La Salle: the land grant in question bordered on that of the Sieur You, a sergeant in the garrison at Fort Frontenac (Cataracoui, now Kingston, Ont.). Pierre You was later to accompany La

, and on one occasion advanced money for the fortification of Detroit and Michilimackinac. In 1690, sent by Governor Frontenac

and won the confidence of the Indians despite his short stature. After an apprenticeship as second in command at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) in 1727 and 1728, he was stationed at Detroit in 1731. At

 Chesnaye is scant. His godparents were none other than Governor Frontenac [Buade*] and Intendant

Céloron de Blainville, who left Montreal on 15 June 1749, visited the regions of forts Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.), Niagara (near Youngstown, N. Y.), and the Ohio, returning to Montreal

posts of Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) and Niagara be well stocked with trade goods and that their trade be subsidized by the crown to compete with cheaper English goods across the lake. The minister refused

minister of Marine to go to France on private business, and in 1734 he was appointed to Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.). The following year he was sent to Fort Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.), and in 1736

[Brisay*] and Frontenac [Buade*] during the Iroquois wars. In 1692, at Pointe-Lévy (Lauzon, Que.), he married

, and in 1690 and 1696 he apparently took part in the expeditions organized by Frontenac [Buade*] against the English

actively involved in the preparations for the attack on the three British forts at Oswego. In June he was sent to take command at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.), where a force for this enterprise was being

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

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

battle of the Monongahela in July, the French knew of British plans for an attack on Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) and Fort Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.) as well as on Fort Saint-Frédéric (Crown Point

Ramezay* of Trois-Rivières set Beaucours to work on the town’s defences. In 1691 Frontenac [Buade*] visited the town

. Although nothing is known of La Gorgendière’s youth, in 1701 he was appointed by the Compagnie de la Colonie for a five-year term as fur-trader at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.), indicating early, and

colonial regular troops, and the following year he was appointed commandant at Trois-Rivières. In 1692, in a memorandum to Governor Frontenac

Youngstown, N.Y.) and Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.). The king reserved their trade for his own account, and the profits had declined so rapidly that the minister suspected abuses by Pierre Pépin, dit

Talon* and Buade* de Frontenac. He thus acquired status but, despite his involvement in the fur trade, not a great

storekeeper at Fort Chambly, south of Montreal, for the next two years. In 1708 he replaced Alphonse Tonty* as commandant of Fort Frontenac (Kingston

Frontenac [Buade*] sought letters of nobility for him, without success, in recognition of his continuing services