Jean Chretien and Peter Milliken Read...
In Sir John A.'s Footsteps (A Walking Tour)
"In Sir John A.'s Footsteps," by Kingston writer Arthur Milnes, is a self-guided, one-hour walking tour through the streets of Kingston, home of Sir John A. Macdonald — Canada's first Prime Minister.
Printed guides for the walking tour, along with MP3 players pre-loaded with the audio accompaniment, are available to visitors at the Tourist Office across from City Hall on Ontario Street.
The Rt. Hon. Jean Chretien reads.
On this page, visitors who would prefer to download the audio to their own MP3 players can find the tour as narrated by the Rt. Hon. Jean Chretien, the 20th Prime Minister of Canada, with an introduction and commentary by Peter Milliken, former MP for Kingston & the Islands and former Speaker of the House of Commons.
Those preparing for the walking tour themselves my also want to download and print the Walking Tour Map [PDF: 131KB]
Get The Audio: Podcast Option
iTunes users: 
subscribe to the podcast
of "In Sir John A's Footsteps" (as read by Jean Chretien and Peter Milliken) for free via the iTunes Store.
Or, if you use some other podcasting client software, you can copy and paste the URL below into that software's subscription dialogue:
Note: Be sure to get all 11 tracks (the introduction and audio for the 10 tour stops) before transferring the audio to your portable player.
Get The Audio: MP3 Download Option
As an alternative to subscribing to the podcast, you can download the Walking Tour audio as individual MP3 files and then copy those to your portable player before embarking on your tour.
Most users will need to right-click on the Download link and then Save the link target on their computers.
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Introduction: Welcome from Peter Milliken, former MP for Kingston & the Islands and former Speaker of the House of Commons, and an introduction to narrator and former Prime Minister Jean Chretien. |
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Stop 1: [Visitor's Centre] Begin your tour at the Visitor Information Centre on Ontario Street, facing City Hall. |
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Stop 2: [City Hall] Inside City Hall, where a portrait of Sir John A. dominates Memorial Hall and his desk is still in use. |
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Stop 3: [Market Square / King St.] From Market Square, you will head west along King Street, home to 14 of more than 100 taverns in Kingston of the mid-1800s |
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Stop 4: [Cartwright House] "To say that Sir Richard Cartwright hated John A. would be a grand understatement, even by political standards." |
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Stop 5: [Hotel Belvedere] In the 1940s, a writer from Vogue Magazine described this hotel as the "the only reasonable place to stay between Montreal and Toronto" |
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Stop 6: [City Park] The commanding statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was erected in 1895 in honour of Kingston's most famous son. |
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Stop 7: [134 Earl Street] After the death of Macdonald's sister Margaret, his other sister, Louisa, and his brother in-law now widowed, Williamson, continued living here. |
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Stop 8: [194 Johnson Street] Sir John A. arrived home from political duties in Toronto on Christmas Eve of 1857. His first wife, Isabella, died three days later. |
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Stop 9: [180 Johnson Street] While Sir John A. and his wife Isabella lived in this house, Hugh John, the couple's only son to reach adulthood, was born here on March 13, 1850. |
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Stop 10 (3): [End / Market Square] It is fitting this Sir John A. Macdonald walking tour ends here at the Market Square, where Confederation itself was celebrated on July 1, 1867. |
