Barriefield Range and Training Area

Barriefield Range and Training Area is a military base in Ontario, Canada. Barriefield Range and Training Area is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cartwright Point, as well as near Ravensview.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Military Communications and Electronics Museum and Royal Military College of Canada.

Military Communications and Electronics Museum

Museum

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The Military Communications and Electronics Museum is a military signals museum on Ontario Highway 2 at CFB Kingston in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. A member organisation of the Organization of Military Museums of Canada, the communications museum was established at the base in 1961 and moved to its current purpose-built building in 1996. Military Communications and Electronics Museum is situated 1¼ km northwest of Barriefield Range and Training Area.

Royal Military College of Canada

University

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The Royal Military College of Canada, abbreviated in English as RMC and in French as CMR, is a military academy and, since 1959, a degree-granting university of the Canadian Armed Forces. Royal Military College of Canada is situated 3 km west of Barriefield Range and Training Area.

Fort Frontenac

Military installation

Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in July 1673 at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario, in a location traditionally known as Cataraqui. Fort Frontenac is situated 3½ km west of Barriefield Range and Training Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cartwright Point and Ravensview.

Cartwright Point

Neighborhood

Cartwright Point is a cape and neighbourhood in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Located east of the city's downtown along the St. Lawrence River in the former Pittsburgh Township, it is bordered by Deadman Bay on its western side, and faces Wolfe Island on its southeastern side.

Ravensview

Neighborhood

Ravensview is a rural community within the greater city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is located east of the urbanized part of the city along old Highway 2. To the west of the community is CFB Kingston, and to the south is the St. Lawrence River.

Kingston

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Kingston is one of the most historic cities in Canada with many churches, old buildings, picturesque neighbourhoods, and 19th-century fortifications. The city provides venues for nightlife such as clubbing and pubbing, and provides weekend escapes for people living in the neighbouring cities of Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.

Barriefield Range and Training Area

Type: Military base
Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

44.23342° or 44° 14′ 0″ north

Longitude

-76.4327° or 76° 25′ 58″ west

Elevation

73 metres (240 feet)

Open location code

87P56HM8+9W

GeoNames ID

5894178

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