Top Rated Parks to Visit in Gananoque

"A natural recreation area of close to a thousand acres, the Little Catarqui Creek Conservation Area is located just north of the downtown Kingston area. With such a beautiful setting, the area can be appreciated at all times of year and offers great opportunities for many different recreational activities. It is particularly popular during the winter, when there are facilities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and skating on Kingston’s largest natural ice rink.Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Kingston, ON, Canada, +1 613 546 4228"

"Source: Photo by Wikimedia Commons user P199 used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Explore some authentic local wildlife, at the Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area!. Featuring a stunning array of local, natural sights and sounds, many of them indigenous to the region itself, the Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area is your effective introduction to the wonders of lush, Ontario life."

"In addition to the ever popular sugar shack that runs in March, Little Cataraqui Creek offers an excellent network of trails close to town. Only slightly more rugged than Lemoine Point, this is a great place for a Sunday stroll, especially in the fall."

"With the closest hiking to downtown, the Marshlands provides an excellent opportunity for a quick hike. You'll find the terrain here more rugged than other easy hikes. There's also a good bit of mud here in the spring and early summer."

"One of the great features of this conservation area is that its proximity to the city makes it accessible via Kingston Transit."

"This award-winning park, which received an extensive renovation completed in 2018, is a popular destination on the St Lawrence waterfront. The park’s centrepiece, Gord Edgar Downie Pier, provides a convenient entry for swimmers to enjoy the water, with an accessible beach. Bring toys to play in the sandy beach area above the pier, then stroll down Waterfront Pathway through the park for a break after a delicious lunch, before heading back into the water."

"The Museum of Health Care, located in the Ann Baillie Building on Queen’s University Campus, is the only museum in Canada dedicated to the history of health and health care. The museum has one of the largest collections of medical and health care artefacts in Canada. It is home to a wide-range of artefacts and archival documents and photographs from surgical tools to laboratory instruments documenting how people have preserved health and managed disease, pain, and suffering from the late 18th century to the present day."

"The Marine Museum is currently the only museum in Canada that exclusively represents the maritime history of the Great Lakes. It is in the unique situation of being a community museum, with nationally significant collections telling a regional and national story. The museum and this site are not only important to the Kingston community’s sense of identity, but also to the importance of the Great Lakes corridor as a key piece in the economic development of Canada.The museum offers a range of outreach programs covering topics from maritime history and travel to shipbuilding and the environment."

"Despite its smaller space since moving from the dry dock to the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, this museum still offers a detailed account of Kingston's history as an important shipbuilding center from 1910 to 1960...."

"This lavish turn-of-the-century island castle in the middle of the St Lawrence is only around 25km from Gananoque, but technically in the USA, so you'll need your passport to visit. It was built by George C Boldt, original proprietor of New York's famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Many Thousand Island cruise tours stop here, or you can drive 23km from Gananoque to Alexandria Bay, NY, USA, where 10-minute shuttles cross the 1km of water to the castle."

"Boldt Castle, spectacular 20th century building located on an small island in the middle of the river. Attention Non-Americans, don’t forget your passports when visiting the castle, because it’s on the american side of the river."