities. you to the beauty of UpstateThe Can Am Route New will “ferry” of the world famous 1000 Islands region. majesty The 1000 Islands/Great Waterway Route lets you experience the Shield and waters of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Rideau Heritage Route lets you cruise into the Canadian wine region of Prince Edward County. The Wine Route leads you into the internationally acclaimed . The Land O’Lakes Route winds though the roads of picturesque towns of rural Eastern Ontario. The Loyalist/Sydenham Route takes you through the scenic On June 16, 1784, a party of some 250 United the Robert Anglin Visitor’s Centre. Waterway route named William Howe, it appeared on a map in Empire Loyalists landed near this site and Murney Tower was built in 1846 on the shores of 1818. Today it has a population of about 600 but Lake Ontario as part of the defenses of Kingston. can swell in summer as cottagers make their way established the first permanent European 23 Jones Falls Take the 1000 Islands/Great Waterway Route for sc Now a National Historic Site and part of the onto the island. settlement in Adolphustown Township. They had One of the prettiest lock stations on the Rideau, a breathtaking tour of this scenic region in Eastern Rideau Canal and Kingston World Ontario. This route will take you through historic sailed from New York in the fall of 1783. Jones Falls is home to the “Great Stone Arch Dam.” 37 Grass Creek Park eni Heritage Site, welcoming visitors each summer to communities such as Gananoque, Brockville and Old Hay Bay Church When completed in 1831, this was the highest dam 6 explore this wonderful piece of Kingston heritage. in North America, a stunning feat of engineering, Athens, not to mention along the eponymous Grass Creek Park is a 51-acre regional park for

major cultural events. It contains a very active c Old Hay Bay Church is a meeting house dating still very impressive to this day. Thousand Islands . 14 Bellevue House sand beach, picnic areas, play equipment, a back to the early days of settlement in Upper The LaSalle Causeway 36 route Canada. This rural two-acre property and adjacent Bellevue House was once the home of Sir John A. 24 Davis Lock pavilion, parking, washrooms, boat launch, open The LaSalle Causeway links downtown Kingston graveyard overlooks Hay Bay. The building is now Macdonald, Canada’s first Prime Minister. Restored Davis Lock is known as a “solitude lock,” one of The Can Am route fields, rolling hills, and trees. to Kingston East near the mouth of the Cataraqui operated as the Old Hay Bay Church Museum. to the 1840s period, and staffed by costumed the most remote locks on the Rideau. It’s named River. It was built in 1917 replacing the 1829 ‘Penny 38 MacLachlan Woodworking Museum interpreters, the house and gardens are kept much after Walter Davis Jr. who built a sawmill here in Don’t forget your Passport! 7 The Allan Macpherson House as they would have been during the time that Bridge’, a wooden toll bridge with a swing section The MacLachlan Woodworking Museum holds the 1818. It features the best preserved example of a The Royal Military College of Canada The Macpherson House Museum was built by Allan Macdonald lived here with his wife and infant son. to allow passage of marine vessels. 48 most extensive, nationally significant collection of

defensible lockmaster’s house on the Rideau. (RMCC) woodworking tools in Canada. Sandy MacLachlan Macpherson on the banks of the Napanee River in 15 Canada’s Penitentiary Museum 37 Grass Creek Park map 1826, and was the first private home to the north 25 Chaffey’s Lock RMCC was established in 1876 and is the military created the Museum in 1967 from an 1855 log Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, the award-winning Grass Creek Park is a 51 acre community park college of the Canadian Forces. Located on Point house, originally built by the White family in of the river. Once run down and unrecognizable, A feature of this lock is the Lockmaster’s House museum dedicated solely to the preservation located at 2991 Highway 2. It has water frontage , to house the collection. the house has been rescued and lovingly restored Museum with many interpretive displays of the Frederick, the college is a blend of older, historic and interpretation of the history of our federal on both the Bateau Channel of the St. Lawrence to look as it did in the 1830’s. early days at Chaffey’s. It’s also worth a walk buildings and modern academic, athletic and penitentiaries. The museum is housed within River and along the bay at the mouth of Grass 36 The LaSalle Causeway around “town” to visit the grounds of the lovely old dormitory facilities. 8 Babcock Mill the former Warden’s residence of the Kingston Creek. The first permanent crossing was a cable ferry Opinicon Resort Hotel and then head over to the Fort Henry National Historic Site of Penitentiary. 49 built in 1786. In 1829 a ‘Penny Bridge’, a wooden toll The historic Babcock Mill, built in 1856, is a must- restored Chaffey’s Cemetery. 38 MacLachlan Woodworking Museum Canada bridge with a swing section was built. The LaSalle see when visiting Odessa. The mill combined 16 Kingston Penitentiary a woolen factory with grist, planing and saw 26 Bedford Mill The MacLachlan Woodworking Museum holds the Construction of Fort Henry by the British military Causeway, built in 1917 was a draw bridge allowing most extensive, nationally significant collection of began in 1832. It was garrisoned by the British larger vessels to pass through. milling operations. It has been restored as a fully Officially opened on June 1, 1835, as the “Provincial Now a private residence, the old Bedford Mill woodworking tools in Canada. Sandy MacLachlan Army until 1870, and then by the Canadian Forces. operational water-powered mill and park site. Penitentiary of the Province of ,” it has been beautifully restored. Water power was created the Museum in 1967 from an 1855 log Although Fort Henry has never seen military was one of the oldest prisons in continuous use available from the outflow of Devil Lake. This was South Shore Option ‘B’ house, originally built by the White family in action, it was used as a prison for combatants in the world at the time of its closure. Kingston once a centre for shipbuilding on the Rideau. Many Penitentiary was one of nine federal prisons in the haulage barges were built here for commercial use Lanark County. captured during war. Kingston area. 58 The Antique Boat Museum on the Rideau. 39 Howe Island 50 The Martello Towers This Antique Boat Museum (ABM) is the premier 3 Millhaven Institution Howe Island was named after a British officer , in front of City Hall was built in 1847 27 Westport fresh water nautical museum in North America. William Howe, it first appeared on a map in 1818. to reinforce Kingston’s existing defense system Opened in 1971, Millhaven Institution was originally Every year thousands of people come to Westport, The ABM’s galleries overflow with over 300 unique

