Frontenac may refer to:
People
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Louis de Buade de Frontenac
Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (; 22 May 162228 November 1698) was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France in North America from 1672 to 1682, and again from 1689 to his death in 1698. He established a n ...
, Governor of New France
Places
Canada
Quebec
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Château Frontenac
The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac, is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is situated in Old Quebec, within the historic district's Upper Town, on the southern side of Place ...
, hotel in Quebec City
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Frontenac, Quebec
Frontenac is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in Estrie, Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. Its population was 1,650 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
Toponymy
The area was settled heavily from 1870 to 1880 ...
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Frontenac County, Quebec
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Frontenac (Montreal Metro)
Frontenac station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line
Green Line may refer to:
Places Military ...
, Montreal Metro station
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Frontenac National Park
Frontenac National Park (french: Parc national de Frontenac) is a 156.5 km2 provincial park in southeastern Quebec, Canada, created in 1987 and governed by Société des établissements de plein air du Québec. The park is located along La ...
(Parc national de Frontenac)
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Frontenac (provincial electoral district), Quebec provincial electoral district
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Frontenac (Quebec electoral district)
Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Lotbinière and Mégantic ridings. It was abolished in 199 ...
, former federal electoral district
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Frontenac (1912–1973 provincial electoral district), former Quebec provincial electoral district
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Frontenac Lake (Milieu River), Lac-Ashuapmushuan, RCM Le Domaine-du-Roy, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Ontario
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Fort Frontenac
Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in July 1673 at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario (at what is now the western end of the La Salle Causeway), in a location traditi ...
, French fort and trading post located in what is now Kingston, Ontario
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Frontenac County
Frontenac County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The city of Kingston is in the Frontenac census division, but is separated from the County of Fron ...
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Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the County of Frontenac.
Central Frontenac was created in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Olden and Oso.
Communities
There are 28 communitie ...
** Township of
Frontenac Islands
** Township of
North Frontenac
** Township of
South Frontenac
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Frontenac Provincial Park, a provincial park near Kingston, Ontario
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Frontenac Public School, Burlington, Ontario
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Frontenac Secondary School
Frontenac Secondary School is a high school in the west-end of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Limestone District School Board. Its sports teams play under the nickname "Frontenac Falcons".
History
Frontenac Secondary School was foun ...
, Kingston, Ontario
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Frontenac (Ontario electoral district)
Frontenac was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.
It was initially defined to consist ...
, former federal electoral district
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Frontenac (Ontario provincial electoral district)
Frontenac was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common actio ...
, former provincial electoral district
France
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Frontenac, Gironde
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Frontenac, Lot
United States
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Frontenac, Kansas
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Frontenac, Minnesota
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Frontenac State Park
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Frontenac, Missouri
Frontenac is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,612 at the 2020 census.
The community name is inspired by the New France governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac. Benjamin and Lora Wood, who laid out the communi ...
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Frontenac, Florida
Automotive
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Abendroth & Root Manufacturing Co, produced automobiles under the name Frontenac 1906-1913
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Frontenac Motor Corporation
Frontenac Motor Corporation was a joint venture of Louis Chevrolet, Indy 500 winner Joseph Boyer Jr., Indianapolis car dealer William Small, and Zenith Carburetor president Victor Heftler. Per articles of Incorporation on file in the Michigan Sta ...
, a joint racing-car venture of Louis and Gaston Chevrolet 1916-1921
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Dominion Motors Frontenac, a division of Durant Motors that built and sold automobiles in Canada 1931-1933
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Frontenac (marque)
In 1960, Ford Canada introduced the Frontenac to give Mercury-Meteor dealers a compact vehicle to sell. It was a separate marque, like Lincoln was to Ford. Produced for the 1960 model year only, the Frontenac was essentially a 1960 Ford Falcon w ...
, an automobile introduced in 1960 by Ford Motor Company of Canada
Others
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Frontenac (grape)
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Frontenac Axis, a geological feature in Canada and the United States
* Lac Frontenac or Lac de Frontenac, an old name for
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border sp ...
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PS ''Frontenac'', first paddle steamer launched on the Great Lakes
*McColl-Frontanac Oil Company, a Canadian company acquired by
Texaco
Texaco, Inc. ("The Texas Company") is an American oil brand owned and operated by Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owned the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until i ...
in 1956
*''Frontenac: or The Atotarho of the Iroquois'', a poem by
Alfred Billings Street
Alfred Billings Street (December 18, 1811 – June 2, 1881) was an American author and poet.
Biography
Street was born in Poughkeepsie (city), New York. His family moved to Monticello in Sullivan County when he was young, and he was educated at ...
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