Garden Island

Garden Island is an island in the municipality of , , in , Canada. Part of the , it is located in the Saint Lawrence River, approximately 2 miles south of , northwest of Wolfe Island, and is 30.75 hectares in size.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Military College of Canada and Murney Tower.

University
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The , 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. is situated 3½ km north of Garden Island.

Museum
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is a in , 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. is situated 3 km northwest of Garden Island.

Hospital
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The site is an acute-care teaching hospital affiliated with Queen's University located in , , Canada. Along with the site, these hospitals form Kingston Health Sciences Centre which delivers health… is situated 3½ km northwest of Garden Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingston and Cartwright Point.

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 , and .

Neighborhood
is a cape and in , 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. is situated 3½ km northeast of Garden Island.

Neighborhood
The is a neighbourhood in , Canada. It encompasses and surrounds Queen's University and is largely inhabited by students and employees of the university. is situated 4 km northwest of Garden Island.

Garden Island

Latitude
44.20184° or 44° 12′ 7″ north
Longitude
-76.46616° or 76° 27′ 58″ west
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
87P56G2M+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42392834
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5959491
Wiki­data ID
Q5522264
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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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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.