Kingston Bodies of Water

This historic canal is an immense feat of 19th century engineering. Constructed in 1832, the canal system stretches from Kingston to Ottawa and joins a series of lakes and rivers, making it a haven for boaters. Whether visitors travel by their own boat or rent, the many locks en route provide moorings complete with campgrounds, accommodation, barbeques, picnic facilities and more. The canal is also intertwined with cycle routes, hiking trails and neighborhoods. In winter it is turned into the world's longest ice skating rink. The Rideau Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This river, also known as the Greater Cataraqui River, drains into Lake Ontario. Forming the lower portion of the Rideau Canal, this river is located 4.5 km west of the Little Cataraqui River.

One of the world's greatest rivers, the St. Lawrence gushes freshwater from the Great Lakes for 1247 kilometres (775 miles) to the Atlantic. It has been used for centuries for shipping into mainland North America. However, its usefulness fails to outshine its beauty. Near Kingston, the river is littered with many islands, aptly called the Thousand Islands. Affection for this region stretches back for thousands of years to Native Canadians who named it 'The Garden of the Great Spirit'.

This creek is part wetland and inland, the creek has been dammed to form a reservoir, which is part of the Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area.

This collection of islands on the border of Canada and the US are located on the St. Lawrence River. The Canadian portion of the Thousand Islands area begins at Wolfe Island near Kingston, and carries up to Brockville. Pleasures boating, sightseeing, fishing and diving are extremely popular activities.

Lake Ontario is the eastern most of the Great Lakes and the smallest in surface area, measuring 311 km (193 m) from east to west and 85 km (53 m) across. The lake serves as a national border with the province of Ontario on its northern and southwestern shores and the state of New York on its southeastern banks.