Father Marquette National Memorial

847 Boulevard Drive
St Ignace, MI, 49781
906-643-9394

overview : Father Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary, established Michigan's earliest European settlements at Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace in 1668 and 1671. - Father Marquette National Memorial is located in Straits State Park

collections : On a rise overlooking the Straits of Mackinac, the Father Marquette National Memorial tells the story of that 17th-century missionary-explorer and the meeting of French and Native American cultures deep in the North American wilderness.