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Cataraqui Cemetery is a non-denominational cemetery located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1850, it predates Canadian Confederation , and continues as an active burial ground. [ 1 ] The cemetery is 91 acres in a rural setting with rolling wooded terrain, ponds and watercourses. [ 2 ]
In 2021 the statue was removed from its original spot at City Park with plans to move it to Cataraqui Cemetery, where Macdonald is buried. [2] [3] In August 2022, the cemetery board voted not to erect the statue. [4] As of August 2023, there were still no plans for the statue. [5]
Belleville Cemetery, Belleville – Susanna Moodie, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Davie Kerr, Albert Holway; Burlington Memorial Gardens, Burlington – Leslie Mahaffy; Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston – Alexander Campbell, John A. Macdonald; Chatham-Kent, nearby, the Hutberg, God's Acre burial ground of the Christian Munsee New Fairfield/Moraviantown
There are 22 National Historic Sites designated in Kingston, [1] including the Rideau Canal which extends from Ottawa and traverses 202 kilometres (126 mi) to Kingston. The following sites are administered by Parks Canada: Bellevue House, Kingston Fortifications, the Rideau Canal and Shoal Tower (identified below by the beaver icon ). [2]
In 1828, he married Frances, the second daughter of Mathew Bell.His business partner, William Walker, also married one of Bell's daughters, and their brothers-in-law included Lt.-Colonel John George Irvine (son of James Irvine), a Quebec businessman and The Hon. Edward Greive M.P. James and Frances Forsyth were the grandparents of General Sir Henry Edward Burstall and The Hon. George Irvine.
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Cataraqui may refer to: The original townsite of what is now downtown Kingston, Ontario, as founded 1673 to house a French colonial military outpost. A rural village west of Cataraqui Cemetery, part of the former Kingston Township. Both points are within the current Kingston city limits.
A Martello tower at the water's edge below the fort. A removable roof to protect against snow is characteristic of Canadian Martello towers. Fort Henry National Historic Site is located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Point Henry, a strategic, elevated point near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it flows into the St. Lawrence River at the east end of Lake Ontario.