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 perhaps substantial, experience in the trade. Evidently

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

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

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

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

. Shortly after his arrival he was 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

spent many years in various western posts where he served competently and won the confidence of the Indians despite his short stature. After an apprenticeship as second in command at Fort Frontenac

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

that of the Sieur You, a sergeant in the garrison at Fort Frontenac (Cataracoui, now Kingston, Ont.). Pierre You was later to accompany La Salle on his expeditions of discovery; La Salle wrote

of bands of Abenaki Indians during the attack in July on Oyster River (Durham, New Hampshire). Buade* de Frontenac

have been homeward-bound to Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.) after a year of trading on the upper lakes. On 9 August he arrived at the strait between Lakes Huron and Erie, where he remained for two

, Frontenac, and Pontchartrain (Detroit), captain in the colonial regular troops, younger brother of Henri Tonty; b

colonial regular troops in the expedition launched by Buade* de Frontenac in the direction of Fort Orange (Albany, N.Y

, Agonstot, interceded, however, and persuaded the other Iroquois to set Tonty free. In July 1684 Tekanoet was taken hostage at Fort Frontenac by