Talk:Fort Frances

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The page for the Coat of Arms seems unnessecary. The information on its page isn't even a paragraph, and could easily be covered in the original town's article. --Swiftblade21 22:53, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Nom
Fort Francians maybe better then Franceites.--Picard102 21:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can remember, Francesites is the term that has been used. cfish039

I've never actually heard that term used to describe the people of Fort Frances in all the years I've lived there, or while traveling the area. Where does it originate? --Picard102 14:17, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Its is a common noun suffix for inhabitants in cities in North America. But how often does one hear Francians either? You don't here either here in TBay. WE say "People from Fort Frances" instead. Vidioman 23:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

It's actually "Fort Francesians" -- born and lived there; if you don't believe me, check with the Fort Frances Times. Lock 26:14, 25 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.216.119.210 (talk)

HBC fort & fur district
The John McLoughlin article mentions that he was in charge of the Lac la Pluie district, i.e. fur district... - I've redirected Lac la Pluie to Rainy Lake for now, taking it literally, as unlike Columbia District or New Caledonia there does not appear to be a separate article on the fur district; there maybe for Athabasca District but I haven't looked at that link. Now, obviously the boundaries of the modern Rainy River District are probably not the same as that of the Lac la Pluie District but this would seem to be the same area; which begs the question - was Fort Frances the headquarters of the fur district? For now I'll leave it at that, as this is a modern municipal article, but if there's a better place to redirect the mention of "Lac la Pluie district" to, it would probably help out with any fur trade history articles which happen to mention it; if any Ontario editors are working on fur-era history it might be worth coordinating with editors farther west; it's a big topic in early BC, and while most Prairie fur history is condensed into Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company it's rich ground for someone interested in historical article-writing....Skookum1 (talk) 02:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Centennial
... the town held a big centennial celebration in 2003.
 * — How big was it? Sca (talk) 15:55, 5 January 2014 (UTC)