Frontenac
The discovery by a team of researchers from the Université de Montréal in 2003 of fluted spear points typical of the late Paleoindian period thrust Frontenac to the forefront of Quebec archaeology with the confirmation that native hunters from the American west were in the region at the end of the last glacial period, 10,000 years ago. Frontenac’s more recent history is also notable, including the passage on October 19, 1775 of the American general Benedict Arnold and some of his troops on their way to attack Quebec City. The later arrival of Scottish settlers shaped the cultural landscape. The Anglican church of St. John, built in 1889 on the 4th range road, as well as the adjoining cemetery of the same era, are witnesses to their passage. Years later, French Canadians joined these early settlers. Frontenac’s territory, 222 kilometres square, includes the town of Lac-Mégantic to the south and borders the state of Maine to the east. As well as enjoying several kilometres of lakefront on Lake Megantic to the west, Frontenac residents enjoy an exceptional body of water, Spider (Araignées) Lake, to their south as well as a magnificent golf course facing the Hautes-Appalaches observation tower thoughtfully placed where visitors can admire the view. Frontenac’s economy is largely based on forestry and tourism, and it shares with two other municipalities the Joncs lake marsh, one of the largest of its kind south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is the only municipality with access to hunting and fishing in the zec Louise-Gosford in the Louise Sector, a controlled harvesting area.
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Town of Frontenac
2430, rue St-Jean, G6B 2S1
819 583-3295
Fax:819 583-0855
adm@municipalitefrontenac.qc.ca
www.municipalitefrontenac.qc.ca
Population: 1573
View from Les Victorines du Lac
