Kingston,
Ontario, with a population of approximately
146,8381 people, is located in the Quebec
City-Windsor Corridor at the eastern end
of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into
the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand
Islands begin. Kingston is nicknamed the
"Limestone City" because of
the many historical buildings made from
the local material which still stand.
The central part of the city is located
between the Cataraqui River to the East
and the Little Cataraqui Creek to the
West, with outlying areas extending beyond
in both directions. It is the county seat
of Frontenac County. Kingston is roughly
half way between Toronto, Ontario and
Montreal, Quebec along the three major
east-west transportation routes in Central
Canada: the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Ontario
Highway 401 (the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway,
which turns into Quebec Autoroute 20),
and Canadian National Railways' Windsor
to Québec City Corridor.
Kingston
also lies at the south end of the Rideau
Canal, originally built to connect Lake
Ontario with the Ottawa River in order
to provide a safe transportation route
far from the American border. Kingston's
airport, Norman Rogers Airport (CYGK),
has regularly-scheduled air service to
Toronto. Kingston is the site of two universities,
the Royal Military College of Canada and
Queen's University, as well as St. Lawrence
College. One of the oldest radio stations
in the world, CFRC broadcasts from Queen's.
Canadian Forces Base Kingston (CFB Kingston)
houses CFSCE (Canadian Forces School of
Communications and Electronics), the Canadian
Armed Forces' military communications
training centre. Canada's largest group
of federal prisons, including Kingston
Penitentiary, is located within the city
or in the immediate area.
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