Buade de Frontenac, but if the seduction of the English governor’s allegiance was any part of the French plan, it was unsuccessful even during the particularly difficult conditions which
to live at Kingston in the summer of 1822, when he was gazetted an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Frontenac militia. It is only in September 1826 however that the first newspaper account of him as
for the capital’s tercentenary (1908), and a Frontenac and a Lord Elgin for the Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée in Sherbrooke (1913). By specializing in statues “overlaid with metal
Hotel (1911–14) in Calgary, and the central tower and additional wings (1920–24) that transformed the Château Frontenac in Quebec City into a Canadian icon. For the additions to the Château, the Montreal
. The character depicted is not La Salle, but Parkman. Frontenac [Buade*], the bombastic old courtier and
dignitaries and being referred to as a “real gentleman” by Governor Frontenac [Buade*] himself must have greatly flattered
twice, at Repentigny and at the Long Sault, decisively defeated their war parties. His superiors without exception were greatly impressed by his zeal and his devotion to his duties. Frontenac
* de Frontenac and his allies. He chose Abbé Jean Dudouyt*.
The mission that was entrusted to
1672 Frontenac [see Buade] spoke of the products, in particular wheat, of
Montreal and now the Frontenac apartments. Browne also built three round-cornered commercial buildings, the Mowat Building (now destroyed), Wilson’s Buildings, and Commercial Mart. All are Tuscan and
addressed to Governor Buade* de Frontenac, in April 1691, reveals Bruyas’ understanding of the Mohawk. Between August 1693
Frontenac’s request, to the rank of half-pay lieutenant, he continued his surveying, building, and general military duties; and
Buade* de Frontenac’s funeral. La Potherie never ceased to consider the latter as the ideal governor, the father of the country. Having a high, perhaps too high, conception of his role, he was
stormy session, Lefebvre d’Hellencourt and Charles-Alleyn Taschereau, a lawyer and militant nationalist, exchanged blows on the terrace of the Château Frontenac, which provoked a general outcry in the
, LeSueur began delving into Canadian history. His biography of Governor Frontenac [Buade*] was published in Toronto in
Galissonière, the commandant general of New France, informed Maurepas that Picquet would soon leave for Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) to find the best place to locate a village for Indians seeking Christian
Buade* de Frontenac. He was first sent to the mission at the falls of the Chaudière River which was directed by Father
the Château Frontenac, the Canadian Pacific Railway hotel in Quebec City. By 1905 Reed was manager-in-chief of the CPR’s hotel department. Van Horne, aware of Kate’s artistic knowledge, provided
.
Sherbrooke County in 1850 included not the town but the present counties of Richmond, Wolfe, Compton, and Frontenac; only 15 per cent of the population was French Canadian. Sanborn was opposed by Chester B
Pavillon d’Aiguillon, the first clinical wing of the Hôtel-Dieu, was a rival, in the city’s urban landscape, of the Château Frontenac, which had been erected that year according to the plans of the American