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	Fort Frontenac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and colonial fort built in 1673 in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
		The intent of Fort Frontenac was to control the luctrative fur trade in the Great Lakes Basin to the west and the Canadian Shield to the north.
		At this stage in the war, Fort Frontenac was not that significant to the French since the fort was left abandoned for the next twenty-five years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Frontenac (652 words)

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		The fort was first built of a double row of oak timbers seven feet high and ten feet apart and bound together by two cross-pieces dovetailed at their ends to retain the timbers.
		Fort Sainte Frederic, says Peter Kalm,* " is built on a rock consisting of fl lime slates, and is nearly quadrangular, has high and thick walls, made of the same limestone, of which there is a quarry about half a mile from the fort.
		Fort Frontenac, was the key to the west, and feeder of the Ohio country.
	www.angelfire.com /il2/frenchwar/frenforts.html (1917 words)

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		Frontenac at once saw the advantages of such a measure, and his desire to execute it was stimulated by the reflection that the proposed fort might be made not only a safeguard to the colony, but also a source of profit to himself.
		Frontenac had received stringent orders from the king to arrest all the bush-rangers, or _coureurs de bois_; but, since he had scarcely a soldier at his disposal, except his own body-guard, the order was difficult to execute.
		He and Frontenac appear to have found it for their common interest to come to a mutual understanding; and this was perhaps easier on the part of the count, since his quarrel with Duchesneau gave sufficient employment to his natural pugnacity.
	ftp.sunet.se /pub/etext/gutenberg/etext04/7fcnf10.txt (18001 words)

	LA SALLE - LoveToKnow Article on LA SALLE
		In July 1680 news reached him at Fort Frontenac that nearly all Tonty's men had deserted, after destroying or appropriating most of the supplies; and that twelve of them were on their way to kill him as the surest means of escaping punishment.
		La Salle then went to Quebec, and La Barre, who had succeeded Frontenac, being unfriendly to him, again visited France (1684), where he succeeded in interesting the king in a scheme to establish a fort at the mouth of the Mississippi and to seize the Spanish posts in the vicinity.
		Soon finding that he was not at the mouth of the Mississippi, La Salle established a settlement and built a fort, Fort St Louis, on the Lavaca (he called it La Vache) river, and leaving there the greater part of his force, from October 1685 to March 1686 he vainly sought for the Mississippi.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LA_SALLE.htm (4136 words)

	Fort Frontenac
		Fort Frontenac was located at the mouth of the Cataraqui River, at the site of present-day KINGSTON, Ont. Construction began during negotations between Governor FRONTENAC and a delegation of IROQUOIS in July 1673.
		Ostensibly the fort, initially known as Fort Cataraqui, was meant to provide protection for VILLE-MARIE [Montréal], but it was intended as much to further fur-trading interests in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley areas.
		When they built the more substantial fortifications, FORT HENRY, overlooking the river and harbour, the fortifications of Frontenac were abandoned and eventually buried as the city developed.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002938 (250 words)

	History of the Great Lakes. Volume I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The portage, or carrying-place, commences at the fort.
		Captain Villier erected a stockade fort in a dense part of the forest, which was soon detected by the Iroquois Indians, who became much alarmed by such unauthorized occupation of territory, and sent, by the advice of Sir William Johnson, a deputation to Montreal to remonstrate with Vaudreuil and request him to demolish the fort.
		Lieutenant-Colonel Bradstreet, of the British forces, was determined to reduce Fort Frontenac, or, as it is called in the narrative of his expedition, Fort Cataraqui, to destroy the enemy's shipping there and thus deprive them of the dominion of the lakes, which the French then held through their fleet.
	www.hhpl.on.ca /GreatLakes/Documents/HGL?ID=c008 (7874 words)

	Fort Frontenac
		Frontenac granted the fort and surrounding lands to a colleague, Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, the famed explorer of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
		Fort Frontenac made use of its strategic location and was the key position from which supplies and reinforcements were sent to the other French installations on the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
		Fort Henry was erected there and served as a naval base for British and Canadian forces in the War of 1812.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1194.html (958 words)

	Ontario Forts - page 3
		The British left in 1870, and the fort was manned by the Canadian Militia to 1891, as the Canadian School of Gunnery.
		The previous fort (a wooden blockhouse with a stone battery) was demolished in 1846, a portion of the stone battery is still visible.
		The fort was originally an earthworks fort, with a shore battery by the river, in 1813 - 1815.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/on3.html (1115 words)

	Fall of Fort Frontenac, 26 August 1758
		Fort Frontenac was a key French post on Lake Ontario, guarding the French supply lines along their frontier to Fort Duquesne (modern Pittsbugh).
		Lieutenant-Colonel John Bradstreet, a native of Maine, had been advocating an attack on Fort Frontenac for some time, and he was now able to persuade Abercromby to give him 3,600 colonial troops to launch the attack.
		The French commander in chief, Louis de Montcalm, saw the fall of Fort Frontenac as serious, and it cut the supply lines to Fort Duquesne, which fell to the British before the end of the year.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_frontenac.html (156 words)

