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René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle at Cataracoui

Exh Fanco De La Salle Ga Reid
Credit: Ontario Government Art Collection, Accession #632970 The Short Portage – The Carrying Place, La Salle on the way over the Humber River to the Holland River and on to Lake Simcoe, George Agnew Reid, n.d.

A major figure in the expansion of the French fur trade into the Lake Ontario region, La Salle (1643-87) was placed in command of Fort Frontenac in 1673. Using the fort as a base, he undertook expeditions to the west and southwest in the interest of developing a vast fur-trading empire.

  • Visit the plaque – In the northeast corner of City Park, on the West Street side, Kingston.

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