Garden Island
Garden Island is an island in the municipality of Frontenac Islands, Frontenac County, in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Part of the Thousand Islands, it is located in the Saint Lawrence River, approximately 2 miles south of Kingston, northwest of Wolfe Island, and is 30.75 hectares in size.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Military College of Canada and Murney Tower.
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 3½ km north of Garden Island.
Murney Tower
Museum
Photo: Carlb, Public domain.
Murney Tower is a Martello tower in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, whose construction dates to January 1846. The tower was built in response to the Oregon Crisis, which was a tense dispute over the border between British North America and the United States in the 1840s. Murney Tower is situated 3 km northwest of Garden Island.
Kingston General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: P199, Public domain.
The Kingston General Hospital site is an acute-care teaching hospital affiliated with Queen's University located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Along with the Hotel Dieu Hospital site, these hospitals form Kingston Health Sciences Centre which delivers health… Kingston General Hospital is situated 3½ km northwest of Garden Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston and Cartwright Point.
Kingston
Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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. Cartwright Point is situated 3½ km northeast of Garden Island.
University District
Neighborhood
The University District is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It encompasses and surrounds Queen's University and is largely inhabited by students and employees of the university. University District is situated 4 km northwest of Garden Island.
Garden Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: Island in the Saint Lawrence River in Ontario, Canada
- Categories: river island, island, locality, and landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
44.20184° or 44° 12′ 7″ northLongitude
-76.46616° or 76° 27′ 58″ westElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
87P56G2M+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 42392834OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Garden Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Garden Island (pulo sa Canada, Ontario, lat 44,20, long -76,47)”
- Cebuano: “Garden Island”
- Dutch: “Garden Eiland”
- Dutch: “Garden Island”
- French: “Garden Island”
- French: “île Garden”
- French: “Île Garden”
- German: “Garden Insel”
- German: “Garden Island”
- Swedish: “Garden Island, Ontario”
- Swedish: “Garden Island”
- Turkish: “Garden Island”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Garden Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.