Seeing South Frontenac? Begin at Done Studio
The municipal boundary itself has 2 places on our list; one more is within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 museums and an art gallery. A longer outing takes you to Thousand Islands National Park, 38 km off.
Start with these in South Frontenac
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The layout
The farthest of them, Lockmaster's House Museum, is 26 km out.
The dashed line is South Frontenac’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Kinds of place
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Green: inside South Frontenac. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
The 2 inside South Frontenac come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in South Frontenac → · Parks, footpaths and green space in South Frontenac →
Bigger names, a drive away
National park · Parks CanadaThousand Islands National Park38 km east
FortFort Frontenac23 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception23 km southeast
MuseumInternational Hockey Hall of Fame22 km southeast · 2K visitors a year
Museum · Parks CanadaBellevue House24 km southeast
FortFort Henry24 km southeast
MuseumArthur Child Heritage Museum of the 1000 Islands35 km east · 30K visitors a year
Fort · Parks CanadaShoal Tower23 km southeast
National historic site · Parks CanadaCedar Island Cathcart Tower24 km southeast
Art galleryAgnes Etherington Art Centre23 km southeast
MuseumAnn Baillie Building24 km southeast
MuseumKingston Dry Dock24 km southeastPlaces well known beyond South Frontenac (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Questions about South Frontenac’s attractions
What are the main attractions in South Frontenac?
Only South Frontenac Museum is on the list inside South Frontenac’s municipal boundary.
Is there a Parks Canada property near South Frontenac?
None within 5 km; the nearest, run by Parks Canada, is the one named above, 38 km east.
What are the best-known days out near South Frontenac?
The best known within 40 km are Fort Frontenac (23 km), Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (23 km), International Hockey Hall of Fame (22 km), Bellevue House (24 km).
How is this list made?
A single list is built from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, each site counted once. To appear, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), and hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Places in the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of its edge, are the ones shown.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (12)
- Thousand Islands National Park: Shroha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Frontenac: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception: SoftwareSimian (changes by Rabanus Flavus ), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- International Hockey Hall of Fame: Flibirigit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bellevue House: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Henry: McCarthy Aero Service Ltd., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Child Heritage Museum of the 1000 Islands: Pierre André, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shoal Tower: Preeteesh Singh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cedar Island Cathcart Tower: Clayton MacLeod, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre: KingstonianW, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Baillie Building: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingston Dry Dock: Unknown author, 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).