9.3 metre 7 metres Width is for the octagonal base
The Kirkpatrick Fountain is a multi-tiered structure consisting of two tiers of round basins over a base guarded by a pair of seated lions surrounded by an octagonal basin. At the fountain's top there a bronze sculpture depicting a water nymph amongst bulrushes. The female figure is holding an urn and wearing a shell necklace. Water cascades out of jets set into the mouths of the lions, around and into the basins up to the nymph where it jets out and around her and from the urn she holds. The fountain is painted gold, green and cream coloured, and is covered with allegorical figures.
This fountain has stood in front of the Frontenac County Courthouse National Historic Site since 1903. Designed by Kingston architect Joseph Power, it honours Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick, 1841-1899, a son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, the first mayor of the Town of Kingston, 1838. Sir George was Member of Parliament for Frontenac, 1870-1892, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1883-1887, and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, 1892-1897.
