[1][2] The harbour was redeveloped for the sailing events of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
[3][4] Portsmouth Harbour, originally known as Hatter's Bay, was constructed in the 1800s as a convenient means of providing supplies and transporting prisoners to Kingston Penitentiary.
The Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston (CORK), a non-profit volunteer organization was a key element in bringing the 1976 Olympics to Kingston.
Since then, the harbour has been a venue for annual Olympic-quality sailing events.
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