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Downtown Kingston City Hall, National Historic Site, circa 1842, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Downtown Kingston City Hall, National Historic Site, circa 1842, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Why visit Kingston

Modern-day Canada's first capital, albeit only for three years, Kingston was stripped of the title when Queen Victoria worried that it was too close to the American border and could not be properly defended. Today, the pretty city finds itself strategically placed as the perfect pit stop between Montréal or Ottawa and Toronto.

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