CFB Kingston
Canadian Forces Base Kingston is a Canadian Forces base in Kingston, Ontario.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Military base
- Description: Canadian Forces base
- Also known as: “Base des Forces canadiennes Kingston”, “BFC Kingston”, and “Canadian Forces Base Kingston”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Military Communications and Electronics Museum and Royal Military College of Canada.
Military Communications and Electronics Museum
Museum
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 760 metres southeast of CFB Kingston.
Royal Military College of Canada
University
Photo: S23678, Public domain.
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 2½ km southwest of CFB Kingston.
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 3 km southwest of CFB Kingston.
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. Ravensview is situated 2½ km east of CFB Kingston.
Rideau Heights
Neighborhood
Rideau Heights is a 32-hectare area in northern Kingston, Ontario consisting primarily of row-housing and low-rise apartment buildings. The area is physically isolated and economically disadvantaged. Rideau Heights is situated 3½ km northwest of CFB Kingston.
CFB Kingston
- Category: Canadian Forces base
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“CFB Kingston” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Base des Forces canadiennes Kingston”
- Cebuano: “Canadian Forces Base Kingston”
- French: “Base des Forces canadiennes Kingston”
- French: “BFC Kingston”
- French: “Canadian Forces Base Kingston”
- French: “CFB Kingston”
- German: “Canadian Forces Base Kingston”
- German: “CFB Kingston”
- Japanese: “キングストン空軍基地”
- Russian: “БКВС Кингстон”
- Russian: “Кингстон (база Канадских вооружённых сил)”
- Russian: “Кингстон (база)”
- Russian: “Кингстон”
- Swedish: “Base des Forces canadiennes Kingston”
- Swedish: “Canadian Forces Base Kingston”
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