<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> National Historic Site of Canada </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designated </Th> <Td> 1990 </Td> </Tr> <P> Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario . </P> <P> Constructed in 1833--34, and opened on June 1, 1835 as the "Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada", it was one of the oldest prisons in continuous use in the world at the time of its closure . Kingston Penitentiary was one of nine prisons in the Kingston area which range from low - security facilities to the maximum - security facilities Kingston Penitentiary and Millhaven Institution (which was initially built to replace Kingston Pen). </P>

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