ORIGIN OF THE NAME

Statue of Frontenac on the façade of the National Assembly in Quebec City

Rue Frontenac. Louis de Buade de Frontenac et de Palluau (1622-1698), godson to Louis XIII, became governor general of New France in 1672. Despite conflicts with the governor of Montreal and the Sovereign Council over French expansion in the New World, he was appointed for a second term in 1689. In 1690, he repelled the attack of Sir William Phips, after having given his famous response to Phips's emissary: "Je nay point de Reponse a faire a vostre general que par la bouche de mes cannons et a coups de fuzil" ("I will not respond to your general but through the mouths of my cannons and with gunfire.") He also defended New France against several Iroquois attacks. He died in office.

Name during planning phase: Ontario

PLATFORM DEPTH
23,2 m deep
(10th deepest station)

TRAFFIC
2 149 285 entrances in 2006
(42nd busiest station)

INTERSTATION DISTANCE

To Papineau: To Préfontaine:
1157,57 metres 1003,95 metres

TRIVIA
Original décor at platform level The décor at platform level has been changed from its original nature. Previously, horizontally placed grey and blue tiles were combined with shades of brown similar to décor at Guy-Concordia station.
This station was the eastern terminus of the green line from its inauguration until 1976, when the line was extended to Honoré-Beaugrand.
The Montreal metro system is not watertight. Most of the leaks can wait a day or a week before the leak is repaired or redirected. Frontenac however is built in the course of an underground river, which can be heard gurgling or roaring near the stairs on the platform. Any change in the flow of the river will bring an emergency team to the station within 15 minutes, lest the tracks be submerged in a meter of water. There are always 2 cm of high iron-content water on the tracks.