Yonge Street
(Yonge Street, Kingston)

Launching of the ISAF Volvo Youth 2007 — Launching of the ISA…

Portsmouth United Church, built in 1855. Like other United churches built in Sydenham, Odessa, Elginburg and Westbrook about the same time. A central front door, between tall windows, and 4 windows on each side. None have a steeple. — Portsmouth United Ch…

Cosy wood frame cottage, built in 1842. It was rare for an 1850's era house to have a front lawn. Lawn mowers were usually just tethered cows or goats. Big backyards often kept a milk cow, chickens, perhaps a horse, an outhouse, maybe a shallow well beside it, and huge supply of fire wood for the winter. Any space left over was planted with vegetables. — Cosy wood frame cott…

Sisson's House built in 1845. The stone work on the 2 nd. floor is different than on the lower floor, indicating that it may have been added later. Note the absence of front lawns for all the houses of this era. Back yards were large, with stables, a winter supply of fire wood, and an out-house. There was probably a basement cistern for rain and wagon loads of water.. — Sisson's House built…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

Brewery, possibly 200 years old. This building was one of three on the site forming a brewery that was operating in 1878. There was one licensed brewery for every 65 citizens in the area at that time. Today, we call them micro-breweries. — Brewery, possibly 20…

Kingston is popular with scuba divers examining hundreds of ship wrecks. One wreck can be seen from shore here. Visibility has increased from 1 to 2 m. in the 1960's to about 10 m. and more now. The dock is the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. One diver has reported being able to see his boat 116 ft. 34 m. above him in the St.Lawrence River and even make out clouds above that. Where else in a populated area is that possible, and have it warm too? — Kingston is popular …

Strong winds kick up huge waves at the Olympic Harbour. Kingston Penitentiary in the background is now closed down, Dec. 1 2013. — Strong winds kick up…

Sunken schooner off the Olympic Harbour break water. It can be seen from on the break water in 4 or 5 m. of water, under ideal conditions about 50 m. out, near the boat launching ramp. There were 40 steamers, 35 schooners, 3 brigantines, numerous canal barges operating from Kingston in 1855 when the rail way opened up. Check the inner harbour, N end of Dead Mans Bay and Garden Island for more pictures of wrecks. — Sunken schooner off…

Kingston Penitentiary from Portsmouth Harbour — Kingston Penitentiar…

Portsmouth Tavern serving thirsty sailors since 1863. Kingston had 136 licensed taverns in 1842 for a population of about 8,500, but portsmouth was not part of Kingston then. — Portsmouth Tavern se…

Portsmouth Orange Hall, built in 1878. Many Orange Halls are found in rural areas. Most are very simple box construction and are abandoned. This is one of the best. — Portsmouth Orange Ha…

St. John's Anglican Church started about 1850 and built in stages. Note it's modest steeple. — St. John's Anglican …

Stone house built in 1840 on Union Street. — Stone house built in…

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Part of a former tannery, not very beautiful, but designed for a job. Built about 1845. The main loading entrance is on the other side, but it is obstructed by trees. — Part of a former tan…

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5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

Boats secured for the winter at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. — Boats secured for th…

Catamaran police boat makes it's patrols. — Catamaran police boa…

Waves frequently pound this part of the break water at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. It attracts many visitors on very windy days. Some people come for the car wash. Look for the red van behind the spray for scale. It tops out at about 8 m. 25 ft. high. The ducks enjoyed it here all day. — Waves frequently pou…

Public waterfront walk way. Now part of the Rideau Trail from Kingston City Hall, to the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Looking south west. — Public waterfront wa…

Portsmouth town hall, built in 1865 when it was not a part of Kingston. Portsmouth was anexed by the City of Kingston in 1952 which brought municipal water and sewer to the village. Now used for other purposes. — Portsmouth town hall…

This two story house was probably built about 1850 as a single story house, which was enlarged later. Extensions have been added to the rear and far side. The windows appear to be originals, thus 160 years old. — This two story house…

Duplex built about 1845. This simple design with one common wall was easier to heat with wood when it was built. There was no municipal water or sewage until annexation by the City of Kingston in 1952. Shallow wells, out houses and septic systems were never far apart. Plagues often decimated the local population until municipal water was available. — Duplex built about 1…

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The east entrance to the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour centre. Now a popular convention centre. This facility was built in 1969 for the 1976 sailing Olympics. The main Olympic events were held in Montreal. This site had it's own Olympic opening ceremony. This site is used annually for CORK Canadian Olympic-training Regata Kingston which draws competitors from around the world. — The east entrance to…

