Fort Frances

Fort Frances is a town of 7,700 people in . Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination. It hosts the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.
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  • Type: Town with 7,950 residents
  • Description: town in Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
  • Also known as: “Fort Frances, Ontario”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Saint Pierre and Fort Frances railway station.

Historic site
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on was the first French fort built west of Lake Superior. It was the first of eight forts built during the elder Vérendrye's expansion of trade and exploration westward from the Great Lakes.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include International Falls and Ranier.

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is a city in . The city is nicknamed "Frostbite Falls" or "Icebox of the Nation". According to Forbes magazine, it is the coldest city in the Lower 48 United States.

Village
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rə-NEER) is a city in , , United States. The population was 569 at the 2020 census. is located east of the city of , along State Highway 11. is situated 3½ km east of Fort Frances.

Fort Frances

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
United Nations Location Code
CA FFS
Open location code
86W8JJ63+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 847780909
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5955826
Wiki­data ID
Q1438546
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Satellite Map

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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 (Ontario)”
  • Polish: “Fort Frances”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Frances”
  • Russian: “Форт Франсес”
  • Serbian: “Fort Frances, Ontario”
  • 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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