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Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in July 1673 at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario (at what is now the western end of the La Salle Causeway), in a location traditionally known as Cataraqui.
The location of the battle was Fort Frontenac, a French fort and trading post which is located at the site of present-day Kingston, Ontario, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario where it drains into the St. Lawrence River.
- August 26-28, 1758
- British victory
A small French settlement flourished in the vicinity, as well as an Indian village. Fort Frontenac made use of its strategic location and was the key position from which supplies and reinforcements were sent to the other French installations on the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
Fort Frontenac, located at the confluence of the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario, was established in 1673 by the Governor of New France, the Comte de Frontenac, in order to control access to the fur laden lands of the Great Lakes Basin and the Canadian Shield.
- 1 Ontario Street, Kingston, Ontario
The History of Fort Frontenac. On July 12, 1673, the Gouverneur of New France, the Comte de Frontenac, arrived at the mouth of the Cataraqui River to meet with leaders of the Five Nations of the Iroquois to encourage them to trade with the French.
Nov 22, 2022 · Fort Frontenac occupies a site of national historic significance. Not only is the Fort central to the military history of Canada, it is also one of the earliest sites of permanent European habitation in Ontario.
Dec 5, 2023 · Fort Frontenac is a historical and archeological site that was the first European colony on the land that we today call Kingston and this fort can tell us a lot about the military and cultural history of Kingston and the Indigenous, French, and British people that lived on this land.
