Tag: limestone buildings

• The Founding of the Hotel Dieu Hospital

  

  In 1841, Kingston’s Bishop Remigius Gaulin wrote to Bishop Ignace Bourget of Montreal asking him to allow the Sisters of the Hotel Dieu of Montreal, the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph (RHSJs), to found a hospital in Kingston to care for the increasing number of poor Irish Catholics who settled in the city following the…

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  October 8, 2020

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  175th anniversary, architecture, Bishop Gaulin, History, hotel dieu hospital, kingston, Kingston hospital, Kingston museums, limestone buildings, monastery, Regiopolis, Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph

• There’s more to the RMC grounds than you’d expect

  

  With the sun shining brightly, I set off with photographer Sean McEvoy to explore the grounds of the Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston. Having visited before, I knew that this was really two trips in one. The first trip was taking us to the site of the Royal Naval Dockyard, significant for its role…

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  August 29, 2019

  Historic Sites

  dockyard, Fort Frederick, Fort Henry, History, kingston ontario, limestone buildings, Point Frederick, RMC, Royal Military College, royal navy, War of 1812