Kingston, Ontario-Canada : where lake and rivers meet. Historical, industrial, educational and the tourists' paradise.

JHE old limestone City of Kingston, crowning the gentle slope of a long promontory where lake and rivers meet possesses an interest not common in the New World, that of historical association.Its foundation dates from the old heroic age of Canada when her brave French pioneers were striving against great odds to make the Continent of America a Province of France.Quebec was but a village and Montreal little more than a stockaded trading post when the brave and far-sighted Governor, De Frontenac, determined to erect a "Fur Depot" with defences at Katarakoui, the present site of Kingston.FOUNDING OF FORT FRONTENAC It was in July, 1673, that De Frontenac led his long train of canoes and batteaux up the St. Lawrence and through the "Thousand Islands" to where the Cataraqui flows out to join the St. Lawrence.The spacious bay, formed by the long tongue on which Kingston stands is one of the most beautiful and agreeable harbours in the world.The primitive stockaded fort of logs was finished in four days, occupying the site of the present Tete du Pont Barracks.It was appropriately called " Fort Frontenac." AFTER HISTORY OF FORT FRONTENACThe connection of Fort Frontenac with the brave LaSalle is one of its noblest and most interesting asso- ciations.It played a prominent part as the headquarters of the French forces in Upper Canada.In due time came the midnight massacre of Lachine followed by the capture and destruction of Fort Frontenac.When De Frontenac was recalled to rescue the almost ruined colony from utter annihilation, Cataraqui was again occupied by a French force.The fort was rebuilt in stone at a cost of £600 sterling.It consisted of four stone curtains, defended by four square bastions.The walls were not good, defended neither by ditches nor palisades.A wooden gallery was built all around communicating from one bastion to another.The platforms of these bastions were mounted in wooden piles, and the curtains were pierced by loop holes.In the great contest for the possession of the continent, Fort Frontenac was repaired and strengthened.In 1758, 80,000 British troops marched to the borders of Canada and soon after came the last hour of Fort Frontenac. FALL OF FORT FRONTENACAn unsuccessful but determined attack on Carillon by Abercombie had drawn off nearly all the garrison at the Fort when the British General, fully alive to its importance, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WHERE LAKE AND RIVERS MEET.

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