UNESCO - Rideau Canal - Fort Frederick, Kingston Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Rideau Canal - Fort Frederick, Kingston - The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when Great Britain and the United States vied for control of the region. Fort Frederick is a historic military building located on Point Frederick on the grounds of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). Its construction dates to 1846 and the Oregon boundary dispute. The fort consists of earthworks surrounding a Martello tower. Name: Rideau Canal Site: Fort Frederick, Kingston Location: Kingston, Province of Ontario Inscription: 2007 Category: Cultural (i)(iv) Unesco Ref: 1221-003 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side