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St. Ignace Mission

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In 1882-85, the second mission chapel was lengthened by adding to the front of the building. By 1901, the mission church had become dilapidated. The decision was made to construct a new church, and the congregation raised funds. A cornerstone for the new church was laid in 1904, and the church was
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and a gabled roof. It originally had a steeple, which has been replaced with a wooden cross. Double doors on the gabled end open into the sanctuary; at the opposite end is the altar, flanked by doors to the outside. The building originally had a small porch and a wing at the northeast corner,
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In 1877, the site of the first mission was accidentally discovered. Excavations at the site confirmed that it matched the historical description of first mission. A marble statue was erected at the site in the early 20th century, and the area was designated a city park to commemorate Marquette.
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The area around the original mission remained nearly empty after the 1741 relocation of the mission. However, in the late 1810s and early 1820s, settlers began to trickle into the area, and by 1836 the Catholic population of the area was enough to support a small congregation.
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peoples had in the area. The museum is operated by the St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority. The chapel was restored in 2008-2010, including restoration of the windows, replacement of some 5% of the clapboards, and repainting inside and out.
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In 1837, a second mission at St. Ignace was constructed about a mile south of the site of the first mission. Services were first held in the chapel at the end of 1837 and beginning of 1838. Services were initially conducted by priests from
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The second mission chapel remained unused until 1926, when it was purchased and restored by Mrs. Catherine Chambers-Gleason. The church was adapted as a historical museum displaying artifacts from early St. Ignace, and was operated by the
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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
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completed in 1905. The use of the second mission chapel was discontinued in 1905, when services moved to the newly constructed St. Ignatius Loyola Church.
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In the late 1980s, the chapel was converted for use as the Museum of Ojibwa Culture, which remains its purpose as of 2015. Exhibits focus on
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at the site of the present mission chapel. Marquette built a small log cabin at this site to serve as a chapel, and ministered to the
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A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People: Its Mining, Lumber and Agricultural Industries, Volume 1
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in 1701, bringing many of the St. Ignace residents with him, the importance of the mission declined dramatically.
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Archaeological investigation of the Marquette Mission site, St. Ignace, Michigan, 1971: a preliminary report
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However, in the fall of the same year, Marquette moved the mission to a location on the north shore of the
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A 1717 map of St. Ignace showing the location of the Jesuit Mission (in red at lower middle-left) on
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The St. Ignace mission remained open until 1705, when it was abandoned and burned by Father
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After Marquette's death, the mission was taken over by Father Phillip Pierson, and then
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cultural values and subsistence methods, as well as the effects that the migration of
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Francis P. McManamon; Linda S. Cordell; Kent G. Lightfoot; George R. Milner (2009),
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1960, one of the earliest sites recognized. The mission chapel serves as the
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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The chapel is a simple one-story frame building covered with wooden
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established a French Jesuit mission at the same location in 1671.
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National Register of Historic Places in Mackinac County, Michigan
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History of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette, Vol II
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established a Catholic mission on what became known as
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village, particularly in the early 1970s and 1980s.
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on an exploration journey to trace the route of the
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Index

U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Michigan State Historic Site

St. Ignace, Michigan
45°52′18″N 84°43′55″W / 45.87167°N 84.73194°W / 45.87167; -84.73194
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French
Jacques Marquette
National Historic Landmarks

East Moran Bay
Claude Dablon
Mackinac Island
Jacques Marquette
Straits of Mackinac
Native Americans
Petun
Iroquois
Louis Jolliet
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Father Nouvel
Pierre Bailloquet
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac
Detroit
Étienne de Carheil

Mackinac Island

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