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Encyclopedia > Fort Frances, Ontario
Fort Frances, Ontario

Coat of arms
Motto: Industry and perseverance
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Rainy River District
Established 1903
Government
 - Mayor Roy Avis
 - Governing Body Fort Frances Town Council
 - MP Ken Boshcoff
 - MPP Howard Hampton
Population (2001)
 - Town 8,315
Time zone Central (UTC-6)
Postal code P9A
Area code(s) 807
Website: Town of Fort Frances official website

Fort Frances, Ontario is a town, located in the northwestern part of Ontario, Canada. Its population (2001) was 8,315. It is in the Rainy River District. Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination and hosts the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship each summer. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... Image File history File links Ontario-fortfrances. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ontario. ... Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... Ken Boshcoff: mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario (1997-2003) Ken Boshcoff (born June 20, 1949 at Fort William, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. ... The Provincial Parliament of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton Howard Hampton (born May 17, 1952) is the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) and a Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ...  CST or UTC-6 The Central Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time (UTC-6) and five hours during daylight saving time (UTC-5). ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...


Located on the international border with Minnesota where Rainy Lake narrows to become Rainy River, it is connected to International Falls, Minnesota by the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge. Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... The Rainy River is a river, approximately 85 mi (140 km), that forms part of the U.S.-Canada border separating northern Minnesota and northwestern Ontario. ... The Rainy River is a river, approximately 85 mi (140 km), that forms part of the U.S.-Canada border separating northern Minnesota and northwestern Ontario. ... International Falls is a city in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. ... The Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge is an international bridge connecting the towns of Fort Frances, Ontario and International Falls, Minnesota across the Rainy River. ...


The first European settlement west of Lake Superior, French Canadian fur traders known as voyageurs including La Vérendrye who in 1732 stopped briefly at Fort St. Pierre before building Fort St Charles on Magnuson Island on the west side of Lake of the Woods. A later HBC fort was established here in 1817 and the subsequent settlement was named after Lady Frances Simpson, wife of then Hudson's Bay Company Governor George Simpson, who visited the fort many times. French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ... An Alberta fur trader in the 1890s. ... Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (November 17, 1685 – December 5, 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... Fort St. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... George Simpson (Manitoba Museum) Sir George Simpson (1787 – 7 September 1860) was a Scots-Quebecer and employee of the Hudsons Bay Company (HBC). ...


Over 2,400 residents consider themselves of Ukrainian origin. [1]


The town was incorporated in 1903 and held a big centennial celebration in 2003.


The main employer is a pulp and paper mill established in the early 1900s with numerous owners over the years, notably Edward Wellington Backus. The mill is now owned by Abitibi-Consolidated, which employes 700 Fort Frances residents. International Paper Companys Kraft paper mill in Georgetown, South Carolina. ... // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ... Edward Wellington Backus (1861 - October 29, 1934) was a timber baron, dam builder, mill owner, financier, developer of the northern reaches of Minnesota, and President of the Ontario & Minnesota Power Company and Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company. ... Abitibi-Consolidated NYSE: ABY TSX: A is an Canadian pulp and paper company based in Montreal, Quebec. ...


The town was struck by the Fort Frances, Ontario Tornado on June 25, 1946, causing major damage to the town. The tornado was a week after the deadly Windsor tornado. is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Windsor-Tecumseh Tornado of 1946 was the most powerful tornado to hit Windsor, Ontario, being an F4 in strength, touching down on June 17 of that year. ...

Contents

Coat of arms

The city coat of arms features a bull moose, maple leaves, a "Magneto", representative of electricity (industry), two men in a canoe, a white pine tree and the motto "Industry and Perseverance." A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map The moose (so named in North America, derived from Eastern Abenaki moz)[1] or elk (in Anglophone Europe), Alces alces, is the largest extant member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. ... Distribution Species See List of Acer species Maples are trees or shrubs in the genus Acer. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ... A wood-and-canvas canoe evokes the heritage of canoeing in North America. ... White Pine may refer to: Trees within the Pinus classification Eastern White Pine, a tree native to North America. ...


Media

Newspapers

Fort Frances Today is a weekly newsletter format paper, published by Brown Cow Promotions, and distributed to 30 locations around Fort Frances. ...

Online Media

  • NWO Update

Television stations

CBWT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... CBWFT is the Societé Radio-Canada French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Shaw is Canadas second largest cable television operator, after Rogers Communications. ...

Radio stations

FM

FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... CKSB is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1050 AM in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... La Première Chaîne is the news and information service of la Société Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster in Canada. ... CBQT is a Canadian radio station. ... CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... CKWO-FM is a canadian radio station that airs active rock and aboriginal programming broadcasting at 92. ... Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in Canada and the United States. ... CFOB, branded as B93, is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 93. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ...

Education

Elementary and secondary schools

Post-secondary schools

Categories: Canada education stubs | Colleges in Ontario ...

Notable Fort Francesites

Dave Allison(born April 14, 1959 in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada) is the head coach of the Iowa Stars ice hockey team of the AHL. Allison played his junior hockey with the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL, appearing in 189 games from 1976-79, registering 89 points (18G-81A) during... The Ottawa Senators (French: ) are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. ... Mike Allison (born March 28, 1961 in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward. ... The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... Gene Eugene Andrusco (April 6, 1961 - March 20, 2000) was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. ... Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton Howard Hampton (born May 17, 1952) is the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) and a Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... This article is about the Canadian political party. ... The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1992 in Albertville, France. ... The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and play out of the Pengrowth Saddledome. ... The Hartford Whalers (known as the New England Whalers as a World Hockey Association (WHA) franchise from 1972-79), was a National Hockey League (NHL) team that played from 1979-97. ... The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The Koreans are a 4-piece band from South London. ...

Culture

Sport

Fort Frances is home to the following amateur sports teams:

  • Fort Frances Muskies (Hockey)

Fort Frances was the home of the former amateur sports teams: Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

Sporting facilities include: The Borderland Thunder are a defunct Tier II Junior A ice hockey team from Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

  • Memorial Sports Center

External Links

Neighbouring communities

Destinations from FORT FRANCES
Kenora
via Highway 71
  Couchiching Reserve, Dryden
via Highway 502
Devlin, Emo, Rainy River
via Highway 11
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Atikokan
via Highway 11
Littlefork MN International Falls MN
 
Ranier MN

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Fort Frances, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (399 words)
Fort Frances, Ontario is a town, located in the northwestern part of Ontario, Canada.
Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination and hosts the Canadian Bass Fishing Championship each summer.
The town was struck by the Fort Frances, Ontario Tornado on June 25, 1946, causing major damage to the town.
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