Fort Frontenac
1673
Text from the plaque
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.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
Find the place
The County of Frontenac
The City of Kingston
On the right side entrance gate at
Tete du Pont Barracks at 1 Ontario Street
east of Barrack Street
N 44 14.004 W 76 28.709
Recorded November 2009. Check current access before visiting.
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