Legacy and Honors
Pontiac's burial place is unknown, and may have been at Cahokia, Illinois, but evidence and tradition suggest that he was buried in St. Louis. In 1900, a plaque was mounted in a hallway of the Southern Hotel, which had been built over the reputed gravesite in 1890.
- The city of Pontiac, Michigan was named for him, as well as the town of Pontiac, Illinois and a region/municipality bordering the Ottawa River in the province of Quebec.
- Pontiac was also the name of a popular General Motors automobile brand, discontinued in 2010.
- The Royal Military College of Canada named one of their squadrons Pontiac in his honour.
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