The Stone Frigate

Commemoration

Once part of a large and active naval dockyard, the substantial stone building was erected as a warehouse for naval stores.  Although initially planned in 1816, it was not completed until four years later when the need for storage facilities to hold gear and rigging from British warships dismantled in compliance with the Rush-Bagot Agreement had become acute.  After the Rebellion of 1837 the building briefly functioned as a barracks for the naval detachment charged with patrolling the lakes.  It was then apparently used as a storehouse again.  By 1876 the structure, now known as the Stone Frigate, had been refitted to house the newly-established Royal Military College of Canada, an institution it continues to serve.