Murney Tower National Historic Site of Canada

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Murney Tower

Museum

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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.

Museum of Health Care

Museum

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The Canadian Museum of Health Care is located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the Ann Baillie Building on the Kingston General Hospital site and covers medical history from the 18th century to the modern era.

Kingston General Hospital

Hospital

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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…

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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.

Portsmouth

Neighborhood

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Portsmouth Village is a formerly incorporated village in Ontario which was annexed to become a neighbourhood of Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1952. The village was founded in 1784 by United Empire Loyalists. Portsmouth is situated 2½ km west of Murney Tower National Historic Site of Canada.

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