FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
In 1689, when the uprising of the Iroquois and the Lachine massacre, in retaliation of Governor Denonville's treacherous dealing, threatened the existence of the colony, Frontenac was sent to the rescue and was hailed as a deliverer.
In 1696 Frontenac wisely disregarded the instructions of France to evacuate the upper country, which would have ruined the colony, and merely observed a defensive attitude.
Frontenac died sincerely regretted by the whole colony which he had saved from ruin.
Louisde Buade, Comte deFrontenac et de Palluau (May_12, 1622 – November_28, 1698) was a French courtier and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698.
Louisde Buade was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the son of Henri de Buade, colonel in the regiment of Navarre.
Frontenac, however, was a man of dominant spirit, jealous of authority, prepared to exact obedience from all and to yield to none.
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