UNESCO WHS - Rideau Canal - Fort Henry, Kingston Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Rideau Canal - Fort Henry, Kingston - The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when Great Britain and the United States vied for control of the region. The Fort Henry was constructed during the War of 1812 to protect the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard from a possible American attack during the war and to monitor maritime traffic on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Name: Rideau Canal Site: Fort Henry, Kingston Location: Kingston, Province of Ontario Inscription: 2007 Category: Cultural (i)(iv) Unesco Ref: 1221-002 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side