Today it has a population of about 600 but can in case of American attack. on Kingston built to replace the area’s other maximum security a tranquil village with a population of about 700, and beautifully preserved boats and thousands of Rides scenic prison, Kingston Penitentiary. A riot at Kingston swell in the summer as cottagers make their way Cedar Island was also one of four Martello towers KingstonRides.ca to explore its historical past, to photograph its recreational boating artifacts. onto the island. representing part of the Kingston defense works. Penitentiary forced Millhaven to open prematurely. natural beauty, discover its artistic community, or 5 Loyalist Landing just to kick back, relax, and unwind. 40 Gananoque 51

28 Gananoque is an aboriginal name which means Renamed Wolfe Island in honour of General James route On June 16, 1784, a party of some 250 United Foley Mountain Conservation Area Empire Loyalists landed near this site and “town on two rivers”. It has a population of just over Wolfe in 1792. Wolfe Island is twenty miles in length Proudly sponsored by: Foley Mountain Conservation Area is located high 5,000 year-round residents, as well as summer and ranges from one to seven miles in breadth; a established the first permanent European atop a granite ridge overlooking the Upper Rideau residents sometimes referred to as “Islanders” fertile Island of over 30,000 acres in area. It is the settlement in Adolphustown Township. They had lake and picturesque village of Westport, 50 km map because of the Thousand Islands. largest of the famed “Thousand Islands.” sailed from New York in the fall of 1783. south of Perth. The Conservation Area consists of Lake on the Mountain 325 hectares of mixed forests, ponds, and fields. 41 Thousand Islands Railway 52 Sackets Harbor and Sackets Harbor

17 The Thousand Islands Railway (TIR) Engine 500, Battlefield Land O’Lakes route A natural curiosity, Lake on the Mountain is 29 Historic Downtown Perth The Kingston Rides Map is produced by Tourism Kingston, a 35-ton diesel rebuilt by CN owned-Oshawa The community was named after Augustus a division of the Kingston Economic Development located nearly 62 metres above the Bay of Quinte. Perth is a modern community with old-world Take the Land O’Lakes Route through the (electric) Railway from an electric locomotive. Sacket, a New York City lawyer who settled the Corporation. No part of this map or editorial may be The lake has no visible water source but has a charm; a living mosaic of life in rural Ontario during reproduced in any form without the written permission picturesque northern views of the County Originally three miles long, the TIR connected area and founded the village in 1801. Following the constant flow of clean, fresh water. It defies all the 1800’s. There is a great wealth of Canadian of the publisher. Tourism Kingston cannot be held of Frontenac. This tour will take you through Gananoque, on the St. Lawrence River with the outbreak of the war of 1812, it became the center responsible for any errors or omissions in the material known geographical and geological theories and history, architecture, and culture to be found in scenic Yarker, Enterprise, Kaladar, Tamworth and Grand Trunk Railway of Canada’s Montreal-Toronto of American naval and military activity for the contained herein. Copyright 2014 Tourism Kingston. All stories of volcanoes, meteorites and massive Perth. Mountain Grove. The breathtaking country views main line. upper St. Lawrence Valley and Lake Ontario. rights reserved. Printed in Canada. glacial whirlpools abound. are the solution to a long week in the city.