June 1, 2008 Vasarnap - Kingston

2. nap, Vasarnap. A mai napot Kingston-ba toltottuk. Ez a tank a Fort Henry erodhoz menet volt.

Sunday we went to Kingston. This tank was on our way to Fort Henry.




A hatterbe lathato Kingston. Ebben a varosban folyik a St. Lawrence folyo es a Rideau csatorna az Ontario toba. A varossal szemben a tuloldalon pedig mar a nagy USA van.

The city of Kingston is in the background on the right. This is where the St. Lawrence river and the Rideau canal meets Lake Ontario. Accross from Kingston is the US on the other side.



Alex a Fort Henry erodben. Ezt az erodot meg 1812-ben epitettek, az angol es amerikai haboru alatt. Az angolok attol tartottak, hogy az amerikaiak itt fognak tamadni, mivel a sok folyo es a to kozelsege miatt ez egy fontos kereskedelmi kozpont volt. Kesobb atepitettek az erodot 1832-1837-ben, olyanra mint ami ma is all ezen a helyen. 1870-ben az angolok elhagytak az erodot, majd romlasnak indult. 1936-ban felujitottak. Egy rovid ideig lengyel hadifoglyokat tartottak itt. Ma muzeum.

History Overview

The original Fort Henry was built during the War of 1812 (1812-1814), between Great Britain (Canada being at that time a British colony) and the United States of America, and bears no resemblance to the existing fort. During the War of 1812, the British anticipated an attack on Point Henry due to its proximity to the Royal Navy Dockyards (at the site of the present-day Royal Military College) and to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. The loss of this vital trading route would have cut off communication between Kingston and everything to the east of the city.

Between 1832 and 1837, a second fort was built on the site of the first, and it is this fort that stands here today. It was considered even more necessary to fortify this point after the War of 1812, due to the completion of the Rideau Canal (built from 1826-32), placing Point Henry at the intersection of three important waterways: the Rideau Canal, the St. Lawrence River, and Lake Ontario. Fort Henry was intended to be the linchpin in a new, extensive system of defensive works for the defence of the confluence of these trading routes. Because the Rideau Canal went over budget only the fort and four Martello towers, spaced along the Kingston waterfront, were completed. Nonetheless, Fort Henry is the largest fortification west of Quebec city. The fort alone cost 70,000 British pounds sterling to construct, the equivalent of $35,000,000 in modern Canadian currency.

The fort was abandoned by the British Army in 1870, and was garrisoned by Canadian troops until 1891. The fort subsequently fell into disrepair until 1936. It was then restored under the direction of Ronald L. Way as a living history museum. The fort was first opened as a museum on the 1st of August 1938.

Delutan bementunk a varosba, egy seta buszozasra ami korbevitt a varosban. Nagyon szep, hangulatos varos. Nekem tetszenek a szep regi epuletek, es itt sok volt.

In the afternoon we went for a trolley ride around Kingston. It's such a beautiful city. I love the old buildings.




Daniella miutan megette a kek nyalokajat.

Daniella after eating a blue lollypop.

Varos haza.

City hall.

Niki hazifeladatot csinal.

Niki doing her homework.

Alex es Daniella epitettek egy varat a trailer-ben.

Alex and Daniella built a fort in the trailer.