Before the 1976 Montreal Olympics the taxpayers of Ontario bought a greenspace at the Portsmouth harbour. The province gave the land to the people of Kingston but there were conditions: "The City of Kingston agreed to take over responsibility for maintainance at the end of the Olympics, and said it would be open to the public as a park." (From: Kingston Penitentiary and Portsmouth Olympic Harbour-Opportunities and Constraints, page 18/140.) Now the City is planning to sell the land to condo developers. savecfbrockcliffe.
Games of the XX1 Olympiad, Montreal 1976. Official Report, Volume 2, Page 215/238.
"The site of the Olympic Yachting Centre was Portsmouth Harbour, originally a nineteenth-century commercial port for sailing ships which had fallen into a state of some disrepair. Reconstruction of the site began in March, 1974. Since the facility would later remain available to the public, the government of Ontario provided funds for the purchase of the land, and the federal government undertook to share the cost of installations. The work itself, carried out by the federal Ministry of Public Works, through the Marina Policy Assistance Program of Environment Canada, included the repair and extension of of the existing breakwater and the dredging of the harbor. The City of Kingston also requested the same ministry to design and build the facewall and walkways, as well as all services to be located on the site."
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