Kingston, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
1976 Olympic Cairn
Sailing - Montreal Games
Photographed by Robert Rusaw, August 29, 2022
1. 1976 Olympic Cairn Marker
Erected 2007 by Cork.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Sports • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1976.
Location. 44° 13.104′ N, 76° 31.046′ W. Marker is in Kingston, Ontario. It is on Yonge Street. Marker is in the parking lot of the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour Marina. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kingston ON K7M 1E5, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Ontario and specifically in Southeastern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kingston Penitentiary / Le Penitencier de Kingston (approx. half a kilometer away); Roselawn / La Maison Roselawn (approx. one kilometer away); Donald Gordon Centre / Le Centre Donald Gordon (approx. one kilometer away); Bellevue House / Villa Bellevue (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); The Coach House / La Remise (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Professors' Walk (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Queen's University's Royal Charter (approx. 2 kilometers away); Kingston General Hospital Role in Typhus Epidemic (approx. 2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kingston.
More about this marker. Kingston is independent from the surrounding Frontenac County.
Photographed by Robert Rusaw, August 29, 2022
2. 1976 Olympic Cairn Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2022, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on October 3, 2022, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2022, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
