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Point Frederick Buildings
Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted May, 2009
Plaque Location
The County of Frontenac
The City of Kingston
On the left stone gate post at the Valour Drive entrance
to the Royal Military College grounds
Coordinates: N 44 13.844 W 76 28.172 |
Plaque Text
This peninsula, headquarters of the Provincial Marine (c.1790-1813), and of the Royal Navy (1813-1853), was the major British naval base on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. Buildings surviving from this period include the Naval Hospital, the Guard House complex, and the Stone Frigate. On the southern part of the peninsula stands Fort Frederick, erected in 1812-13 but completely rebuilt in 1846. In 1875 the Point was chosen as the site of the Royal Military College of Canada which admitted its first class in June 1876.
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Point Frederick
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The Royal Military College of Canada
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