This image of Shoal Tower looking east. Taken while looking through a near by window. The Reflection of City hall can be seen on the horizon.
On August 20, 2016, more than 25,000 people filled Kingston’s Springer Market Square to attend a public screening of the live broadcast of the Tragically Hip’s concert, an event which put Kingston in the nation’s spotlight. The CBC's live broadcast of The Tragically Hip concert brought 11.7 million viewers together to celebrate the Kingston-based band and its members: Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and front man, Gord Downie who is living with terminal brain cancer. Following suggestions from the public, Council decided to have a commemorative stone in Springer Market Square to pay tribute to the historic live stream of The Tragically Hip's 2016 concert. The stone contains The Hip's lyric –"Everybody was in it from miles around…" – from their song "Blow at High Dough," which was chosen by the public in an online survey that drew more than 11,000 votes from across Canada.
The Thousand Island Railway was originally only 5 km. long, but it had 4 bridges over the Gananoque River. The railway operated from 1883 to 1995. It was built by the Rathburns of Deseronto, who also built the Bay of Quinte Railway which was much larger. This is the spring run off on the Gananoque River at Sunset.
