"Remains of Fort Frontenac" Topic
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Steelkilt | 18 Jan 2018 10:17 a.m. PST |
I've been compiling a bibliography of French and Indian War resources, with appropriate wargaming rulesets, for my own benefit. Yesterday I learned that a fragment of the original Fort Frontenac is still visible on a traffic island in Kingston (Ontario) and I thought you all might like to see how forlorn it looks in this image from Google Maps:
Also posted on my blog: link |
Winston Smith | 18 Jan 2018 11:36 a.m. PST |
It looks like the position is untenable. |
miniMo | 18 Jan 2018 12:52 p.m. PST |
Once Ontario Street falls, the Fort is lost for sure. |
Dave Jackson | 18 Jan 2018 1:08 p.m. PST |
Well….it does look like a body outline at a murder scene….. |
Tacitus | 18 Jan 2018 3:10 p.m. PST |
They murdered a fort here. |
ColCampbell | 18 Jan 2018 3:32 p.m. PST |
It is interesting that the other street off the tip of the fort remnant is named Place des Armes. Jim |
IronDuke596 | 18 Jan 2018 3:51 p.m. PST |
If you slide your google look down a bit to see inside the fort you will see the actual remains of the orginal Fort Frontenac. It divides the western parking lot in half. Also, inside the Fort Frontenac library is a scale model of Fort Frontenac circa FIW. If you are ever in Kingston go through the acrchway (shown above) and turn right (after stopping and checking in with the guardroom), after turning right the library entrance is the last door on the left. |
Steelkilt | 18 Jan 2018 5:59 p.m. PST |
Thanks for your wit! IronDuke596, I hope to be in Kingston this spring, and will check that library. |
historygamer | 19 Jan 2018 7:26 a.m. PST |
Bradstreet took care of that place. :-) |
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