Saint-Joseph-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Saint-Joseph, Que.); then from 1753 to 1754 he acted as chaplain at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.). For some years afterward there is no trace of
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
, Richard Cartwright, “A journey to Canada” (mfm. at QUA). QUA, Richard Cartwright papers; [E. E. Horsey], “Cataraqui, Fort Frontenac, Kingstown, Kingston” (typescript, 1937), 233
death, president of the Frontenac Loan and Investment Society. He believed that banks should serve more than the interests of the wealthy; they might, in fact, benefit all in society. At the Napanee
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Casey was best known for his compulsive, lifelong crusade for temperance. He entered the movement at the age of 18. As early as 1856 he was an agent and the treasurer of the Frontenac, Lennox and
Buade* de Frontenac’s request, to the rank of half-pay lieutenant, he continued his surveying, building, and general military duties; and
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Then, at the beginning of 1673, we find him among the Iroquois, busy preparing for the expedition that Frontenac [see
for himself wherever he chose. This is what Joncaire had been hoping to hear. He hurried to Fort Frontenac, chose eight soldiers, and proceeded directly to Niagara. On the east side of the river, some
exercise great political influence). Joncaire’s network of informants failed to give the alarm that might have saved Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) from capture by John
généalogies des comtés de Beauce-Dorchester-Frontenac, 1625–1946 (11v., Beauceville, Qué., [1949–55]), II. P.-G. Roy, Dates lévisiennes (12v., Lévis, Qué., 1932–40), I, II
. Buade de Frontenac named him commandant of the south side of the river, from Rivière du Loup to Montreal. On 5 May 1673 he was appointed governor of Acadia, to replace
Sabrevois*, Sault-Saint-Louis(Caughnawaga, Que.), and Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont). As he proceeded westward, guided by Jacques Hertel de Cournoyer, Charlevoix described his surroundings at every stage
Cavelier* de La Salle’s furs at Fort Frontenac seized. In partnership with Charles Catignon, the king’s storekeeper at Quebec, François prospered. During the summer of 1688 alone the partners
Buade de Frontenac on 26 Oct. 1678 to give an opinion on trafficking in spirits. He expressed himself in favour of bartering with intoxicating liquors, as did the majority of the
* de Frontenac), and 15 Jan. 1674. An additional proof of the authorities’ satisfaction may be seen in his nomination as a councillor on 29 May 1674, when his name was put forward by the
“bloody flux.” He wrote that during a visit to Fort Frontenac (Cataracoui) he was attacked by scurvy. His eyesight began to fail him during the later years of his ministry but he refused to wear spectacles
, François-Marie Perrot, Chaudière Noire pillaged Fort Cataracoui (Frontenac), which he again attacked in August and September 1687.
In 1688 Chaudière
off till the middle of May 1673, and it is known that he was at Fort Frontenac in July 1673, at the time of the inspection by Frontenac
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Chingouessi came to Quebec in July of 1698 to report to Governor Buade* de Frontenac that his neighbours, the Kiskakons and