. In October 1696 Frontenac [Buade*] granted him a piece of land in Acadia, but he did not farm it. It was as the

against the Seneca, and on 19 July signed the document recording the taking over of their country. Frontenac [see

appointed sergeant in the Canadian forces, in which rank he accompanied governor Frontenac [see

family’s expanding commercial interests. After graduation in 1906 he played with Kingston’s Frontenac Hockey Club, of which he was president for some

provincial royal commission on mineral resources in 1889 indicates his familiarity with local mining activities. He claimed then to “have seen nearly all the mines in the Frontenac section and [to] have

. But before retiring to the life of country squire, Richardson once again took up command of a vessel. On 9 May 1818, less than a year after the Frontenac (the first Canadian-built

inspection of Lake Ontario. From Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) they skirted the north shore of the lake, examining possible sites for future forts. At Fort Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.) they held a

impressed by his zeal and his devotion to his duties. Frontenac [Buade*] praised his “incredible diligence” during the

the governors and intendants of the colony. Buade* de Frontenac and Duchesneau favoured Riverin. Their successors

. Buade* de Frontenac wrote to the minister in 1690 that, subject to royal confirmation, he had named “Sieur Robineau Becancour the older son to replace Sr. [René] Robineau de Portneuf the

 Poterie, on 7 July 1671. Governor Buade de Frontenac, on 23 March 1677, also

. Buade* de Frontenac requested a lieutenant’s commission for him, and this was granted him on 3 April 1696. He then commanded small ships fitted out for fighting privateers and for protecting

Mississaugas, to trade with the French and thus dissuade them from taking their furs to the English at Fort Oswego (Chouaguen). Pierre Robinau de Portneuf, who was an ensign at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) at

English and established close relations with the Abenaki Indian tribes. During the winter of 1689–90 Buade* de Frontenac

Buade de Frontenac. After a stay at Quebec and Montreal, he had continued on to France. This then constituted Joseph Robinau’s

politicians of the period, Roblin entered politics through municipal channels. He was Richmond Township’s first reeve (1841–57), and served as first warden (1849–57) of the United Counties of Frontenac and

. In August 1674, Frontenac [Buade*] had the Sulpician François de

 22, ser.159, 1808–59, no.259. Cataraqui Cemetery Company (Kingston), Burial record. Frontenac Land Registry Office (Kingston), Loughborough Township, abstract index to deeds, concession 8, lot 24 (mfm

with an advance party of the KRRNY, constructed barracks amongst the ruins of old Fort Frontenac, and built saw and flour mills. Ross recommended the purchase of land in the area from the Mississauga

. Nevertheless, Buade de Frontenac, the new governor, was already thinking of depriving Villeray