FORT FRONTENAC -- Kingston, Ontario
N 44° 14.002 W 076° 28.710
18T E 381927 N 4898855
Originally the site of a French fort, built in 1673, now the site of the National Defense College.
Waymark Code: WMBJRA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/27/2011
Views: 19
Here stood Fort Cataraqui or Frontenac built by Count de Frontenac in July, 1673, and rebuilt by La Salle in 1675. For many years the key to the West, the base of La Salle's explorations and a French outpost against the Iroquois and English. Abandoned 1689, rebuilt 1696, captured by British troops under Colonel John Bradstreet, 27th August, 1758.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Kingston
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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