FRIENDS OF KINGSTON INNER HARBOUR

a) To be active stewards of the natural environment of Kingston’s Inner Harbour – helping protect and enhance the habitat and diversity of local amphibians reptiles fish and birds through yearly community clean-ups and environmental education activities b) To collaborate with the City of Kingston to create nature-based eco-friendly shorelines through community plantings of trees and plants suitable for each of the four stages of shoreline (Toe Splash Bank and Terrace) c) To educate the public about the Indigenous French British and Industrial Heritage of Kingston’s Inner Harbour through organized tours and workshops and to collaborate with members of Kingston’s Indigenous and French communities to create replicas of historic boats – given that Kingston’s Inner Harbour is Canada’s oldest recorded continuous boat building location. d) To assist the City of Kingston in celebrating street art through art festivals in Kingston’s Inner Harbour showcasing what has now become a public art wall in Douglas Fluhrer Park e) To continue working with the City of Kingston to create i) a network of accessible trails on old railway lines throughout the North King’s Town district establishing green corridors with multi-layer vegetation to increase shading cooling air quality and aesthetic enjoyment ii) a pedestrian and cycling bridge crossing John Counter Blvd. and the railway to connect the Rideau Heights and Kingscourt neighbourhoods iii) more fully accessible sections of the K&P Trail around Kingston’s Inner Harbour on both the west and east sides of the Great Cataraqui River f) To assist in the preservation restoration repurposing and commemoration of some of the Inner Harbour’s notable built heritage g) To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above objects.