Tag: Kingston Pen
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Canada’s Penitentiary Museum
Written by Emily Manson I’ve been to Canada’s Penitentiary Museum a few times, but I learn something new each time I visit. The site is small but picturesque and packed with fascinating history. It is located directly across the street from Kingston Penitentiary, in the former Warden’s residence. The building of a house for the…
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Canada’s Penitentiary Museum: Innovative Inmates
It is 1998 and you’ve landed yourself a bunk in the Dissociation Cell area of Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba. While using your supplied toothbrush for its rudimentary purpose of brushing your teeth is an option, there is another one. The innovative inmate you are, you could also use it and source remnants of various…
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Kingston Pen Tours
Kingston Pen Tours offers a unique opportunity to explore behind the fortified walls and inside the cell doors of the most notorious prison in Canada. The walking tour takes you through the grounds of Kingston Penitentiary, the infamous maximum-security prison that was declared a National Historic Site in 1990. Open 1835 to 2013, Kingston Pen housed…