It's also known for its location at the start of the St Lawrence Seaway and the 1000 Island park area. So for our first full day in Kingston we boarded the Island Queen stern wheeler for a three hour luncheon cruise.
Here is the lunch buffet being prepared; take a look at the old tin ceiling. While we didn't know it when I shot this pic, the man seated to the left of Jo-Anne (Ken Diamond) turned out to have served with her dad and he and Jo-Anne shared many thoughts about base life and mutual people they knew from a couple of Base Borden postings. Very small world.
The cruise was really spectacular while we ate lunch and listened to the narrative about the 1000 Island (really 1800 of em) area and the people who live on the rocks in the river like this one.
And this unique one ...
At the end of the cruise with much wine consumed the Eastern European tour group really got into the polka!
