. 1828, the column is a few steps from where the Château Frontenac now stands.
Jean-Marie Lebel
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Although nothing is known of La Gorgendière’s youth, in 1701 he was appointed by the Compagnie de la Colonie for a five-year term as fur-trader at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.), indicating early, and
Buade* de Frontenac on his expedition against the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee); he was then commanding the Montreal militia forces. For several months in 1698 he served as judge in
. At 22 he was the king’s storekeeper at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.), and he then served at Fort La Présentation (or Oswegatchie; now Ogdensburg, N.Y
Buade* de Frontenac a seigneury adjoining his father’s, to which he gave his name. One can understand why he was never able to develop it. Before he left for Acadia he had decided to reside at
1794 had become clerk to the district land board. He was made a justice of the peace in 1796 and the same year was elected to the Upper Canadian House of Assembly for the riding of Leeds and Frontenac
13B, 1. Charlevoix, History (Shea). “Correspondance de Frontenac (1689–99),” APQ Rapport, 1927-28, 178, 1928-29, 380. Découvertes et établissements des Français
return to Montreal on 26 September he continued collecting. He wished to return to the British colonies via Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.), where he had been told there were important dye plants and
Buade* de Frontenac, the Recollets” syndic, the construction of the hospice went on for two years, under the displeased eye of the bishop, who was only waiting for a pretext to intervene. This pretext
Fort Duquesne. His group left Lachine for the disputed Ohio country at the opening of navigation, 20 April, and arrived at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) at the month’s end. Embarking in two
, I (C ser.), 1–4, 6, 275, 548–49, 551–52, 554, 676, 688A, 789–90, 1168, 1203 1/2H, 1218, 1707, 1858, 1860. PRO, W013/4376; WO 31, bundle 219. QUA, Frontenac County land reg. copy books, book C, F
the 1st Frontenac Militia throughout the War of 1812. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1816 and colonel five years later, a rank he held until his retirement in 1839
ma thesis, University of Maine, Orono, 1970). Parkman, Count Frontenac and New France (1891), 348–51; Half-century of conflict, I. W. D. Williamson
wife settled in Valcartier. Although he would offer paintings and prints for sale at the Château Frontenac and two other commercial venues in Quebec City, he viewed Toronto, his wife’s former home, as a
Festivals at the Château Frontenac in Quebec City. He settled permanently in his home province in 1928, where he devoted himself to teaching in the 1930s. He is believed to have founded a school for voice
, and as major of the 3rd Regiment of Frontenac militia he was a member of the court martial at Fort Henry which condemned Nils von Schoultz
, leaving Jean-Nicolas Desandrouins* to finish the job, moved on to the location of Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.). Vaudreuil wanted the
provincial surveyor. Between 1847 and 1865 he laid out a number of township boundaries in the counties of Renfrew, Lanark, Carleton, Frontenac, and Hastings, and in the district of Muskoka. He also supervised
Jean Bart and Frontenac, Thibault recounted his travels in Le Travailleur of Worcester, Mass., and L’Étendard of Montreal. He dwelt in particular upon the emigrants’ heroic efforts
Buade* de Frontenac against the Onondaga. The governor and the intendant recommended him to the minister, asked that his salary be increased, and sent him to France with their dispatches and a report