55 Ontario Street 613 542-2261
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Watch the gigantic drilling machines drilling down to bedrock to install anchors for the concrete walls being poured in the Kingston Dry Dock National Historic Site during its construction. This is the only federally built dry dock on the Great Lakes. The dry dock was completed in 2010.
The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston was founded in 1975. Located on 55 Ontario St. at the only federally built dry dock on the Great Lakes, the Marine Museum houses the original pumping station and steam engines built in 1891.
The Museum has on display a wide ranging collection of marine artifacts and exhibits, a significant fine art collection, and is home to the Gordon C. Shaw Study Centre, and Audrey Rushbrook Memorial Library. Current exhibits highlight the growth of ship building and shipping technologies, the history of boat building, the life of the sailor, as well as regional Kingston's maritime history and our place on the Great Lakes. The recently opened Eco Gallery focuses on environmental issues/successes related to the Great Lakes.
The Museum Ship Alexander Henry was built in 1959. A former buoy tender and light icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard, the Alexander Henry is a fine example of shipbuilding from the last century. With its twenty ton crane, block and tackle, hydraulic ram and other functional machinery, visiting students can learn first hand about this purpose built structure, and about ice breaking in Canadian waters. The ship is available for tours from May - October, weather permitting.
NOW OPEN
The new Kingston War Ships: 1812 - 1814 Exhibit. Come learn how the War of 1812 became a "Shipbuilders War" between Kingston and Sackets Harbor, New York.
Date: May 27, 2:00 pm
Annual General Meeting at the Marine Museum. Keynote speaker Rob Mazza will talk about the success of the recent "C&C Yachts Reunion & Living History Conference".
Last 2 tweets from @MMGLK :
