UNESCO WHS - Rideau Canal - Shoal Tower, Kingston Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Rideau Canal - Shoal Tower, 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. Shoal Tower, originally known as Victoria Tower, is a Martello tower located in the harbour of Kingston. It is one of four such towers built in the 1840s to protect Kingston's harbour and the entrance to the Rideau Canal. Name: Rideau Canal Site: Shoal Tower, Kingston Location: Kingston, Province of Ontario Inscription: 2007 Category: Cultural (i)(iv) Unesco Ref: 1221-005 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side