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640 King St. W.
Kingston,
Ontario
K7M 2E5
Ontario Tourism Region : The Great Waterway
Phone : (613) 546-7883
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Kingston
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 625. In Kingston T., Frontenac C., near Little Cataraqui Cr. On Hwy 2 and C. Rd. 9, 5 km NW of Kingston.
- The name, First Nations Peoples for ''rocks rising out of the river,' originally was given to a fort built by Louis de Buade, Comte de Palluau et de Frontenac, governor of New France 1672-1682 and 1689-1698.
- The fort, also known as Fort Frontenac, was built in 1673 at the mouth of the Cataraqui R The present community was fIrst called Sandville and then Waterloo, to commemorate the British victory over Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
- In 1868 the village was named Cataraqui to end confusion in mail delivery with the town of Waterloo. Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's fIrst prime minister, is buried here in Christ Church Cemetery.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.bath.ruralroutes.com/cataraqui
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Visitors to this page: 2,925
Off the beaten track: |
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Cataraqui, 1km
Valleyview, 1km
Balsam Grove, 1km
Grenville Park, 1km
Hillendale, 2km
Strathcona Park, 2km
Polson Park, 2km
Calvin Park, 3km
Aylesworth, 4km
Portsmouth, 4km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Mill Pond, 6km
Lost Lake, 10km
Colonel By Lake, 11km
Collins Lake, 14km
Odessa Lake, 13km
Inverary Lake, 18km
Sydenham Lake, 20km
Hogan Lake, 21km
Rosedale Lake, 21km
Blakes Lake, 22km
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