Fort Frontenac was an important trading center for Indian and French fur traders.

Vaudreuil meanwhile began massing troops at Fort Frontenac for a potential assault on Oswego.

Two days later he left for Fort Frontenac, where French troops were gathering along with a large company of Indians.

Fort Frontenac fell to the British in the same month, costing the French supplies for the Ohio Valley campaign.

The first Europeans to settle the area were the French, who built Fort Frontenac across the river from the point in 1673.

La Salle set off on foot for Fort Frontenac for supplies.

Cataraqui and the remains of Fort Frontenac were relinquished to the British.

In 1939 the site of the fort again became known as Fort Frontenac.

Fort Frontenac was also the location of the National Defence College until 1994.

Fort Frontenac was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1923.