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1 Ontario, Rainy River District, Fort Frances — Explore Fort Frances Central — Discover Fort Frances —
The ‘Frances’ in the Fort Traveling on her honeymoon with her husband Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson Bay Company, Frances Simpson describes the fort in her diary, 1830; “The rain fell in torrents all night, and until 9 A.M. . . . Map (db m309949) HM
2 Ontario, Rainy River District, Fort Frances — Lady Frances Ramsay Simpson — 1811-1853
Lady Frances Ramsay Simpson, as a bride of the Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sir George Simpson visited the Hudson’s Bay Company Post here on June 1, 1830. In September 25, 1830, the post was renamed “Fort Frances” in her honour.Map (db m262100) HM
3 Ontario, Rainy River District, Fort Frances — Fort Lac la Pluie or Rainy Lake House
Erected on or near this site some time between 1775 and 1787 by the North West Company, and abandoned in 1821 at the union with the Hudson’s Bay Company. The establishment included “Athabaska House”, the depot where, owing to the distances to be . . . Map (db m309800) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Sep. 10, 2026