Fort Frances
Fort Frances is a town of 7,700 people in Northern Ontario. Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination. It hosts the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.- Type: Town with 7,950 residents
- Description: town in Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Fort Frances (Ontario)” and “Fort Frances, Ontario”
- Neighbors: International Falls
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fort Saint Pierre and Fort Frances railway station.
Fort Saint Pierre
Historic site
Fort Saint Pierre on Rainy Lake was the first French fort built west of Lake Superior.
Fort Frances railway station
Building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include International Falls and Ranier.
Ranier
Village
Ranier rə-NEER) is a city in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. Ranier is situated 3½ km east of Fort Frances.
Fort Frances
- Categories: single-tier municipality, border city, and locality
- Location: Fort Frances, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.6114° or 48° 36′ 41″ north
Longitude
-93.3968° or 93° 23′ 48″ west
Population
7,950
Elevation
340 metres (1,115 feet)
IATA airport code
YAG
UN/LOCODE
CA FFS
Open location code
86W8JJ63+H7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Fort Frances” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورت فرانسيس”
- Atikamekw: “Fort Frances”
- Bavarian: “Fort Frances”
- Cebuano: “Fort Frances”
- Chinese: “弗朗西斯堡”
- Czech: “Fort Frances”
- Dagbani: “Fort Frances”
- Dutch: “Fort Frances”
- Finnish: “Fort Frances”
- French: “Fort Frances”
- German: “Fort Frances”
- Italian: “Fort Frances”
- Japanese: “フォートフランシス”
- Korean: “포트프랜시스”
- Persian: “فورت فرانسس”
- Polish: “Fort Frances”
- Portuguese: “Fort Frances”
- Russian: “Форт Франсес”
- Serbian: “Форт Франсес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Frances”
- Slovak: “Fort Frances”
- Spanish: “Fort Frances”
- Swedish: “Fort Frances”
- Turkish: “Fort Frances”
- Ukrainian: “Форт-Френсес”
- Urdu: “فورٹ فرانسس”
- “Fort Frances”
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