Honors
Many sites and landmarks were named to honor Louis de Buade de Frontenac. They include:
- Le Château Frontenac, located in Québec City, Québec, Canada
- Avenue Frontenac, located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada;
- Rue Frontenac & Métro Frontenac, located in Montréal, Québec, Canada;
- Frontenac Street, located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada;
- The provincial electoral district of Frontenac, Quebec.
- Frontenac County, the site of Fort Frontenac
- Frontenac, Missouri, a wealthy suburb of St. Louis.
- Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Argandab Valley, Afghanistan
- The Frontenac rose, developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, was named in his honour.
- The Kingston Frontenacs team of the Ontario Hockey League were named in his honour.
- Frontenac Squadron at the Royal Military College of Canada was named so in his honour.
- Frontenac School and Frontenac Park in the Windsor Park neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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