	WebRoots Library U.S. History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Frontenac learned from La Salle that the English were intriguing both with the Iroquois and with the tribes of the Upper Lakes, to induce them to break the peace with the French, and bring their furs to New York.
		Frontenac, like La Salle, showed from the first a special faculty of managing them; for his keen, incisive spirit was exactly to their liking, and they worked for him as they would have worked for no man else.
		He was raised to the rank of the untitled nobles; received a grant of the fort, and lands adjacent, to the extent of four leagues in front and half a league in depth, besides the neighboring islands; and was invested with the government of the fort and settlement, subject to the orders of the Governor-General.
	www.webroots.org /library/usahist/tdotgw02.html (16393 words)

	The Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation: French Cataraqui
		Fort Frontenac, a trading and military post located in what is now downtown Kingston, had more substantial fortifications built of limestone.
		Althought the French were able to maintain Fort Frontenac through much of the remainder of their reign in Canada, the poor agricultural soil and hostile pressures from both the region's native communities and the British served to discourage more intensive settlement of the area by the French.
		Fort Frontenac was part of a line of posts that defended and supplied the western frontier of New France.
	www.carf.info /kingstonpast/frenchcataraqui.php (1175 words)

	Kingston Historical Society - Chronology of the History of Kingston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fort Frontenac is reoccupied and rebuilt by the French.
		Fort Henry is built on Point Henry in defence of the naval dockyard at Point Frederick.
		The Fort Henry Guard, a military interpretative unit, is on parade for the first time; one year later 30 members of the Guard volunteer for military service.
	www.heritagekingston.org /chrono.html (6925 words)

	History of the Great Lakes. Volume I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		And so the little schooner, Frontenac, plowed the waters of Lake Ontario, and the famous Griffin was constructed in the country of the hostile and powerful Iroquois, most of whom were absent at the time on a distant war expedition.
		The work of building this vessel was carried on through the winter of 1678-79 with vigor by the companions of La Salle, he being absent most of the time at Fort Frontenac, attending to his private affairs, which were in some confusion, and by which he was greatly embarrassed.
		Among the Jesuits is a tradition that the Griffin was driven ashore during a gale, and the crew murdered and the vessel plundered.
	www.hhpl.on.ca /GreatLakes/Documents/HGL?ID=c007 (5563 words)

	Search Results for "Frontenac" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was sent to the Miami country by Frontenac (c.1696); he established a fort and trading post there and quickly...
		On the site stood Fort Frontenac, which was of great importance in the French and Indian War....
		He became a favorite of Frontenac, the governor of New France, and in 1694 he was placed in charge...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Frontenac (308 words)

	Louisiana101.com - Reading/Research Room
		His journey from Niagara to Fort Frontenac in the winter won the respect of a normally cynical member of his expeditions, the friar Louis Hennepin.
		Frontenac, however, was no longer in office, and the new governor disliked La Salle.
		Although he was praised by his close friends Tonty and Frontenac, detractors such as Henri Joutel, one of the few survivors of La Salle's last expedition, felt his arrogance towards his subordinates contributed to his death.
	www.louisiana101.com /rr_lasalle.html (1213 words)

	Historical Plaques of Frontenac
		Born in Pennsylvania, Stuart was ordained in 1770 and sent to Fort Hunter NY as a missionary to the Mohawks.
		Devoted largely because of self-interest to promoting the colony's territorial expansion, Frontenac established a series of fortified fur-trading posts extending into the interior of North America, the first of which, Fort Frontenac, was constructed near here in 1673.
		Using the fort as a base, he then undertook expeditions to the west and southwest in an attempt to expand his Cataracoui operation into a vast fur-trading empire.
	www.waynecook.com /afrontenac.html (4376 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Frontenac
		Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Comte de Palluau et de
		Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Comte de Palluau et de (1622-1698), governor-general of New France, France’s North American colony, from 1672 to 1682 and...
		Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Comte de Palluau et de: picture of Frontenac
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Frontenac.html (105 words)

	THE TRIALS OF LA SALLE
		His idea was to explore the Mississippi, build a chain of French forts from the Lakes to the Gulf, command the mouth of the Mississippi with a fortress which should be the key to the continent.
		But Frontenac saw in it a monopoly of trade and La Salle regarded it as the first link in the chain which was to bind America to the throne of France.
		They granted him a royal patent allowing him to build as many forts as he chose on the same terms as Fort Frontenac, gave him a monopoly of the trade in buffalo hides, and as a crumb of comfort for the Jesuits, forbade him to trade in Upper Canada or the great lakes.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/colonial/pioneer/chap2.html (5733 words)

	MetalCraft Marine Incorporated: About The MCM Site
		The Fort changed hands between the English and French a number of times, and was a key French outpost until it was completly destroyed by the British in 1758.
		Fort Frontenac is on a point of land facing Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River to the south, and Kingston's Inner Harbour on the Great Cataraqui River to the North, and it's remains can still be seen in downtown Kingston.
		By 1908 the part of the bay to the south of us was reclaimed in order to install multiple rail lines and commercial buildings which have since been removed, (it's now the OHIP parking lot), and to the southeast land was reclaimed for Anglin's Coal Yard.
	www.metalcraftmarine.com /html/site.html (659 words)

