Kingston Dry Dock
Kingston Dry Dock is a dry dock in Kingston, Canada. It is a National Historic Site of Canada. Look also at Shoal Tower, 500 m away.
Museum in Kingston
Among the best-known places to visit in Canada
Its coverage puts it at #350 among our 5,181 Canadian places. About ↓
Inside Kingston
You’ll find Kingston Dry Dock inside Kingston’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓
National Historic Site of Canada
It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Weather through the year
If warmth matters, go May to September: Kingston reaches 18–25°C.
Kingston Dry Dock
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- National Historic Site of Canada
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Kingston
- Official site
- marmuseum.ca
When it is open
Where it sits
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Kingston Dry Dock is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kingston’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The nearest towns to Kingston Dry Dock
They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Kingston
Frontenac Islands
Loyalist
South Frontenac
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Kingston Dry Dock is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | It’s in town | 149,527 | 43 |
| Frontenac Islands | 2.8 km east of it | 1,963 | 40 |
| Loyalist | 17 km west of it | 19,761 | 5 |
| South Frontenac | 24 km northwest of it | 21,599 | 3 |
After Kingston Dry Dock
Look within 15 km for 5 museums, a fort and a cathedral, among others.
Fort · Parks CanadaShoal Tower500 m away
MuseumAnn Baillie Building800 m away3
MuseumMurney Tower700 m away4
CathedralSt. George's Cathedral500 m away5
MuseumKingston General Hospital900 m away6MuseumMuseumPumpHouse Museum200 m away7Art galleryArt galleryMartello Alley800 m away8MuseumMuseumMuseum of Health Care at Kingston800 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Kingston Dry Dock?
Inside the town’s municipal boundary: Kingston Dry Dock is in Kingston, Ontario.
What is Kingston Dry Dock?
Dry dock in Kingston, Canada.
When is the best time to visit Kingston Dry Dock?
May to September bring Kingston its warmest afternoons, 18–25°C on ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Is Kingston Dry Dock a designated historic place?
Yes: National Historic Site of Canada.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Kingston Dry Dock: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shoal Tower: Preeteesh Singh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Baillie Building: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murney Tower: Carlb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. George's Cathedral: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingston General Hospital: P199, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).