Stone row houses, built in 1840 to house the people working at the psychiatric hospital, provincial prison, brewery, and tannery. They probably had a basement cistern for rain water and wagon loads of untreated water from polluted sources. Everyone had their own out house (toilet) in the back, It was often burried in snow, it had no lights, or you emptied a chamber pot into it daily from a partly heated house. — Stone row houses, bu…

This full two story house was built about 1850. It was heated with iron box stoves and stove pipes running everywhere. The stove pipes then entered the chimney below the roof line. It was far more efficient than fire places. It would have used about 10 -15 full cords of wood for cooking and heating each year. Coal was not available until after 1871. It would take two good wood fires going. By morning, the fires would be almost out, and cold penetrated the uninuslated walls. — This full two story …

This attractive home was built in 1860 for John and Mary Pugh. Would you have built with stone or wood in 1860? Both lasted 150 years. Neither was insulated, wood heat was very expensive. Wood planking can leak a lot of air in a winter storm and will get hotter in the summer. Stone houses usually take 3 to 5 days to to heat or cool follow a sharp temperature change because of their mass and never need painting. Stone may have cost more and comes only in grey. — This attractive home…

Kingston Penitentiary

Gardiner House. This fine old brick house may not get your attention at first, but it was built in 1818 and is one of the oldest houses around. It would have used locally made, wood fired bricks. Other brick houses of this vintage are at King and Gore Street Kingston, and Main Street in Barrifield. The bricks and mortar (just as critical) may have all been made by the same brick maker. They stood the test of time in a harsh climate. — Gardiner House. This…

Modest functional house built in 1843. Compactness is a feature when you heat with hand cut wood from some distance. Pennsylvania anthricite coal became available after 1871 for heating. It takes a full cord of hard wood to keep a reasonable fire going for a month, it costs $300 a full cord today, it would be well over a $1000 if harvested, cut and split by hand. Heating was bare minimial, bedrooms were always cold. Most older people died in the winter. — Modest functional ho…

An house built in 1850 backing onto the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. Now a fitness centre. Portsmouth did not have municipal water or sewer until 1952 when it was anexed by the City of Kingston. Outhouses, undersized septic systems and poor wells were everywhere. — An house built in 18…

This story and a half house, built in 1843 may have had the 2 nd. floor added later. The wing on the right is the summer kitchen where the cook stove was used in the summer to prevent over heating the rest of the house. The windows appear to be original with hand made glass in oak frames, now 170 years old. — This story and a ha…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

5 year old first digital images — 5 year old first dig…

Stone row houses, built in 1853, designed and built by William Coverdale for I. Mc Intyre and restored through the courtesy of Northern Telecome Ltd. just prior to the sailing Olympics being held right next door in 1976. — Stone row houses, bu…

Small stone home, built about 1850. Municipal water and sewer was not available until the City of Kingston annexed Portsmouth in 1952 ! Coal replaced wood for heating and cooking after 1871. Hydro and phone appeared about 1888. The ice man delivered blocks of lake ice weekly until 1950's and bread and milk were delivered to the door daily until 1970's. Cable TV appeared in the 1980's, and high speed internet after 2000. It takes a lot of people and technology to keep a house running — Small stone home, bu…

Tannery Cottage built in 1844. They had daily milk delivery in glass bottles until mid 1950's by horse drawn wagons. Horses learned the route, and waited for the driver at each corner. Customers had a choice of Jersey (5 % fat), Gurnsey (4% fat) or Holstein (3 % fat) milk, homogenized or not, eggs and butter too. Unhomogenized milk allowed you to skim off real cream for coffee and fruit. Milk was ordered by placing colour coded tickets in empty bottles and leaving it on the porch.. — Tannery Cottage buil…

Wave kicks up 13 m. about 40 feet high at the Olympic Harbour in Kingston. Nov 1, 2013. The far end of the dock which is in deeper water and is far more exposed does not have the same action. It is very localized, and has good public access. There is always a steady stream of cars visiting here getting a free car wash. — Wave kicks up 13 m. …

Wolfe Street
Stadium Lane
Cliff Crescent
Purdy Place
Forsythe Avenue
Pickwick Place
Marley Street
Pember Place
Johnson Street
Hatter Street
Roden Street
Herbert Street
Copperfield Drive
Herchmer Crescent
Silver Street
Brock Street
Dickens Drive
Michael Grass Crescent
West Campus Lane
Water Tower Lane
Author's Lane
Byron Crescent
Watts Crescent
Metcalfe Avenue
Oakridge Avenue
Francis Street
MacPherson Avenue
Picard Place
Calderwood Drive
Clenwood Crescent
Norman Rogers Drive
Gardiner Street
Gibson Avenue
Alamein Drive
Foster Street
Woodstone Crescent
Mulcaster Street
Churchill Crescent
Dedrick Drive
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