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St. Ignace (/ ˈ ɪ ɡ n ə s / IG-nəss) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Mackinac County. [6] The city had a population of 2,306 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] St.
Fort de Buade was a French fort in the present U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula across the Straits of Mackinac from the northern tip of lower Michigan's "mitten". It was garrisoned between 1683 and 1701. The city of St. Ignace developed at the site, which also had the historic St. Ignace Mission founded by Jesuits.
The second mission chapel is the oldest Catholic church in Michigan and Wisconsin. [5] The St. Ignace Mission was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1956, [1] and was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmarks in 1960, one of the earliest sites recognized. [3] The mission chapel serves as the Museum of Ojibwa Culture.
In 1882 the county seat was moved from Mackinac Island to St. Ignace, Michigan, which had been founded as a French Jesuit mission village during the colonial years. Mackinac County is home to the Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, a Native American state recognized tribe located in St. Ignace.
Jacques Marquette, S.J. (French pronunciation: [ʒak maʁkɛt]; June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), [1] sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, [2] was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace.
The 1953 pipeline enters the Straits of Mackinac water on the north shore at St. Ignace, Michigan and lies along the bottom of the Straits which is nearly two hundred and fifty feet (76 m) in places. [8] By 2013 Enbridge had increased the "maximum capacity on the lines to 540,000 bbl (86,000 m 3) per day". [8]
Father Marquette National Memorial pays tribute to the life and work of Jacques Marquette, French priest and explorer. The memorial is located in Straits State Park near St. Ignace in the modern-day U.S. state of Michigan, where he founded a Jesuit mission in 1671 and was buried in 1678.
Wawatam Park, located next to the marina in St. Ignace, Michigan is named for Chief Wawatam and its Odawa namesake. [27] Wawatam Lighthouse, a 52 ft (16 m) octagonal structure with lantern and gallery in St. Ignace, Michigan, located at the far end of the former railroad ferry pier was used by Chief Wawatam. [28]