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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. Ignace Township is located just to the north of the city; the two are administered separately.
The Marquette Street Archaeological District is an archaeological site in St. Ignace, Michigan near the St. Ignace Mission. It covers 6 acres (2.4 ha) and includes one building, a village site, and a cemetery; [1] archaeological designations are 20MK82 and 20MK99. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
A federal lawsuit was filed in September by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Detroit and Planet Aid against a Texas company, American Textile Recycling Services (ATRS). [8] The Houston-based company operates 3,615 bins nationwide, and since its inception in 2002 has paid its partners nearly $4.2 million, according to the firm.
The Lasanen Site is located within the city of St. Ignace, on what was once a beach ridge above the Straits of Mackinac. [3] The site is a burial ground associated with the Iroquois culture. [ 4 ] Nineteen small burial pits, located in an area approximately 100 feet (30 m) by 50 feet (15 m), [ 5 ] were identified at the site. [ 3 ]
In 1668 Father Jacques Marquette was moved by his Jesuit superiors to missions farther up the St. Lawrence River in the western Great Lakes region. He helped found missions at Sault Ste. Marie in present-day Michigan in 1668, St. Ignace in 1671, [7] and at La Pointe on Lake Superior near the present-day city of Ashland, Wisconsin.
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The St. Ignace Mission (French: Mission Saint-Ignace) is located in a municipal park known as Marquette Mission Park. [4] It was the site of a mission established by Jesuit priest, Father Jacques Marquette , and the site of his grave in 1677.
Craig F. Nerm; Charles E. Cleland (March 1974), "The Gros Cap Cemetery Site, St. Ignace, Michigan: A Reconsideration of the Greenlees Collection", Michigan Archaeologist, 20: 1–58 George Quimby (December 1963), "The Gros Cap Cemetery Site in Mackinac County, Michigan", Michigan Archaeologist , 9 : 50–57