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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.
- 1689 but later rebuilt. Destroyed by British, 1758. Partly rebuilt, 1783.
- Original: New France
In his first term, he supported the expansion of the fur trade, establishing Fort Frontenac (in what is now Kingston, Ontario) and came into conflict with the other members of the Sovereign Council over its expansion and over the corvée that were required to build the new forts.
- none (1672–1675), Jacques Duchesneau de la Doussinière et d'Ambault (1675–1682)
- Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle
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The Battle of Fort Frontenac took place on August 26–28, 1758 during the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War in the United States) between France and Great Britain.
- August 26–28, 1758
- British victory
Feb 7, 2006 · In 1982, an archaeological dig uncovered part of the original fortifications in downtown Kingston. Part of the walls were exposed and stabilized. Frontenac reoccupied the site, rebuilding the fort in 1695, and the post became known as Fort Frontenac.
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.
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.
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.
