Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac (1622-1698)

Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac Photo of bronze statue by Louis-Philippe Hébert, 1890 Library and Archives Canada, C-007183

In 1672, the comte de Frontenac was named governor of New France by King Louis XIV (fourteenth). Being a military man, he mainly looked after the colony's* defence. He had Fort Frontenac built at the entrance of Lake Ontario to control the fur trade. He also led several attacks on the English colonies* and the Iroquois to try and end the Iroquois wars.

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