City of Kingston

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city single-tier municipality

The City of Kingston is a historic urban center in eastern Ontario, Canada, located at the junction of Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River, and the Cataraqui River, known for its limestone architecture and role as a former capital of the Province of Canada.

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Label Occurrences
City of Kingston canonical 18
Kingston (1841–1844) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
single-tier municipality ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countryCapitalOf Province of Canada (former) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Canada
countrySubdivision Province of Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Ontario
formerRole capital of the Province of Canada ⓘ
governmentType single-tier city government ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Victorian architecture ⓘ
neoclassical architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic concentration of limestone buildings ⓘ
historic downtown core ⓘ
waterfront location ⓘ
hasCulturalActivity summer tourism and festivals ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity education sector ⓘ
health care services ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation numerous designated heritage properties ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction lake and river port ⓘ
military garrison town ⓘ
hasInstitution Queen's University at Kingston ⓘ
Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ
St. Lawrence College (Kingston campus) ⓘ
linked to: St. Lawrence College
hasLandmark Fort Henry National Historic Site ⓘ
Kingston City Hall ⓘ
Kingston Penitentiary (historic site) ⓘ
linked to: Kingston Penitentiary (historic)
hasTransportInfrastructure Kingston Airport (Norman Rogers Airport) ⓘ
Kingston Transit ⓘ
Port of Kingston ⓘ
hasWaterBody Cataraqui River ⓘ
Lake Ontario ⓘ
St. Lawrence River ⓘ
linked to: Saint Lawrence River
knownFor 19th-century heritage buildings ⓘ
historic urban centre ⓘ
limestone architecture ⓘ
role as former capital of the Province of Canada ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Cataraqui River ⓘ
Lake Ontario ⓘ
St. Lawrence River ⓘ
linked to: Saint Lawrence River
locatedIn frontenac County (census division) ⓘ
linked to: Frontenac County (census division)
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute Highway 401 ⓘ
Rideau Canal (via Cataraqui River) ⓘ
linked to: Rideau Canal
nickname Limestone City ⓘ
partOf Thousand Islands region (broad area) ⓘ
linked to: Thousand Islands region
province Ontario ⓘ
region Eastern Ontario ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

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

Frontenac County (census division) → contains → City of Kingston ⓘ
Frontenac County (census division) → encompasses → City of Kingston ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → capital → Kingston (1841–1844) ⓘ
linked to: City of Kingston
City of Kingston (rural areas) → partOf → City of Kingston ⓘ
City of Kingston (rural areas) → planningAuthority → City of Kingston ⓘ
north shore of Lake Ontario → hasRegion → City of Kingston ⓘ
Kingston City Hall → ownedBy → City of Kingston ⓘ
Kingston City Hall → operator → City of Kingston ⓘ
Kingston and the Islands (provincial) → contains → City of Kingston ⓘ
Shoal Tower → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → City of Kingston ⓘ
Portsmouth Village area of Kingston → partOf → City of Kingston ⓘ
Portsmouth Olympic Harbour → partOf → City of Kingston ⓘ
Portsmouth Olympic Harbour → governingBody → City of Kingston ⓘ
Colonel By Lake → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → City of Kingston ⓘ
Point Frederick → partOf → City of Kingston ⓘ
Frontenac → contains → City of Kingston ⓘ
Kingston–Wolfe Island ferry route → regionServed → City of Kingston ⓘ
Kingston–Wolfe Island ferry route → hasLocalAuthority → City of Kingston ⓘ
Kingston Mills Road → locatedIn → City of Kingston ⓘ