Walking Tour: In Sir John A's Footsteps (with Jim Dorey and Don Cherry)
By City of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Podcast Description
A one-hour walking tour through the streets of Kingston, home of Canada's first Prime Minister, narrated by hockey greats Don Cherry and Jim Dorey.
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Introduction: In Sir John A's Footsteps | Welcome from Jim Dorey and an introduction to narrator Don Cherry | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 1 [Visitor's Centre] In Sir John A's Footsteps | Begin your tour at the Visitor Information Centre on Ontario Street, facing City Hall | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 2 [City Hall] In Sir John A's Footsteps | Inside City Hall, where a portrait of Sir John A. dominates Memorial Hall and his desk is still in use | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 3 [Market Square / King St] In Sir John A's Footsteps | From Market Square, you will head west along King Street, home to 14 of more than 100 taverns in Kingston of the mid-1800s | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 4 [Cartwright House] In Sir John A's Footsteps | To say that Sir Richard Cartwright hated John A. would be a grand understatement, even by political standards | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 5 [Hotel Belvedere] In Sir John A's Footsteps | In the 1940s, a writer from Vogue Magazine described this hotel as the "the only reasonable place to stay between Montreal and Toronto" | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 6 [City Park] In Sir John A's Footsteps | The commanding statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was erected in 1895 in honour of Kingston's most famous son | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 7 [134 Earl Street] In Sir John A's Footsteps | After the death of Macdonald's sister Margaret, his other sister, Louisa, and his brother in-law now widowed, Williamson, continued living here | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 8 [194 Johnson Street] In Sir John A's Footsteps | Sir John A. arrived home from political duties in Toronto on Christmas Eve of 1857. His first wife, Isabella, died three days later. Her funeral was held in this home | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 9 [180 Johnson Street] In Sir John A's Footsteps | While Sir John A. and his wife Isabella lived in this house, Hugh John, the couple's only son to reach adulthood, was born here on March 13, 1850 | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop 10 (3) [End / Market Square] In Sir John A's Footsteps | It is fitting this Sir John A. Macdonald walking tour ends here at the Market Square, where Confederation itself was celebrated on July 1, 1867 | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Episodes |
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