Kingston, Ontario (can)

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario ranks 1,372nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Amstelveen, Heraklion, and Ancona. Memorable people born in Kingston, Ontario include Bryan Adams, Robert Mundell, and Norman L. Bowen. Memorable people who died in Kingston, Ontario include Colin Carruthers. Kingston, Ontario has been the birth place of many singers, and athletes and the death place of many hockey players. Kingston, Ontario is located in Canada.

Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario. It is at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River, the south end of the Rideau Canal. Kingston is midway between Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, and is also near the Thousand Islands, a tourist region to the east, and the Prince Edward County tourist region to the west. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because it has many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone. Read more on Wikipedia