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The newly landscaped park was dedicated to Father Jacques Marquette in 1909. A major planting of varietal lilacs took place in Marquette Park in 1964, and the State Park also in that year installed a replica chapel intended to evoke memories of a pioneer structure erected at Mackinac Island by Jesuit missionaries, including Marquette, in the 1670s.
The site of the first Marquette mission is now a municipal park at the northwest corner of State and Marquette Streets in St. Ignace. It is located about 300 feet (91 m) from the shore of Lake Huron. [6] The Marquette gravesite is at the southwest corner of the park, [6] and the second mission chapel is located on the park's east side.
Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 76,501 at the 2020 census. [4] Wyoming is the second most-populated community in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is bordered by Grand Rapids on the northeast. After Grand Rapids, it is also the second most-populated city in West Michigan.
Marquette (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior , Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range .
Pere Marquette River State Park – (1927–c.1940s) four sites—33, 12, 77 and 189 acres, respectively, along the Pere Marquette River in Mason County Pictured Rocks State Park (1953–1966) - incorporated into the westernmost portion of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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Presque Isle Park is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the coast of Lake Superior. The park is itself a small, oval-shaped peninsula connected to Marquette by a narrow neck of land and surrounded by sandstone cliffs. It is largely covered by natural forest and also has marshes, rocky outcrops, secluded coves and pebble beaches.
Marquette County (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the population was 66,017. [ 2 ] It is the most populous county in the Upper Peninsula.