south in the Lower Peninsula; it is also connected by Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie to Minnesota and Illinois, and the Canadian province of Ontario...

Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (French pronunciation: [lwi də bɥad kɔ̃t də fʁɔ̃tənak e də palɥo]; 22 May 1622 – 28 November 1698) was...

Fort de Buade was a French fort in the present U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula across the Straits of Mackinac from the northern tip of lower Michigan's...

/ˈdiːtrɔɪt/, DEE-troyt) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat...

and the American city of Rochester are located on the south shore. In the Huron language, the name Ontarí'io means "great lake". Its primary inlet is the...

passenger facility St. Clair County International Airport (near Port Huron, Michigan) - An international airport on the Canada–US border. Selfridge Air...

political importance in the colony. He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Ignace, Michigan, in 1694. In 1701, he founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit...

(Haudenosaunee), who took control of the southern shores of Lakes Erie and Huron through the Beaver Wars of the 17th century. Also present and powerful,...

women — a daughter, mother, and grandmother — one of whom was "Mme. Le Comte". The three generations of women who inspired Reynold's Madam La Compt include...

Black (1764) Jeannot and Colin (1764) The Blind Judges of Colors (1766) The Huron, or Pupil of Nature (1767) The Princess of Babylon (1768) The Man with Forty...