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Kingston's introduction

A city in southeastern Canada, one of the important ports on the St. Lawrence River waterway. It is located on the shores of Lake Ontario and is the industrial, commercial, cultural and tourist center of Ontario. The population is about 53,000 (198 1). It has been a strategic hub of water transportation since ancient times, and 1783 became an important town in upper Canada. In the middle of19th century, it was the capital of Canada led by Britain. In addition to water transportation, road and rail transportation is also very developed, and it is Canada's grain storage and export port. The industry is dominated by locomotives, machinery and shipbuilding, as well as synthetic fibers, chemicals, tanning and wood processing.