Fort Frances Historical Marker Tour

This Tour is to showcase the Ontario Historical Society's Provincial Plaques located in and near Fort Frances

Fort Frances Historical Marker Tour

Fort Frances, Ontario P9A 1A3, Canada

Created By: Fort Frances Musuem & Cultural Centre

Tour Information

The following information has been obtained from the "Ontario Heritage Trust" website about the Provincial Plaque Program.

The Provincial Plaque Program is the Trust’s oldest and perhaps best-known activity, with nearly 1,300 familiar blue and gold plaques in communities across Ontario. The plaques enliven Ontario’s history, sharing stories of the people, places and events that have helped to shape the province. They enrich our sense of place and introduce newcomers and visitors to the unique character of regions, communities and Nations within the province.


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What You'll See on the Tour

The following inscription is found on the plaque installed by the "Ontario Historical Society". Erected on or near this site some time between 1775 and 1787 by the North West Company, and abandoned in 1821 at the union with the Hudson's Ba... Read more
The following inscription is found on the plaque installed by the "Ontario Historical Society". Constructed 1875 -1878, during Alexander MacKenzie's administration as part of a larger project to improve communications in the West, the Fort... Read more
The following inscription is found on the plaque installed by the "Ontario Historical Society". The Hudson's Bay Company established Lac La Pluie House on this site to compete for furs with the North West Company's Fort Lac La Pluie.  Aft... Read more
SIEUR DE LA VERENDRYE 1685 – 1749 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Verendrye, was born at Trois Rivieres and saw military service in North America and Europe before entering the fur trade.  While stationed at Lake Nipigon in 1727... Read more
ROBERT J.N. PITHER 1824 – 1918 Born in Montreal, Pither joined the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1846, while in charge at Fort Frances, 1853 – 56 and 1858 – 64, he lived in this vicinity (now Pither’s Point).  On his retirement from th... Read more
JACQUES DE NOYON 1668 – 1745 Jacques de Noyon was the first white man to explore this region.  Born in Trois-Rivieres.  Noyon worked in the fur trade as a coureur de bois.  In 1688 he led an expedition beyond Lake Superior into territo... Read more

 

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