These, of course, are all over the place.
Kingston is very boater friendly port. This 1840s train station, complete with steam train, is now the visitor's center.
Kingston (king's town) used to be the capital during British and French rule and has buildings built prior to 1700. This is the provincial courthouse and city hall from around 1850. Behind city hall is a very large plaza which has free concerts on Friday evenings, a farmer's market on Saturdays and a flea market on Sundays. We took in all three. In Kingston, there are dozens of beautiful Victorian and earlier homes all over town and many parks and green spaces. It's all clean, in good repair and economically thriving, owing to both tourism and a large presence of both military and civilian schools.
The Royal Canadian Military School was established as a military school before Canada became a country and has since operated as the Canadian military school. Tuition is free with the stipulation that you'll serve 5 years as an officer in the armed forces after you graduate. Competition to get in is very brisk. The weather vane on top in this picture is a sword, which used to swing in the wind to indicate wind direction, but it no longers turns because a recent graduating class welded it to stay pointing towards a local girls school across town.
The Royal Canadian Military School was established as a military school before Canada became a country and has since operated as the Canadian military school. Tuition is free with the stipulation that you'll serve 5 years as an officer in the armed forces after you graduate. Competition to get in is very brisk. The weather vane on top in this picture is a sword, which used to swing in the wind to indicate wind direction, but it no longers turns because a recent graduating class welded it to stay pointing towards a local girls school across town.The farmers market was a real, local farms market with excellent produce. The sweet corn is in here (pretty good) and lots of vegies.
I really liked these strawberries. I don't know if "Napanee" is an area where they're grown or a strawberry hybrid, but they're quite sweet and not crunchy like supermarket strawberries.
I really liked these strawberries. I don't know if "Napanee" is an area where they're grown or a strawberry hybrid, but they're quite sweet and not crunchy like supermarket strawberries. 
However, there were a few things we didn't try... broccoli danish anyone? However, I'm glad I did try the great cheese curds, made locally the day before, that are a little salty and squeek against your teeth when you bite them..... just the best!
We'll be leaving tomorrow morning to go to Trenton, ON at the start of the Trent Severn canal to Canada's Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.
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