Cathcart Tower

Cathcart Tower is a Martello tower located on Cedar Island in the St. Lawrence River, off the eastern shore of Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is one of four such towers built in the 1840s to protect Kingston's harbour and the entrance to the Rideau Canal. The other towers are: Fort Frederick, Shoal Tower, and Murney Tower. Alexander Mackenzie was a foreman on the construction of the Cathcart Tower and later went on to become Canada's second prime minister 1873–1878. It was his work crew whose boat capsized while returning from Cedar Island, drowning 17 men. Hamilton Cove was subsequently renamed Deadman's Bay.

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1848  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Martello tower, Kingston Fortifications, Rideau Canal World Heritage Site, 

• World Heritage Site page^@
• part of UNESCO World Heritage Site page^@
• Canadian Register of Historic Places page^@
• Canadian Register of Historic Places page^@
• Directory of Federal Heritage Designations page^@
• Federal Heritage Building page^@
• martellotowers.co.uk page^@
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Location: 44.2254, -76.454, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Battle of Fort Frontenac ⓘ
  1758 battle of the French and Indian War

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  Fort Frederick ⓘ
  fort in Kingston, Ontario

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  Fort Frontenac ⓘ
  fort in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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  Fort Henry ⓘ
  historic fort and National historic Site of Canada

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  Murney Tower ⓘ
  Defensive tower built to protect Kingston, Ontario from American threats  

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  Military Communications and Electronics Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Kingston, Ontario

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  Royal Military College of Canada Museum ⓘ
  

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  HMS Wolfe ⓘ
  20-gun sloop-of-war

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  HMS St Lawrence ⓘ
  1814 first-rate ship of the line that served on Lake Ontario

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  Fort Frederick Martello Tower ⓘ
  Martello Tower in Kingston, Ontario

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  Shoal Tower ⓘ
  Martello Tower located in the harbour of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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  Cathcart Tower ⓘ
  Martello Tower in Thousand Islands National Park, Canada

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1758 Battle of Fort Frontenac

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1673 Fort Frontenac

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1812 Fort Henry

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1846 Murney Tower

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1961 Military Communications and Electronics Museum

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1962 Royal Military College of Canada Museum

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1813 HMS Wolfe

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1847 Shoal Tower

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Cathcart Tower

Cathcart Tower

Cedar Island Cathcart Tower, Kingston Ontario Canada - Laslovarga (1)

Cedar Island Cathcart Tower, Kingston Ontario Canada - Laslovarga (3)

Cedar Island Cathcart Tower 2015

Cedar Island seen from the wall of Fort Henry, Kingston

One of kingstons martello towers

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1758	Battle of Fort Frontenac	battle, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
link	page		World Heritage Site page@		Wikidata
link	page		part of UNESCO World Heritage Site page@		Wikidata
link	page		Canadian Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		Canadian Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		Directory of Federal Heritage Designations page@		Wikidata
link	page		Federal Heritage Building page@		Wikidata
link	page		martellotowers.co.uk page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Verdi	ship	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1788	Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard	shipyard	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1910	Kingston Shipyards	company, shipbuilding	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Frederick	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1673	Fort Frontenac	fort, trading post	Wikidata
site	fort	1812	Fort Henry	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1846	Murney Tower	military museum, Martello tower	Wikidata
site	museum	1961	Military Communications and Electronics Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1962	Royal Military College of Canada Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1813	HMS Wolfe	sloop-of-war, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1814	HMS St Lawrence	first-rate, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	tower		Fort Frederick Martello Tower	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1847	Shoal Tower	National Historic Site Administered by Parks Canada, Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1848	Cathcart Tower	Martello tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Cathcart Tower		Commons
commons	image		Cathcart Tower		Commons
commons	image		Cedar Island Cathcart Tower, Kingston Ontario Canada - Laslovarga (1)		Commons
commons	image		Cedar Island Cathcart Tower, Kingston Ontario Canada - Laslovarga (3)		Commons
commons	image		Cedar Island Cathcart Tower 2015		Commons
commons	image		Cedar Island seen from the wall of Fort Henry, Kingston		Commons
commons	image		One of kingstons martello towers		Commons