	Kingston Forts
		Only one redoubt was ever constructed (Fort Henry in 1832), and only two of the originally planned towers were ever built, at Murney's Point (1846) and at Cedar Island (Cathcart Tower) (1846).
		Today, Fort Henry has been restored, as well as Fort Frederick and Murney Martello Tower, open to the public with displays and demonstrations.
		Fort Frederick and the Royal Military College in background.
	www.geocities.com /lakeforts/Kingston.html (794 words)

	Fort Pitt Museum, Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When a reconnaissance mission to Fort Duquesne resulted in disaster and an offensive raid on the fort by a small French force came close to succeeding, Forbes decided to wait until spring to attack.
		The British objective had been the location of Fort Duquesne, not the fortification itself, and it was a jubilant group which gave thanks on November 26, 1758, the day after arriving at the smoldering remains of the fort.
		Most wilderness forts were built to protect against Indian attacks and the use of logs sufficed, but Fort Pitt was designed to protect against French cannons.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/pitt/page4.asp?secid=31 (789 words)

	Texas Historical Commission
		A second setback followed in 1680 with the destruction and desertion of Fort Crevecoeur on the Illinois River, where a second ship was being built.
		La Salle formulated another ambitious project — to build forts along the mouth of the Mississippi and to invade and conquer Spanish provinces in Mexico.
		Although he was praised by his close friends Tonty and Frontenac, detractors such as Henri Joutel, one of the few survivors of La Salle's last expedition, felt his arrogance contributed to his death.
	www.thc.state.tx.us /lasalle/laslife.html (1115 words)

	Arkansas Post National Memorial - The Founding of Arkansas Post (Chapter Four)
		Frontenac, now indebted to La Salle, advised him to return to Paris to obtain financial help and the consent of King Louis XIV.
		He also gave La Salle a seigneury near Fort Frontenac, providing La Salle rebuilt the fort destroyed by the Iroquois, and maintained it at his own expense.
		Realizing that he had to get back to Fort Frontenac fast to retrieve a bad financial situation, he aborted this first expedition on March 2, 1680.
	www.nps.gov /arpo/found/chap4.htm (645 words)

	boldts.net - Kingston
		Later, the fort was renamed Fort Frontenac after the governor of Canada.
		As a result of Frontenac's initiative, a network of forts and trading posts was developed throughout the Great Lakes region.
		Fort Frontenac fell to the British in 1758.
	www.boldts.net /Kingston1.shtml (1172 words)

	Mapping the French Empire in North America: A Virtual Exhibit Based on the exhibit catalog of the same name
		The fort was well equipped, with a powder magazine (lower left), a bakery, a well, a smithy, a circular food-store and a hospital.
		Along the northern wall were the chapel and the lodgings for the garrison, sheltered from the wind and open to as much sun as possible.
		Fort Frontenac ("Fort de Cataracouy") is this time prominent, as is the town of Detroit.
	www.newberry.org /smith/exhibits/fe/fe3.html (2125 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
		The tribesmen, numbering 51 braves, were stripped, and tied to stakes in the compound of the fort, where they underwent torture at the hands of the French and their Indian allies.
		When the latter sailed for Quebec, he was accompanied by Ourehouare and 13 Cayuga braves, all that had survived two years of slavery in the king’s galleys during France’s wars against the Mediterranean pirates.
		On the long voyage Frontenac exerted himself to the utmost to gain the confidence and friendship of Ourehouare, inviting the chief to dine with him and showering him with gifts.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBioPrintable.asp?BioId=34565 (580 words)

	History Detroit 1701-2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1679 and 1680, he accompanied La Salle to Fort Frontenac and present day Illinois, respectively.
		While commandant, La Forest was instrumental in helping Frontenac (then Governor of New France) establish a peace treaty with the Iroquois.
		When Frontenac was removed from office as Governor of New France, La Forest filed a complaint that eventually won Frontenac reinstatement.
	www.historydetroit.com /people/francois_forest.asp (219 words)

	Frontenac FAQ
		Count Frontenac was the first governor of New France.
		Frontenac was at one point beseiged by the English.
		You may notice that the Frontenac logo is shaped like Fort Frontenac.
	www.eng.uwaterloo.ca /~mboos/projects/frontenac/frontenac_faq.htm (222 words)

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		Fort William Henry is not yet completed, and neither is the French Fort Carillon, so they, too, must face supply checks.
		Since the British had used all of Fort Stanwick's troops to retake Oswego, it looked like the displaced French regulars might just take that fort next, but the Brits won over the Cayuga tribe, which quickly moved to garrison Fort Stanwick.
		Opposing them from within the fort was Dieskau, two units of Regulars, the Hurons, and some Militia recently transfered from a nearby settlement.
	grognard.com /reviews/montwol1.txt (1690 words)

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